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Discussion Topic  RE: Abecedarian insults (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
1. Bald, without hair. Obs. 2. Of birds: Unfledged, without feathers. b. Applied to the down ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bizarre etymologies (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
a napron <> an apron this sort of "false division" is known linguistically as metanalysis....
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Discussion Topic  RE: The Pronoun of Indefinite Gender (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
>Is it to be sanctioned? sanction (quoting Compact Oxford English Dictionary ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Unusual Word from Newspaper business (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: welcome to participate: Two things that have happened to me lately (in The Written Word) by tsuwm
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Discussion Topic  RE: Name that Body Part (in Wordplay) by tsuwm
I suppose you won't credit Lash LaRue either.....
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
I didn't see your comment... did you get censored??...
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
unless I am mistaken, arnie merely posted the link; the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
there is a word that comes close: macarism means roughly ......
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Discussion Topic  epicaricacy reredux (in Potpourri) by tsuwm
I uncovered this today via a referral: (there's a word for that?) ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: BLUFFING GAME: setenant (in Wordplay) by tsuwm
>it was always written se-tenant. this was the source of my comment on whether I was thinking o......
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Discussion Topic  RE: BLUFFING GAME: setenant (in Wordplay) by tsuwm
well, I'm not sure that it's the same word, but I think #2 matches the definition of something simil......
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Discussion Topic  RE: The press reflects on Reagan (in The Vocabulary Forum) by tsuwm
>[Does the quotation below use this word incorrectly?] "Reagan thus serves as a talisman of what ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Decimation and changes of meaning (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
I bring this thread back for two reasons: 1) friday's wwftd was: vigesimation the act of putting t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Didn't know this was an acronym. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
I assume that in its abbreviated form USAPATRIOT is pronounced U-S-A-patriot (and not usapatriot), a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: trepidacious or trepidatious? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
the word in question is to be found in neither form in either OED or W3. the only confirmation (as s......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Bluff game part 3 (in Wordplay) by tsuwm
pardon me for butting in to your game thread, but I think that this definition is quite a stretch fo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: It's probably me, but ... (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
>I know it's techically bad grammar not really; it's idiomatic, and acceptable in all but the mo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Where does spam come from? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by tsuwm
there must be a hogshead of urban legends regarding spam, but a recent OED entry goes with: [App.......
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