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RE: Chambers Gigglossary
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Those gifts are for trading! Old story of two friends on the commodities market Their job was to ......
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RE: Chambers Gigglossary
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Rosbif, biftek, le weekend, shampooing, le smoking... Rather like Monte Python's Holy Grail: "Engli......
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September 12, 2009 18:59
RE: Chambers Gigglossary
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Not to be confused with the similarly boisterous "mafeking." See, for example, ......
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September 10, 2009 11:12
RE: Chambers Gigglossary
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A great favorite of mine - "chrestomathy." Phrases rather than individual words, but still a pleasi......
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September 09, 2009 08:06
RE: Wealth
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Yes, which is why so many cultures-in-diaspora (think Greeks and Armenians, overseas Chinese, and Je......
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July 04, 2009 08:25
RE: Wealth
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Wealth is embedded value. Create a work of art, invent a new technology, discover a new idea or a n......
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July 04, 2009 08:14
Floral Terms
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Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal, on the origins of floral terms. ......
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July 04, 2009 08:07
RE: Inseparable words versus separts
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Might it be a quick witted person was "gormful," or "gormy," or even "gormalicious?"...
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May 28, 2009 18:31
RE: Inseparable words versus separts
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Arnie: See ......
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May 28, 2009 12:23
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Proofreader: Not sure I am, but in "The Land of Cockaygne" we read "And the larks that are so cou......
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May 28, 2009 09:29
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The esteemed Wordcraft community has of course identified the linguistic structures, but that still ......
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May 28, 2009 07:13
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Arnie: Thanks for that! So one might say "He is gruntled, and will soon reach fully disgruntled?" ......
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May 28, 2009 04:17
RE: Inseparable words versus separts
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Absolutely! Added to the list!...
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May 27, 2009 19:28
Inseparable words versus separts
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There are a number of words where the "separated" form is unable to stand alone. For example, while......
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May 27, 2009 18:30
RE: Less-known Counterparts
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Is there an element of duplication here? "Horri" seems to trace back to hair just as much as "pila"......
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May 10, 2009 04:37
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After a good night's sleep -- replicate!...
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May 08, 2009 05:09
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And of course, duplicate, and explicate....
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May 07, 2009 20:15
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Etymological geography, or, if you prefer, geographical etymology: ......
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January 14, 2009 09:48
RE: Name that Nym
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Examples beyond measure: ......
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November 06, 2008 20:05
Parseltongue
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J K Rowling calls the speech of snakes "Parseltongue." Any thoughts on the etymology? From etymonl......
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