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