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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Shaker on September 15, 2017, 12:37:08 PM

Title: Words, words, words, words, words...
Post by: Shaker on September 15, 2017, 12:37:08 PM
Nice to see that some of these are still around ... for now: http://tinyurl.com/ycfxkrne

Sillytonian needs more exposure, in my opinion ... especially here.
Title: Re: Words, words, words, words, words...
Post by: Harrowby Hall on September 15, 2017, 02:34:34 PM
Some of these words are clearly compounded from other words and have merely absorbed their meanings (quacksalver, tremblable, peacockize). They sound like neologisms, from a former time, which have outlived their short-term usefulness.
Title: Re: Words, words, words, words, words...
Post by: Shaker on September 15, 2017, 04:22:39 PM
They sound like neologisms, from a former time
Well there's a bit of a contradictio in adjecto as they say down the Gladioli and Bugle right there.