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#186616 - 08/25/09 03:11 PM summer additions (and some aren't)
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9568 Loc: this too shall pass	featured summer additions to the online OED.. * bailout n.2 * car-booter n. * rechallenge v. and rechallenge n. * turducken n.
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#186617 - 08/25/09 05:27 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: tsuwm]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6688 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: tsuwm * turducken n. some sort of poultry combo?
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#186618 - 08/25/09 05:32 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9568 Loc: this too shall pass	deboned stuffed chicken stuffed in a deboned duck all stuffed in a turkey. yum. my question is about the Brit term, car-booter, or someone who attends car-boot sales. yeahbut, what's a car-boot sale then? -joe (flea market) friday
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#186619 - 08/25/09 05:38 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: tsuwm]
olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 662 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	I'd never heard of 'Turducken' (Turkey is'nt big down these parts) which got me wondering what the criteria for new words was. Dords aside, this from the OED: The rule of thumb is that a word can be included in the OED if it has appeared at least five times, in five different sources, over a period of five years. Occasionally, a word springs up which is instantly prevalent and seems likely to last, and in this case exceptions are made. A good example is the term AIDS, which emerged in the mid-eighties and entered the dictionary almost immediately. 'Turducken' sounds more like an Urban dictionary candidate to me. Summer and Summaint. My 'Halfabucks' worth.
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#186620 - 08/25/09 06:21 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: olly]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9568 Loc: this too shall pass	turducken gets 153,000(!) ghits, of which this is the first.
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#186621 - 08/25/09 06:45 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: tsuwm]
olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 662 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	And about 1.700 ghits for a Gooducken. 'thats birdspeak for hello'
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#186622 - 08/25/09 08:39 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: olly]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6688 Loc: Vermont	wow. I was kidding.
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#186625 - 08/25/09 10:40 PM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: olly]
zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2450 Loc: R'lyeh	I'd never heard of 'Turducken' I've actually heard turducken in the wild a couple of times.
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#186626 - 08/26/09 12:08 AM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: zmjezhd]
olly addict Registered: 12/18/06 Posts: 662 Loc: Auckland, New Zealand	Turducken or not turducken. Here are a coupla alternatives, Chuckurkey - sounds like a place chickeyduck - too cute duckturken - an afrikaans vet Turducken wins.
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#186627 - 08/26/09 12:27 AM Re: summer additions (and some aren't) [Re: olly]
twosleepy old hand Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 796 Loc: western NY	Originally Posted By: olly Turducken or not turducken. Here are a coupla alternatives, Chuckurkey - sounds like a place chickeyduck - too cute duckturken - an afrikaans vet Turducken wins. I believe turducken was chosen because it has its parts in the same order as they appear when made. :0) And just to maybe drop your jaw a bit: "The largest recorded nested bird roast is 17 birds, attributed to a royal feast in France in the early 19th century (originally called a Rôti Sans Pareil, or "Roast without equal") - a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an Ortolan Bunting and a Garden Warbler. The final bird is small enough that it can be stuffed with a single olive; it also suggests that, unlike modern multi-bird roasts, there was no stuffing or other packing placed in between the birds. This dish probably could not be legally recreated in the modern era as many of the listed birds are now protected species." Name THAT! I dare you! ;0)
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