Let me be the first.... - 09/29/08 01:50 PM
to call y'all a bunch of LINGUISTASTERS!
By the way, I'll include myself, just for safety's sake... ;0)
By the way, I'll include myself, just for safety's sake... ;0)
Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/29/08 02:11 PM
Latin -aster is one of my favorite pejorative suffixes, e.g., oleaster 'an inferior olive tree'. Linguaster would be a bad torta de lengua
Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/29/08 02:36 PM
What is the antonym suffix for -astor?
Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/29/08 11:37 PM
When I first saw the word politicaster I thought it was a word for someone who does running commentary on political events. You'd have your play-by-play politicaster and your color man.
"Not a cloud in the ceiling, Bob, here at the first debate of the presidential series between Obama and McCain. The contestants are both warming up in their respective bullpens."
"That's right, Jim. This will be the first forf these two, the winners of their respective leagues. Obama has a 6-5 record and McCain is 9-2."
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"Not a cloud in the ceiling, Bob, here at the first debate of the presidential series between Obama and McCain. The contestants are both warming up in their respective bullpens."
"That's right, Jim. This will be the first forf these two, the winners of their respective leagues. Obama has a 6-5 record and McCain is 9-2."
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Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/30/08 04:26 AM
And since aster in Gk means star, an 'Asteraster' would be a B-grade movie actor! Boom boom! 
...and an Asterrasterrasta would be a B-grade actor who smoka-da-gunga.
...and an Asterrasterrasta would be a B-grade actor who smoka-da-gunga.
Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/30/08 11:27 AM
Originally Posted By: twosleepy
to call y'all a bunch of LINGUISTASTERS!
We do love sampling that linguini.
Re: Let me be the first.... - 09/30/08 02:06 PM
A poetaster enjoys sampling "The Casque of Amantillado".