Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/10/05 06:37 PM
Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/11/05 08:37 PM
"To suit the pace of our lifestyle today there is a growing tendency to mix words together to make entirely new ones called blends," the dictionary researchers said.
Ok--so what's the diff. between a blend and a portmanteau word?
Ok--so what's the diff. between a blend and a portmanteau word?
Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/11/05 10:04 PM
In reply to:so what's the diff. between a blend and a portmanteau word?
::sigh:: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=146552
Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/11/05 10:13 PM
Another new trend that's been around for many years.
Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/11/05 10:29 PM
Ok, ok, sorry...I forgot! BUT--do you really expect me to trust wikipedia, when I have no way of knowing who said that? Coulda been some language-subverser, f'rall I know.
And--holy cow, you-all, isn't it fun to simply talk about language again? Barbs and kens notwithstanding...
You three made me laugh out loud in two different categories!
And--holy cow, you-all, isn't it fun to simply talk about language again? Barbs and kens notwithstanding...
You three made me laugh out loud in two different categories!
Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED - 08/11/05 11:29 PM
Some prescriptivist. Doesn't even know the difference between the OED and the ODE.
Harrumph®!
Harrumph®!