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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #137924 - 01/24/05 05:50 AM another theme - reduplications tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass flimflam [One of the many onomatopic reduplications expressive of contempt; cf. fidfad, skimble-skamble, whimwham. Possibly based on a Scandinavian word which may have existed in some Eng. dialects; cf. ON. flim a lampoon, flimska mockery, flimta to flout.] some wordsmiths have been described as being flimflam *men. *meant to be all-inclusive Top #137925 - 01/24/05 08:44 AM Re: another theme - reduplications Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Ooh, ooh--I like the term ricochet words much better: it has more bang to it. Top #137926 - 01/24/05 01:48 PM How many reduplicative... AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York place names can y'all think of? Top #137927 - 01/24/05 04:13 PM Re: How many reduplicative... Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont Bora Bora _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #137928 - 01/24/05 04:23 PM Re: How many reduplicative... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Baden Baden Top #137929 - 01/24/05 04:35 PM Re: How many reduplicative... of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park Walla Walla does Ho-ho-cus count too? _________________________ my other obsession Top #137930 - 01/24/05 04:42 PM Re: How many reduplicative... Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont New York, New York _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #137931 - 01/24/05 06:47 PM Re: How many reduplicative... Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 Sing Sing Top #137932 - 01/24/05 10:09 PM Re: How many reduplicative... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, if you can say New York, New York, then I sure as heck can do the double national capital + nation again: Luxembourg, Luxembourg San Marino, San Marino Monaco, Monaco and (almost) Andorra la Vella, Andorra Top #137933 - 01/24/05 10:53 PM Re: How many reduplicative... themilum veteran Registered: 05/25/02 Posts: 1529 Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s... Back in '44 the first words I heard as I stepped onto the beach at Leyte were: "My sister very goog pom-pom." Pom-poms were cheap back in those days. Later, during WWI in France, I was invited to invest in a 'zig-zig coucher'. I did; and have never regretted it to this day. And then there was that time in New Orleans... Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209752 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 36 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 66 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 35 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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