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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #156469 - 03/04/06 03:12 PM Re: Antonym for celebrity? Stag_Beetle newbie Registered: 02/12/06 Posts: 35 Loc: Compost heap Getting closer. Quote: obscurity noun 1 the novel plots Carlotta’s rise from obscurity to stardom insignificance, inconspicuousness, unimportance, anonymity; limbo, twilight, oblivion. ANTONYM: fame. New Oxford American Dictionary © Top #156470 - 03/05/06 03:25 PM Re: Antonym for celebrity? Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont > juan! you've just mantled Roget!! I never said a thing. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #156471 - 03/05/06 03:45 PM Antonym for celebrity --a friend in Amherst writes Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog! Top #156472 - 03/05/06 11:13 PM Re: Antonym for celebrity? Person_Man stranger Registered: 03/05/06 Posts: 20 Quote: What's an (is there an) antonym for celebrity? Everybody else? I don't think there is one, because it is a term used for distinguishing an uncommon condition from an almost universal one. It's kind of like asking: "What is the opposite of a twin?" Non-twin? There's no polar opposite. But I've often wondered why there's not an adjectival form of celebrity. How about: "sell-ah-BRI-tik" ? Top #156473 - 03/06/06 12:17 AM Adjectival form of celebrity Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA celebritous = 1080 Google hits Top #156474 - 03/06/06 12:25 AM Re: Adjectival form of celebrity Person_Man stranger Registered: 03/05/06 Posts: 20 Sure. But celebritic is better. Top #156475 - 03/06/06 04:40 AM Re: Antonym for celebrity? TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC deleted as inconsequential Edited by TEd Remington (03/06/06 04:42 AM) _________________________ TEd Top #156476 - 03/06/06 07:16 AM Re: Antonym for celebrity? AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York Quote: But I've often wondered why there's not an adjectival form of celebrity. There is: celebrated. Top #156477 - 03/06/06 08:05 AM celebrated Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA ... as in the jumping frog in the Twain story. Top #156478 - 03/06/06 08:20 AM Celebrated - vs - notorious frog musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago Some seem to think it's "notorious"... does anyone have a first edition? Top Page 2 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 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 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 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 Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210120 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 37 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 jenny jenny 68 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June 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

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