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Language Log has rung in on the issue of this weeks theme. Check out this post and take your own stab at future words.
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Who's the fifth, mystery candidate?
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There's a whole bunch ( link).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Alright, but in the end it always ends in a one to one fight. The mystery candidate is Helen:
"Whenever Helen sleeps, her fevered rest meekens her; hence, she re-emerges enfeebled -- her strength, expended; her reserves, depleted."
The odd duckess in this line and I don't see te relevance of the word 'meeken' at all. (?)
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I don't see te relevance of the word 'meeken' at all. (?)
It's a pretty weak member of this group. Only reason I can see for its having been chosen is the fact that it has the phonemes /m/, /k/, and /n/. Surely there must have been better choices, something maybe with the prefix caino- or the suffix -caine.
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I'm sure your guess is right! Meeken, Mekain? You Jane? Well ....good luck to all.
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>pretty weak
boy, howdy!
meeken.. weak un'
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