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#205843 - 05/22/12 06:09 AM Reverse Alphabetical
tomtransmitting stranger Registered: 05/22/12 Posts: 2 Loc: KZN	Surely - surely - there is a word that means "in reverse alphabetical order"?
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#205844 - 05/22/12 07:06 AM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	¿Por qué?
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#205845 - 05/22/12 01:55 PM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass	Urban Dictionary suggests 'omegabetical' (heh) and 'zalphabetical' (ecch) - but then who gives any credence to the UD?!
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#205846 - 05/22/12 06:33 PM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Omegapsical might be better than omegabetical, but that ain't sayin' much. Zalphabetical is just plain ecch.
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#205850 - 05/23/12 04:47 AM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
tomtransmitting stranger Registered: 05/22/12 Posts: 2 Loc: KZN	Hoom... yes. The reason I need this word is when specifying how a list of items can presented by a system - for example a list of members of an organisation on a website. I'm trying to avoid saying "You can also view the list in reverse alphabetical order". The same problem comes up when trying to list date-based items like a list of events - that can be list in chronological or reverse chronological order. Omegapsical is pretty decent. The only advantage to zalphabetical is that is suggests what it is quite well - dumb people might more easily understand what it means than omegabetical... Anyhow - thanks for the suggestions.
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#205851 - 05/23/12 04:55 AM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5248 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	But., would not everybody understand you just as well if you put it simlpy: "reversed order"?
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#205853 - 05/23/12 06:41 AM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	I'm with BranShea, here. You do want your reader to understand what you mean and 'reverse alphabetical order' is perfect for the job. If you tried to drag 'omegapsical order' into it you'll have people looking it up, scratching their heads, and tossing your article into the bit bucket.
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#205854 - 05/23/12 12:27 PM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: Faldage]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass	for sure; at least omegabetical can be found via OneLook, thanks to UD! (Faldo, maybe you should submit your word to UD - they'll accept anything.) NB: zalphabetical can't be found directly at UD; you have to look up 'zalphabetical order'. Edited by tsuwm (05/23/12 12:31 PM)
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#205855 - 05/23/12 12:57 PM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: tomtransmitting]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Wordnik discusses omegapsical.
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#205856 - 05/23/12 01:42 PM Re: Reverse Alphabetical [Re: Faldage]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass	wordnik is indexed at OneLook, but doesn't seem to have been re-scanned for almost two(2) years - maybe that's why omegapsic(al) (order) doesn't appear there. this is actually a problem at OneLook, since the founder is supposedly no longer actively involved; they no longer do automatic/periodic updates of all their content, and (at least us lesser) lexic drudges have to poke the OneLook drudge(s) to do an update.
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