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Another one of the spelling bee words. A coin collector. Numimatic = study of coins. For once, my dictionary gives more information about etymology, tracing it back to Greek nomos = law. Creation of coins is a jealously guarded prerogative of goverhment. If you get caught making coins, you get plenty privilege taken away. (Hoagy Carmichael).
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Not to be confused with the philately of the philatelist.
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So did a coin collector coin numismatist?
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Nagh, a numismatist put the stamp of approval on philatelist.
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If you collect both coins and stamps, are you a numismaphilatelist or a philatelnumismatist?
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My collection is small, but I collect portraits of dead presidents.
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wwh - Does this make you and fiberbabe "narcologists"?
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Dear musick: Fiberbabe could not be persuaded to narco with me.
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Hey now! I don't remember being formally asked!
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The trouble with 'formally asking' is that it is difficult to ask for favors without asking for two things: one, the favor, and two, the tacit admission by the recipient that she welcomed the request. Pride dictated rejection of the tacit admission.
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