>>And anyway, what word isn't invented to describe something? Hello.
Yes, but words are a means of communication. If someone simply invents a word, for the sake of inventing it, and it is not clear what it means, or is counter-intuitive, then it is a foolish thing to have done.
For example, the Spatulamancy word you mention. This word is counter-intuitive because a shoulder-blade is a scapula NOT a spatula.
So the person who invented that word was communicating improperly and it is an incorrect invention.
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It's bugging me...I'm trying to figure out a better word than "incorrect" for the last sentence above. I mean that it is a word that isn't clear, there would be a better way of describing the type of devination, and that there is no point in inventing such a word if an other one would be clearer.
So, I don't know if "incorrect" is the best word to use, but there you go, I can't think of the right term at this moment.
Last edited by belMarduk; 03/06/06 04:31 PM.
