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OP = yuppie + hipster
But pity the poor dictionary-maker, in the throes of overchoice
24,300 hits would seem to indicate this one is catching on. But as a word-enthusiast, suppose you were compiling a dictionary of early 21st-century slang. Soon you discover that there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of late blend, portmanteau, infixes, and sniglets
..such as ABSOLUDICROUS, BABELICIOUS, FISHABILITY, WUNCH OF BANKERS, DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION ETC ETC...
The meaning of which is pretty obvious and the longevity of which is questionable, no matter how many hits it may evoke (the last gets 273,000). Including them all would require a tome the size of Random Unabridged
So I need your opinion--take YUPSTER for instance--would you include this one, and on what basis would you decide
Last edited by dalehileman; 05/25/06 02:35 PM.
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