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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ersatz #123613 02/21/2004 8:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Tue Mar 21 00:52:28 EST 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--ersatz ersatz (ER-zahts, er-ZATS) adjective Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial. [German, replacement, from ersetzen, to replace, from Old High German irsezzan : ir-, out + sezzan, to set.] A word seen often during and shortly after WWII, but not since. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123614 03/02/2004 12:50 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Lemony Snicket used it in the title of volume 6 of the misadventures of the Baudelaire children... a whole new generation is being educated as to this word - fear not, Dr. Bill! http://www.lemonysnicket.com/desc_ersatz.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123615 03/02/2004 1:45 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear FB: with regard to Lemony Snickett, I feel like the hill-billy that was invited to play bridge. He declined on the grounds that he already had more vices than he could properly support. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123616 03/02/2004 3:11 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Gosh, I see "ersatz" used with reasonable frequency in general interest publications. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123617 03/02/2004 3:17 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont reasonable frequency yeah, I recall hearing it in conversation just this weekend. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123618 03/02/2004 10:55 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It got used just the other day upstairs in Miscellany: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=125409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ersatz #123619 03/02/2004 2:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A week after this thread started. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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