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The most overused word in NY Times crossword puzzles.
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>The most overused word in NY Times crossword puzzles.
next to eee (big shoes), which ain't really a word.
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Or either an adverb, one.
OTOH the line between adjectives and nouns is sometimes perty dang fuzzy
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The Wikipedia actually credits "diasporic" with wordness.
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Any noun (well, I haven't checked them all) can qualify another noun: shop window, toilet seat, window seat, street corner, street Arab, cricket bat, ostrich egg, book club, seed drill, chicken surprise, hair oil, etc etc etc.
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have you ever seen a toilet bowl?
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seen a toilet bowl
No, but I've heard that Bill Veeck had a cricket bat for the old St. Louis Browns back in '51.
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I'm sure TEd could SHEd some jeers of toy for us...
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Cubby's florets?
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Tsuwm writes: "eee (big shoes), which ain't really a word"
Bless you, old soul, for acknowledging that there are some constructions which are pronouncible and recognizable and which convey meaning but which are, nonetheless, not words. I will sleep better tonight for it.
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