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#130913 07/30/04 06:14 PM
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The most overused word in NY Times crossword puzzles.


#130914 07/30/04 06:23 PM
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>The most overused word in NY Times crossword puzzles.

next to eee (big shoes), which ain't really a word.


#130915 07/30/04 09:47 PM
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Or either an adverb, one.

OTOH the line between adjectives and nouns is sometimes perty dang fuzzy


#130916 07/30/04 11:01 PM
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The Wikipedia actually credits "diasporic" with wordness.



#130917 07/31/04 05:08 PM
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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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#130919 07/31/04 07:21 PM
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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.


#130920 07/31/04 07:30 PM
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I'm sure TEd could SHEd some jeers of toy for us...


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citation intentionally left blank

Cubby's florets?


#130922 07/31/04 09:25 PM
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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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