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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "retonym" #14203 01/11/2001 11:54 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory "Its head is Latin while its tail is Greek." I suppose then you could say that "retronym" is a chimeric neologism. It seems perfectly fair to me to allow mixing of Greek and Latin words, but I think it's against the law in Alabama. ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted We Are Not Alone Father Steve 12/30/2000 8:28 PM Re: We Are Not Alone Capital Kiwi 12/30/2000 10:03 PM Re: We Are Ourselves wow 12/31/2000 2:00 PM Post deleted by musick musick 12/31/2000 7:56 PM Re: We Are Not Alone Capital Kiwi 01/02/2001 5:11 PM Abuzz TEd Remington 01/03/2001 1:27 AM Re: We Are Not Alone Jackie 12/30/2000 11:57 PM Explaining to Jackie Father Steve 12/31/2000 12:51 AM Re: Explaining to Jackie of troy 01/02/2001 1:52 PM Poorly Expressed Father Steve 01/03/2001 2:00 AM Re: Poorly Expressed Bobyoungbalt 01/03/2001 3:12 PM Robert Capon Father Steve 01/04/2001 7:10 AM "retonym" Alex Williams 01/11/2001 11:54 AM Re: bicycle Faldage 01/11/2001 2:36 PM Re: bicycle Jackie 01/11/2001 2:55 PM Re: bicycle jmh 01/11/2001 11:04 PM Re: bicycle Jazzoctopus 01/12/2001 1:17 AM Re: bicycle Max Quordlepleen 01/12/2001 1:57 AM Re: bicycle Avy 01/12/2001 2:42 AM Re: bicycle Capital Kiwi 01/12/2001 4:49 AM Re: bicycle jmh 01/12/2001 7:37 AM Re: bicycle Jackie 01/12/2001 12:57 PM Re: We Are Not Alone Jazzoctopus 12/31/2000 3:28 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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