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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146241 08/10/2005 6:37 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA http://snipurl.com/guu6 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146242 08/11/2005 8:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky "To suit the pace of our lifestyle today there is a growing tendency to mix words together to make entirely new ones called blends," the dictionary researchers said. Ok--so what's the diff. between a blend and a portmanteau word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146243 08/11/2005 10:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass In reply to: so what's the diff. between a blend and a portmanteau word? ::sigh:: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=146552 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146244 08/11/2005 10:13 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Another new trend that's been around for many years. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146245 08/11/2005 10:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ok, ok, sorry...I forgot! BUT--do you really expect me to trust wikipedia, when I have no way of knowing who said that? Coulda been some language-subverser, f'rall I know. And--holy cow, you-all, isn't it fun to simply talk about language again? Barbs and kens notwithstanding... You three made me laugh out loud in two different categories! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Potty Mouth arrives in OED #146246 08/11/2005 11:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Some prescriptivist. Doesn't even know the difference between the OED and the ODE. Harrumph®! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 7 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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