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i am out of the handbasket? Wee!
i hope them wheels are powered by a 5 on the floor v8 engine, with a nice tight suspension.. i could use an upgrade from my mazda mx6..
dam.. its helen reddy that musick is reference.. oh well my ship will come in one day!
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If your ship comes in looking as you described it I want a picture.
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Speaking of--I was thinking today about a jacket my daughter received as a gift several months ago. It is still hanging in her closet, unused. I was thinking that I probably ought to fold it and put it away somewhere to keep it from getting "shopworn". I figured shopworn just about has to be a coined word. I learned it from hearing my mother say it. Is it still in use, these days? I havn't heard it in a long time.
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Jackie I've seen shopworn used to describe musical instruments such as guitars, typically very expensives one whose appeal is in part due to their appearance. See for example this guitar .
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formerly known as etaoin...
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Getting back to the thread, working in wordwizard-com wordorigins-org, phrases-org, wordsmith-org, and wordcraft.infopop I often encounter threads asking for a term describing a concept for which there is no apparent Standard English word. Rephrasing my question, what do you suppose such concepts have in common, if anything
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Quote:
… what do you suppose such concepts have in common, if anything
Uncommonness?
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Quote:
what do you suppose such concepts have in common, if anything
they keep getting collected in books, such as Rheingold's They have a Word for It and There's a Word for It, and then there's that Meaning of Tingo thing as well.
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