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But I've often wondered why there's not an adjectival form of celebrity. Quote:
There is: celebrated.
The difference between the adjectival form of a word and an adjective for a word was clear enough for the rest of the posters. I guess I won't pay any attention to one quibbler's facetiae.
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> The difference between the adjectival form of a word and an adjective for a word was clear enough for the rest of the posters. I guess I won't pay any attention to one quibbler's facetiae.
and the rest of the posters are thus supposed to conclude we're dealing with yet another tedious vituperative little sock-puppet [yawn]
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Here's a lingual reasoning test. Which of the following two sentences is a better example of vituperativeness? Quote:
1. The difference between the adjectival form of a word and an adjective for a word was clear enough for the rest of the posters. I guess I won't pay any attention to one quibbler's facetiae.
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2. and the rest of the posters are thus supposed to conclude we're dealing with yet another tedious vituperative little sock-puppet [yawn]
Oh, by the way maverick, don't bother to answer this question. You've already failed. But here's your homework:
facetiae: (archaic) humorous or witty sayings.
quibble: (archaic) play on words.
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Poysonally, I think "obscurity" is about as close as you're going to find.
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Seeing the title of the post, my first thought was infamy, but all the other posters seem to be going for un-famous rather than un-popular or "un-well-liked".
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I smell a troll around here somewhere. Do you smell a troll? I certainly definitely smell a troll.
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I smell a troll around here somewhere. Do you smell a troll? I certainly definitely smell a troll.
We'll cross that bridge eventually, Fr Steve. I'm sure he's driving a Toyota, though: Troll is in a Cressida.
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Take the lingual reasoning test, then decide.
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Take the lingual reasoning test, then decide.
If you can't lick 'em, join 'em?
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