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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: coining words and intro tsuwm #169352 07/24/2007 2:24 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA tsu: I agree and often have wondered how dictionary makers decide when a word is ripe. I used this arbitrary rule in compiling my collection: I would reject it if it got fewer than 263 Ghits dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted coining words and intro elisabeth 07/23/2007 6:06 PM Re: coining words and intro zmjezhd 07/23/2007 6:13 PM Re: coining words and intro tsuwm 07/23/2007 6:37 PM Re: coining words and intro dalehileman 07/23/2007 6:43 PM Re: coining words and intro Buffalo Shrdlu 07/23/2007 6:52 PM Re: coining words and intro tsuwm 07/23/2007 6:55 PM Re: coining words and intro zmjezhd 07/23/2007 8:16 PM Re: coining words and intro zmjezhd 07/23/2007 8:51 PM Re: coining words and intro tsuwm 07/23/2007 9:21 PM Re: coining words and intro dalehileman 07/24/2007 2:24 PM Re: coining words and intro tsuwm 07/24/2007 3:35 PM Re: coining words and intro Faldage 07/24/2007 11:17 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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