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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rehashed topic #12 - esquivalience #173725 02/19/2008 3:32 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 I just discovered that Quinion covered this topic with the word Nihilartikel shortly after our original thread. -joe ( yes I did ) friday p.s. - I read elsewhere that esquivalience was inserted specifically to foil copying of the included CD-ROM. I don't know if this means it isn't in the b&m version. does anyone actually have the NOAD to hand? Last edited by tsuwm; 02/19/2008 3:55 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #12 - esquivalience tsuwm #173729 02/19/2008 5:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky (such as that for Via Gra in one of Robert Parker's recent wine guides) Geez! Hmm--I'm glad I looked up more than one def. of factitious. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #12 - esquivalience Jackie #173730 02/19/2008 6:01 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 Originally Posted By: Jackie I'm glad I looked up more than one def. of factitious. seemed tailor-made for a sham. -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #12 - esquivalience tsuwm #173734 02/19/2008 8:44 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Pillow? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rehashed topic #12 - esquivalience Jackie #180137 11/07/2008 6:55 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 I am bubbling this back up today (hi daleh!) having just reread Jorge Luis Borges's 1940 short story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", thinking to myself 'this smacks of being a Nihilartikel'. link -joe (somebody turn off the bubble machine) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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