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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dis This! #182641 02/15/2009 11:59 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Disdain. "I don't disdain you, I, actually, dain you". The word origin(s) seems to have a prefix "de" / "des"... turned into the now *pronounced "dis". Are they prefixes... or even a hint of one implied? Deconstructionism for its own sake? Humour me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dis This! musick 02/15/2009 11:59 PM Re: Dis This! tsuwm 02/16/2009 12:07 AM Re: Dis This! olly 02/16/2009 3:46 AM Re: Dis This! BranShea 02/21/2009 12:23 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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