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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is tritz a word? #5350 08/17/2000 5:56 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC I recently wrote the following sentence: She came tritzing in from a meeting. I knew exactly what I meant. Tritz is a word that combines tripping and waltzing. The person I sent it to said, "Huh???" I can't find it in any dictionary, and I can only recall it as a word I learned from my parents. Can anyone verify this as a word? I'm totally stumped on it. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is tritz a word? #5351 08/17/2000 7:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Sorry, Dear, but despite its obvious derivations, I do believe that one came from just you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is tritz a word? #5352 08/18/2000 7:30 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 The word exists! You will find it in the E.G.G Unabridged. I found it there. The word means pretty much what you think it does. That's an obliging kind of a dictionary IYKWIM .... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is tritz a word? #5353 08/18/2000 1:42 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia what exactly would the EGG unabridged be, pray? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is tritz a word? #5354 08/18/2000 3:13 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 EGG: egregiously glossing grimoire? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is tritz a word? #5355 08/19/2000 2:58 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 > what exactly would the EGG unabridged be, pray? It is the one put together by the one they couldn't put together again! 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message 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

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