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To squelch any rumors that one vote doesn't matter, I'll share with you the current leaders in the vote tally.
1. triboluminescence - 11 votes 2. (tie) gobsmacked, dipsetic - 9 votes 4. cornobbled - 8 votes 5. (tie) pantomath, enantiodromic - 7 votes 7. pleonasm - 6 votes 8. anacampserote - 5 votes 9. (tie) Golden Ratio, octothorpe - 4 votes
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1) Time2) Time3) Time 4) Time 5) Time We were running out of time
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I'm afraid Jackie has a good point regarding cornobbled; not only are we split on the meaning, but we will be hard pressed to find citations (outside of right cheer, which seems a tad... incestuous). http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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cornobbledThis is the only online citation I could find for cornobbled. But it's not substantiated, just listed with, I might add, a treasure trove of other wonderfully worthless words, tsuwm! You have to click on the cached link under the hit because the actual url is too unwieldy and I can't pull "shorter link" up right now. http://google.com/search?hl=en&q=slang cornobbled&btnG=Google Search[re-edit: link's working again, must've been that slow-down here, yesterday] [edit: evidently the link is not bringing the page up...so....type slang cornobbled into Google, you'll get one hit. Then click on the cached link.]I'm almost certain that cornobbled is listed in the Slang and Everyday Speech section of Marc McCutcheon's magnificient study, A Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800's, which is readily available for sale online, but not for perusal. However, I don't have access to the book until the historic village library reopens in May. So I guess it's off to the good ol' library! A good university library is sure to have this work, for those of you with nearby or on-site access.
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which seems a tad... incestuous).Oh, come now, brother...
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hich seems a tad... incestuous).jackie: Oh, come now, brother... One is not surprised that a Kentuckian would be expert on that subject.
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Ah hain't touchin' that 'un...
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Ok, all y'all blokes, looks like this is the finalist final list:
triboluminescence, gobsmacked, dipsetic, cornobbled and enantiodromic.
alternate - pantomath
Though there was a tie for 5th place, I decided that pantomath is looks very similar to this week's philomath, so for variety, the place will go to enantiodromic. The alternate will go in if we can't find enough support for the eligibility of cornobbled.
Tsuwm, could you provide simple definitions and etymologies from the OED? or is simple OED an oxymoron?
We'll also need sentences for the words, so if anyone can find good sources, it would be appreciated, or we could just make up our own. What do you think?
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I go with the list, go for it, JazzO!
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We'll also need sentences for the words, so if anyone can find good sources, it would be appreciated, or we could just make up our own. What do you think?
What sources could be found that would care as much as this group? Let us make up our own.
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