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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cross-very-old-threading #85354 11/02/02 06:13 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,852 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,852 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ...a transference, like using Kleenex as the word to mean any brand of facial tissue, or Xerox for any copied piece of paper The same thing happened to "inoculation" and "vaccination," all examples of extending the meaning from specific to general (or at least broader). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Grandiloquence Maurice 11/01/02 11:46 AM Re: Grandiloquence Buffalo Shrdlu 11/01/02 01:43 PM Re: Grandiloquence wwh 11/01/02 02:01 PM euonymous TEd Remington 11/01/02 02:33 PM Re: euonymous wwh 11/01/02 02:41 PM Re: euonymous Bean 11/01/02 02:48 PM Re: euonymous of troy 11/01/02 02:55 PM Re: euonymous wwh 11/01/02 04:15 PM Re: mellifluous wow 11/01/02 03:06 PM Re: mellifluous wofahulicodoc 11/01/02 09:55 PM Re: mellifluous wwh 11/01/02 10:17 PM go with the slow flow wofahulicodoc 11/01/02 10:24 PM Re: go with the slow flow AnnaStrophic 11/02/02 01:29 AM Re: go with the slow flow wwh 11/02/02 01:40 AM Re: antibiotic honey Faldage 11/02/02 12:32 PM Re: antibiotic honey wwh 11/02/02 01:21 PM This is supposed to be a word board, isn't it? wofahulicodoc 11/02/02 02:06 PM Re: This is supposed to be a word board, isn't it? Jackie 11/02/02 02:19 PM cross-very-old-threading wofahulicodoc 11/02/02 06:13 PM Re: cross-very-old-threading Jackie 11/02/02 08:09 PM Re: cross-very-old-threading of troy 11/02/02 09:41 PM Re: cross-very-old-threading wwh 11/02/02 10:06 PM an eye for an eye? wofahulicodoc 11/05/02 09:39 PM Re: an eye for an eye? wwh 11/05/02 09:53 PM Re: an eye for an eye? wofahulicodoc 11/05/02 10:36 PM Re: antibiotic honey Faldage 11/19/02 02:17 PM Re: antibiotic honey wwh 11/19/02 02:55 PM Re: antibiotic honey Faldage 11/19/02 03:45 PM Re: antibiotic honey wwh 11/19/02 03:53 PM Re: antibiotic honey Faldage 11/19/02 04:05 PM Re: antibiotic honey wwh 11/19/02 04:21 PM Re: antibiotic honey Faldage 11/19/02 04:59 PM Re: antibiotic honey wwh 11/19/02 05:07 PM Re: Grandiloquence Jackie 11/01/02 05:44 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,810 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 858 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,852 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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