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>Know how you get a feeling for a word in your head, but the word itself refuses to take shape and make sense of itself for you?<
Uh huh! I HATE when that happens!
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Would 'constant' have worked in your article?
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as resident obviousizer, I am going to rephrase Faldage's question: you yourself gave us the word continual, "which refers to something happening repeatedly, but with intervals in between". this seemed to be precisely the notion that you posed, and yet you rejected the word out of hand for not matching your "feeling". is that *all that's wrong with continual? wouldn't it have worked for your needs? Are you just whistling Dixie?!
-ron
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there must be a word for rejecting a seemingly plausible word choice 'cuz it doesn't feel right..
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there must be a word for rejecting a seemingly plausible word choice 'cuz it doesn't feel right..
You mean other than "bloodymindedness"?
- ron o jr
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I like Jackie's ongoing. That's what I would use.
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there must be a word for rejecting a seemingly plausible word choice 'cuz it doesn't feel right..Scraplogos? 
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