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#156499 03/04/06 07:56 PM
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I'd like to see a neologism for the vestigal foodstuffs one sometimes discovers on their sleeve or collar that cannot be traced back to any meal in memory and must therefore be classified as an unknown substance.

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apostronym:

a word that becomes another word with apostrophe deletion - can't, he'll, I'll, she'll, we'd, we'll, we're




This gets my vote.

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tsuwm, how about lethonoma, from Lethe, the river, and onoma, name: the inability to recall someone's name at the opportune moment and having to resort to "buddy", "friend", "you", and so on? Might need some suffix or other.

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I believe the word lethonomia already exists for this concept.

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lexicographicolatry

[neologism, from lexicographic + Gk latriea, worship]

reverence for "the dictionary"*

"The writer John Algeo, suggesting that only the Bible
is similarly revered, has coined the word
"lexicographicolatry" for the concept. That the book
became "more venerated than used.. mattered little.""
- Jonathon Green, Chasing the Sun

*sometimes referred to as the UAD: Unidentifed Authorizing Dictionary

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ekistics (i-KIS-tiks) noun

The science of human settlements, including city or community planning
and design.


From: AWAD archives

DALE--If you would like to look up more neologisms that Anu has already compiled, you can click on the button up near the top right-hand corner of your screen, that says Other Services in the little box. In the drop-down menu, click on A.Word.A.Day. This will take you to a new screen. When you get there, look in the left-hand column and click on Archives. When you get there, look over on the far right, then click on Theme List . There is no way to search for, say, "Coined Words"; you just have to look up and down the list. It's not too bad, though.

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>There is no way..

actually, there is. if you go to the a.word.a.day screen and click on search and then Search in Words and Quotes Archives Only for "coined words" you'll get a result that looks something like this.

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Ooh! Ooh! Show me up, willya? C'mon, Bub, it's mice at 20 paces! Thanks!

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> zyxical

ooh, damn!! I like this one!


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The vault was low and he bent his head to step down towards the water. In its limpid tintarron [1] he saw his scarlet reflection but, oddly enough, owing to what seemed to be at first blush an optical illusion, this reflection was not at his feet but further; moreover, it was accompanied by the ripple-warped reflection of a ledge that jutted high above his present position. And finally, the strain on the magic of the image caused it to snap as his red-sweatered, red-capped doublegänger turned and vanished, whereas he, the observer, remained immobile. He now advanced to the very lip of the water and was met there by a genuine reflection, much larger and clearer than the one that had deceived him. He skirted the pool. High up in the deep blue sky jutted the empty ledge whereupon a counterfeit king had just stood. A shiver of alfear ran between his shoulder blades. [2]

[1] precious glass stained a deep blue in Zembla
[2] uncontrollable fear caused by the propinquity of elves

Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire (1966)





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