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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Snuggery #164847 01/04/07 06:17 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea OP Carpal Tunnel OP BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague What to do with a word like this? SNUGGERY . Yack.. I tried so hard to relax about banned words and now this surprise of the day! Snuggery. "Get thee to a snuggery !" Romeo and Juliet? Act ??? Isn't this word the first next candidate for eternal banning? Or is there anyone who could make a serious use of this word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Snuggery #164848 01/04/07 07:26 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada edit oops, read today's word about ten seconds too late. Forget I asked. Last edited by Zed; 01/04/07 07:29 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Snuggery #164849 01/04/07 08:30 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 I don't know why you'd bother banning something that's pretty much archaic now. Snuggery was oft-used by Dickens and OED has citations from Hawthorne and Trollope and this from Dylan Thomas: It is night neddying among the snuggeries of babies. on the top of the house was a snuggery, into which he retired when he wanted to be entirely alone. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Snuggery #164850 01/04/07 09:09 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea OP Carpal Tunnel OP BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Thanks Tsuwm, I did not know it was an archaic word. It has all the reasons to stay so. Funny to think though that there are archaic words that are pleasing as well as those that are really out of date.Dylan Thomas, I read Under Milkwood, but never sorted out that single word from all the baroque flow of words he uses. He uses it in a way it seems to fit in somehow. But in today's day to day language it's hopeless. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Snuggery #164851 01/07/07 12:57 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC When I saw the word I immediately thought of the snugs that can be found in pubs. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Snuggery #164852 01/17/07 12:52 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Snug as a bug in a pub?? 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 Website 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 Website 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,359 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 646 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,555 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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