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Ive come up with a new word to describe the huge mansions going up in my neighborhood: IMMENSEOSITY. > A combination of immense and monstrosity. > What do you think? > Machita
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I think I want to pronounce the E (im mens ee OS i ty) per the spelling and I don't think it should be pronounced. If you don't want the E to be pronounced try spelling it IMMENSOSITY.
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we just call them McMansions, here.
welcome mac!
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Immenseosity = more floor space, less home. Immensosity = more floor space, less taste.
Is there a term for words that are almost synonyms? eg. PS bienvenida(o?) Machita
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Most synonyms at least purport to have shades of meaning.
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Immansioneosity. (emphasis on -neo)
The neo form/mesurement of immense mansions.
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Being that -osity is a common ending, I can't tell that immenseosity (with or without the e) is not just plain immense-ness or immense verbosity or immense bellicosity or ... How about immenstrosity?
In addition to McMansions, we also call them starter castles around here.
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Welcome Machita.
I'm not sure the meaning of immenseosity is immediately apparent. If I read it in a paragraph, I'd be highly dependant on the sentences around it to know what it meant. I'd probably say the thing was hugely ugly.
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