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Headline: Frenemy, locavore among new words in Webster's
Russell Contreras, AP writer circa July 10 cites also vlog, webisode, flash mob, shawarma, waterboarding, green collar, stayction
For what it's worth I endorse coinings. Too often instead we attach new meanings to old words, diluting them, sometimes in an illogical fashion. Example: "drive" for semiconductor memory, "venue" for causation, "mad" for very
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"Venue" for causation? Citation please?
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Fal, my bad. "causation" isn't quite the right word, while "cause" has too many other meanings. I'm thinking of the usage where someone might say, "His sniffle arises from a bacterial venue." But I'll keep myself peeled for an actual example or two then report back
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Either I'm getting old or this one hasn't made it down under yet, both of which are perfectly plausible explanations.
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Either I'm getting old or this one hasn't made it down under yet, both of which are perfectly plausible explanations. my boys use this all the time: "he has mad skills". it's an intensifier. but that "venue" thing is just weird.
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"he has mad skills".
Mad in this sense generally means 'awesome', or 'a lot'.
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"he has mad skills".
Mad in this sense generally means 'awesome', or 'a lot'. right. like "very". :¬ )
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right. like "very".
True that! I'm thinking the origins were a reference to 'mad' as in 'wild' or 'out there' maybe nah, but that is the sense I get.
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"he has mad skills".
Mad in this sense generally means 'awesome', or 'a lot'. right. like "very". :¬ ) As in "he has very skills."
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