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#5350 08/17/00 05:56 PM
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I recently wrote the following sentence: She came tritzing in from a meeting.

I knew exactly what I meant. Tritz is a word that combines tripping and waltzing. The person I sent it to said, "Huh???" I can't find it in any dictionary, and I can only recall it as a word I learned from my parents.

Can anyone verify this as a word? I'm totally stumped on it.



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#5351 08/17/00 07:07 PM
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Sorry, Dear, but despite its obvious derivations, I
do believe that one came from just you.


#5352 08/18/00 07:30 AM
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The word exists! You will find it in the E.G.G Unabridged.
I found it there. The word means pretty much what you think it does.
That's an obliging kind of a dictionary IYKWIM ....



#5353 08/18/00 01:42 PM
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what exactly would the EGG unabridged be, pray?


#5354 08/18/00 03:13 PM
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EGG: egregiously glossing grimoire?


#5355 08/19/00 02:58 AM
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> what exactly would the EGG unabridged be, pray?

It is the one put together by the one they couldn't put together again!



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