what you are really complaining about zmjezhd is an enthusiasm for words
No, you're wrong. That is not what I was complaining about, and I am just as enthusiastic as the next member of this board (or any other) about language as a whole. Not just words, mind you, but collocations, phrases, clauses, phonology, morphology, compounds, syntax, pragmatics, semantics, etymology, lexicography, prosody, literature, et bloody cetera. When asked, I even play along and suggest words which may or may not fit the bill. I'd think that if you'd read just a small bit of any of my posts, you'd realize that. My little rant in this thread was not directed at a poster, past or present, asking after a putative word, but rather at those who would dismiss a two or three word offering as, a priori, unworthy of consideration. I did not mean to single any one person out, and if you felt I meant you, then I most heartily apologize. I do think this board is big enough to accommodate both our enthusiasms.
OP
