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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: bilingual coinage #45456 10/21/01 02:01 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I should have pointed out that the article was about a millionaire scientist who practiced conspicuous underconsumption. The interviewer coined the word "über-frugal" as a cute way of avoiding a word that the millionaire might have found insulting. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bilingual coinage wwh 10/20/01 05:57 PM Re: bilingual coinage plutarch 10/21/01 12:46 AM Re: bilingual coinage Rouspeteur 10/21/01 10:41 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/21/01 09:27 AM Re: bilingual coinage NicholasW 10/21/01 12:07 PM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/21/01 02:01 PM uber undertones plutarch 10/21/01 02:54 PM Re: uber undertones wwh 10/21/01 04:25 PM uber the top! plutarch 10/22/01 12:09 AM Re: uber the top! wwh 10/22/01 12:48 AM Re: uber the top! plutarch 10/22/01 02:45 AM Re: bilingual coinage Jazzoctopus 10/21/01 02:07 PM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/21/01 02:41 PM Re: bilingual coinage Faldage 10/22/01 02:28 PM Re: bilingual coinage Capital Kiwi 10/22/01 05:03 AM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/22/01 02:31 PM uber-onics plutarch 10/22/01 07:56 PM Re: uber-onics wwh 10/22/01 08:33 PM Re: GBS plutarch 10/23/01 02:31 PM Love, love, love Sparteye 10/23/01 11:10 PM Re: Love, love, love wwh 10/23/01 11:55 PM Re: Love, love, love Keiva 10/24/01 12:28 AM Re: bilingual coinage Faldage 10/22/01 02:41 PM Tres chic plutarch 10/23/01 03:50 PM Re: Tres chic wwh 10/23/01 05:39 PM Re: Tres chic Keiva 10/23/01 06:46 PM Re: Tres a propos plutarch 10/23/01 06:50 PM Re: Tres chic rodward 10/24/01 11:10 AM Weaseling out of words plutarch 10/24/01 07:39 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 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 0 members (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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