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bizzaro word.......kinda cool tho! hapax legomenon (HAY-paks li-GOM-uh-non) noun, plural hapax legomena A word or form that has only one recorded use. [From Greek hapax (once) + legomenon, from legein (to say).] "Linda Tripp, the faithless friend, says to Monica Lewinsky about the President, `Right now I think he's a schwonk.' This qualifies as what biblical exegetes call a hapax legomenon, the only known use in print, which makes it difficult to define." William Safire, Where's the Poetry?, The New York Times, Nov 1, 1998. |
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is this the part where we all say 'cosmic'? :) |
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this word will sure come in handy :) |
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who thinks UP these word......weird weird weird......... |
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That word actually would have come in handy last semestre for the sake of hushing that kid who needed a term for everything he saw, in my Latin class. We ran into instances of single usage words frequently, and never knew what to call them. Thanks. |
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there is a word in dutch: goropisme, the english translation would be goropism (although dictionary.com doesn't recognize it).. it means: a ridiculous etymology. very handy, that one. :) |
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zonked wich I am at the moment. |
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I used to excel at that as a child :) making up the etymology of words for the amusement of kids and teachers |
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