istic (was Re: ,Language' in language name?)

--- Tristan Alexander McLeay froge sionk:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, nicole dobrowolski wrote:
>
> > --- Tristan Alexander McLeay froge sionk:
> > > and it's the feminists being
> > > istic when they say that they are the same just on the grounds
> of a
> > > similar spelling.
> > >
> > is istic short for feministic?... or is that a word i'm not
> familiar
> > with (nor is the encarta online dictionary...)
>
> It means `discrimantory', from `-ist' which joins onto word to make
> someone descriminate on those grounds, and `-ic'. I'm sure I've
> seen it in
> one dictionary, although I could be confusing it with some other
> thing
> like that. Definately colloq., though, so it wouldn't be in every,
> or even
> the majority of, dictionaries.
>
that's fascinating... i'm not being sarcastic... it's just so...
wow... i really like that word...

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