Re: maggelity and Etabnannery

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 9:11 am, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>:
> > Vek'"Langmaker2 list" kek emaelivpar Padraic Brown:
> > >there is a word, maggelity, that
> > >means something like "fearsome and terrifying
> > >irregularity allowed to run rampant within a
> > >conlang, such that regularity is in fact an
> > >irregular feature of the language".
> >
> > Beautiful definition, Padraic!
>
> Indeed!!! :))
>
>   I felt it should be shared with the
>
> > Conlang
> > community, where there may be more appreciation for the nuances in the
> > definion of maggelity.  :)
>
> Hehe, as I see it the term is now known in other lists too! (and not only
> off- springs of Conlang!) I love that! Let's make the use of the word
> spread as much as possible, until it finds a well-deserved place in the
> dictionary ;)))) .
Why not?  It could do well as a word...it's a space that could use filling.

> Christophe.
>

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