Re: Think, thank, thunk (was Re: Unicode character pickers)

On 3/18/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> Oh, very yes. It's a common part of my wordplay (for want of a better term
> for that subset of compulsive tics that involve weirding language) to form
> irregular versions of perfectly regular verbs and nouns.
I share that tic. :)  My most recent coinage in this space is
"cospicuon", for the state of being conspicuous. (By analogy with
"oblivious" -> "oblivion").  I mean, the standard  "conspicuousness"
is just too awkward,with the redundant-sounding back-to-back /@s/'s.

Needed I to be understood, I would go with something a little clearer,
like "conspicuousity" or "conspicuity", but if I have the opportunity
to explain, then "conpsicuon" is it. :)

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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