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Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, December 28, 2003, 5:15
On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> AFAIK the terms "fucative" and "drecative" (they are grammatically > different categories, for we say "F*** you!" but "S*** on you!") were > invented by Quang Phuc Dong (deceased) of the South Hanoi Institute > of Technology. Had I invented them, I would at least have doubled the "c".
Ha!
> > Is there a special term for the spooneristic reversal of such for > > euphemistic purposes, as in "unbeluckingfievable!" > > Euphemospoonerofucatives?
Quite the mouthful (or Spoonful?). I think I'll go with "insuckingfertion". :) -Mark