atocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down16
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageI'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?media.kbin.socialatocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareOsakaWilson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI believe there was a book in the 80s called Sniglets that made up words for things and this was one of them. I didn’t remember what it was called. Any or all of this memory could be wrong.
minus-squareOsakaWilson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMost of them were not made up recently, and in a book of words made up for that book.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat’s that got to do with it
minus-squareOsakaWilson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBeing naturally occuring or contrived influences their legitimacy and staying power.
I believe there was a book in the 80s called Sniglets that made up words for things and this was one of them. I didn’t remember what it was called. Any or all of this memory could be wrong.
All words are made up
Most of them were not made up recently, and in a book of words made up for that book.
What’s that got to do with it
Being naturally occuring or contrived influences their legitimacy and staying power.
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