atocci@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost · 2 years agoI'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these?media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square97linkfedilink
minus-squareOsakaWilsonlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years 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-squareOsakaWilsonlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoMost of them were not made up recently, and in a book of words made up for that book.
minus-squareOsakaWilsonlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years 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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