hypercorrect pluralization of attributives

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/30/2009 09:40 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:

>not ridiculous or incorrect, much less hypercorrect.  *the name of the
>dice game* is "craps".  you "shoot craps".  "crap game" would be
>absurd, like "jack game", "measle infection", etc.
>
>see the OED entry for "craps".  of obscure origin (not obviously
>related to "crap" 'feces'),

But, as I learned, the OED also has "crap" and "crap game".

Joel

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