some _-ster_ items

Victor Steinbok aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jan 31 02:47:51 UTC 2012


seamster

gamester

pollster

teamster (yes, the Teamsters started out Team Drivers' International Union)

(made-up trademark) grokster

(made-up trademark) poinster

     VS-)

On 1/30/2012 9:30 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> Not all of these are new; neither are they all negative:
>
>
>
> dirty-trickster
>
> doomster
>
> dumpster
>
> ecodoomster
>
> folkster
>
> fraudster
>
> funkster
>
> gloom and doomster
>
> gloomster
>
> greenster
>
> grungester
>
> hoopster
>
> opster
>
> poster
>
> scamster
>
> telescamster
>
> Webster (WWWwise)

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