words that don't exist in English

[Laurence Horn]

On May 18, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Also the "10 Words I Would Like to Ban Forever":
> http://thegloss.com/culture/10-words-i-would-like-to-ban-forever/
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> Note the presence of "Moist."
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> JL

Note too that if you click item #2 under the "Most Viewed" list on the right at the link above, you'll learn that a "cameltoe advocate" is in fact "an anti-cameltoe advocate", for the reasons discussed earlier today (with reference to advocacy, not "camelflage", which might however be an early contender for our most unlikely to succeed status).

LH
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> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> This seems to be a popular stupid thing to do:
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>> http://thegloss.com/culture/10-awesome-words-we-dont-have-in-english-574/
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>>    VS-)
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>> On 5/18/2012 4:56 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>> It's the whilst
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>> http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/
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>>> Tom Zurinskas
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