cimarron

[Laurence Horn]

At 4:16 PM -0400 10/12/00, Bob Haas wrote:
>Cinemanyms?  What a great word.  Thanks.
>
>>  From: cbooth at ES.COM
>>  Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>  Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:02:50 -0600
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: cimarron
>>
>>  Aside from toponyms and movie titles (cinemanyms?), is the word "cimarron"
>>  used in English? What are its definition (or definitions) and etymology?
>>  Curtis

Actually, "cinenym" would seem to be a better supported derivation,
but for an obvious reason it won't quite work in the spoken language.

L