oncer (was: gardenia girl)

[Dennis R. Preston]

Hmmm! And who did dInIs get his PhD from? The plot thickens.

dInIs



>"Oncer" has been a DARE term since about 1970.  It may have been Fred
>Cassidy's creation.
>
>At 02:25 PM 4/13/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>dInIs writes:
>>
>>>>>>>
>>Although it may be a oncer of Fitzgerald's, perhaps not. Can anyone
>>give him a hand? Please reply to him at the address given below.
>><<<<<
>>
>>"Oncer"! I like that. Much less pompous-sounding than "hapax legomenon",
>>and a lot easier to type. Not autologous, I hope.
>>
>>-- Mark
>>

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