Odd infix
Douglas G. Wilson
douglas at NB.NET
Mon Feb 12 09:27:07 UTC 2001
Recently I saw in Alfred Bester's novel "The Deceivers" (1981) the word
"boozalum", apparently used for "bosom".
In Tamony's word list I see "enthusiasalum" = "enthusiasm", used as early
as 1913.
What -- if any -- is the significance of /- at m/ > /- at l@m/?
Modeled on "Jerusalem" maybe?
[There's also "magoosalum", apparently = "magoozlum", meaning "rubbish" (in
Tamony's list and seen recently elsewhere).]
Are there other examples?
-- Doug Wilson
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