Birth of a nova--not?
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Thu Jan 19 23:04:38 UTC 2006
On Jan 19, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
> "Truthfuliness" will be next year's WOTY. Thus I prophesize.
i'm trying to push "periverisimilitude" 'an approximation to an
appearance of truth'.
arnold, trying to add verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and
unconvincing narrative
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