Birth of a nova--not?

[Jonathan Lighter]

  "Hemidemisemiperiverisimilitude" for when the amount of actual truth is *smaller* than a "grain of salt."

  "Subsaline" truth is a quasi-synonym.

  JL

"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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Subject: Re: Birth of a nova--not?
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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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