Re: Birth of a no va--not?

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 1/20/06 12:42:11 AM, nunberg at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> Macaronic joke-words like this sometimes do make it over the lintel
> --  examples include "stick-to-itveness," "commonsensical,"
> "dandiacal" (coined by Carlyle), and very likely "talkative."
> 

Yes, of course--though I doubt that "dandiacal" has made it over most 
people's lintel (In fact, I doubt that "lintel" has made it over most people's 
lintel.

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