Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"

Wed Jul 18 17:58:38 UTC 2007

"Cocoining" would be inelegant . . . .

--Charlie
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>Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:30:50 -0400
>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
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>*Is there a verb for coining that doesn't presuppose 'for the first time'?  I'd expect others to have independently "coined" the same or a synonymous verb.

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