N-looking

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:24 AM -0500 1/28/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>
>In Wilson's example, "King-Kongy" strikes me as nearly (though not quite)
>impossible, and "King-Kong-like" pedantic. Both, BTW, would be less precise,
>which is probably one good reason why the construction first appeared and
>continues to spread.
>

I vote for "King-Kongly".

LH

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