The Sucklord

[Jonathan Lighter]

And does OED cover this sense of "evil"?

Or is it the usual sense?

I was surprised to find that "suckadelic" does not appear at Urban
Dictionary.com. What is wrong with America's punsters?

JL

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:37 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 10/13/2011 12:40 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>Aside from the two fronted portmanteaus, there is all sorts of fun
>>stuff: "evil arts organization"--is that an organization for evil arts
>>or an evil organization involved in the arts?
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> Just like "African American colony".  But there I have a decided opinion.
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> Joel
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