"upstart", v. 'upset' [source]

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> this is a nonce formation.

Let's hope!

BTW, didn't "let's hope begin" life as a nonce formation? Well, every
language chance has to start with a single instantiation. Why? Because
it's longer than "instance." What better motivation?

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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