Endangered specie (coinages)

[W Brewer]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> There's are also retronymic clones like "wood wood" in golf or boats or
kitchen flooring (as opposed to fiberglass or other synthetic kinds), or
"cheese cheese".
Cf. He is an INDIAN Indian. (I.e. a "Native American", not someone from
India. Vel sim. on a Get Smart episode.)

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