Endangered specie (coinages)

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/11/2012 6:45 AM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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>  I look "specie" up in thefreedictionary.com It's a coin, but the
> plural is a whole different word meaning "class".

I knew that--hence the pun attempt with "(coinages}" which in the time
zone I grew up in meant something like "inventing a word or phrase".

Which I assume happened to the endangered coinages I mentioned.


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