[Ads-l] Hiphopthon (pron. [HIFF-up-thon]?)

[Laurence Horn]

I'd have gone with "the hip-hop-athon" myself.  Better meter, and the hyp-hens help with the parsing.

LH

> On Mar 28, 2016, at 11:47 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> It's Greek to me. Maybe it's Wolof.
> << The Hiphopthon was held at Serangoon Junior College Sports Field and the
> event was adjudicated by the Singapore Book of Records... Maris Stella now
> holds the record for the most number of people dancing hiphop at the same
> time. >>
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