[Ads-l] Another noun chomps the dust

[Marc Sacks]

I've got a little bag of something called Popcorners, billed as "the new
shape of popcorn." Towards the bottom of the bag is written, "wholesome in
a chip."

Is the "-ness" suffix simply becoming obsolete? (Cf. Xfinity, "The future
of awesome.")

Marc Sacks

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