[Ads-l] Another noun chomps the dust

[Mark Mandel]

Cf. constructions like "a whole new kind of awesome" (made-up  example).
On May 12, 2016 2:10 PM, "Marc Sacks" <msacksg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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