[Ads-l] splody

[Amy West]

On 6/9/19 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Sat, 8 Jun 2019 08:31:43 -0700
> From:    Barretts Mail<mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: splody
>
> According to “Morphology” by Francis Katamba, “splody" is not a word.
> https://tinyurl.com/y4nov3kw  <https://tinyurl.com/y4nov3kw>
> 1993
>
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> English speakers agree, for example, that the form_splody_  in the sentence_The splody cat sat on the mat_  is not an English word—but all the other forms are.
> ——


I think the problem with the example is lexical/notional, not 
morphological: a splody cat isn't going to sit on a mat. See all your 
examples.

---Amy West


> The OED and Wiktionary do not list “splody” but the Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=splody  <https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=splody>) has one entry from 2006 by KabbiexYakushi:
>
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> (Sploded, Splodtastic)A cute word to say when something explodes; Shitting yourself rapidly.
> O____O ZOMG, THAT GUY'S HEAD JUST SPLODED!
>
>> _< I SPLODIED IN MY PANTS!
> ^.^ I like when things go splody.
> ——
>
> Splody is a game (http://www.splody.com/  <http://www.splody.com/>) and nearly all Googits for the word refer to it, but I found the following citations not referring to the game:
>
> Annoying Orange - The TNT Song
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhGz1w8Uzyc  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhGz1w8Uzyc>, about 0:40 in
> 30 November 2018
>
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> Have another tasty slice
> of splody pie!
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>
> Vision in White
> Nora Roberts
> https://tinyurl.com/y6ruh37f  <https://tinyurl.com/y6ruh37f>
> 2009
>
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> “Besides if we went ’splody every time one of us had a lousy date, this room would be full of our bloody body parts."
> ——
>
> Grimoire of the Lamb: An Iron Druid Chronicles Novella
> Kevin Hearne
> https://tinyurl.com/yy97w4d7  <https://tinyurl.com/yy97w4d7>
> 2013
>
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> His magic looked like a particularly splody ejaculation.
> ——
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA



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