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stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?

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  • stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.

    Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate

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    • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?

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      • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Brain surgery…?

        It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?

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