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OsakaWilson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I believe there was a book in the 80s called Sniglets that made up words for things and this was one of them. I didn’t remember what it was called. Any or all of this memory could be wrong.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All words are made up
OsakaWilson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most of them were not made up recently, and in a book of words made up for that book.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s that got to do with it
OsakaWilson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Being naturally occuring or contrived influences their legitimacy and staying power.