[meteorite-list] Invented words

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 11:58:17 -0500
Message-ID: <CAG5KyVnvFEr74vmuATMGL=Lwg-xu=mLkjXaK+wiOa_QUFQXCnw_at_mail.gmail.com>

In my mind, it all began with "prioritize". Now a very common word but
I still choose not to use it.
Bob

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> I am with you Rob!
> To me "cool" is still a temperature, somewhere between tepid and cold. Nothing else.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Matson via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: 'Sterling K. Webb' <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>; pmodreski <pmodreski at aol.com>; 'meteorite-list' <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, May 10, 2016 1:16 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Invented words
>
> Ugh. It joins the ranks of "irregardless". Now that social media is a permanent
> fixture,
> it probably only takes a handful of modestly well-connected people to bastardize
> an
> existing word into a needless new synonym... I'm becoming a grumpier old man
> with
> each passing year, I guess! --R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 10:33 PM
> To: 'Matson, Rob D.'; pmodreski at aol.com
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated
>
> Rob,
>
> You bet "desalinization" would
> become one [a word], but the
> world has beaten you to it:
>
> desalinization. (n.d.). The
> American HeritageR New
> Dictionary of Cultural Literacy,
> Third Edition. Retrieved May 09,
> 2016 from Dictionary.com: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/desalinization
>
> It's probably too late to stamp
> it out...
>
> Sterling
> -------------------------------------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 8:35 PM
> To: pmodreski at aol.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated
>
> A related faux pas: desalinization. No such word, but I bet it will become
> one so as not to embarrass the media members who like to use it. ;-). --Rob
> ________________________________________
> From: Meteorite-list [meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] on behalf
> of Pete Modreski via Meteorite-list [meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 10:46 AM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated
>
> My other favorite word that gets used by non-geologists: metamorphosized .
> (Do you Brits use that one, by chance?) I think it fits the rhythym better
> in some songs and poems.
>
> Cheers, Pete
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: howardites via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2016 11:16 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Oriented vs Orientated
>
> It certainly got everyone thinking ;-)
>
>
> If you would like? for the sake of keeping the peace and despite the fact us
> Brits widely use orientated I will use oriented.
>
> Just to let you know in advance I use some really bizarre words and if it's
> in the English dictionary (UK version) I will use it!
>
> I won't shun you for your choice of words so please don't shun me :-) we are
> all different.
>
> Best wishes from across the pond
>
> Xxx
>
>
>
>
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