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WCDT Nov 8 - Nov 13th (4651-4655)
Farideh:
Do online publications count? Get it mentioned in 6 different blogs and off you go!
Tova:
Used to?
Cornelius:
They still might have the same rule. It's been a while since I was involved with this kind of thing. At the time they were changing things up to include online sources as well, but I'm not sure how they arranged it.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 Nov 2021, 23:39 ---There's only one "rule" about coining a new word.
Can you convince a lot of other people to start using it?
If so, congratulations. You've just coined a new word that will soon make it into dictionaries.
--- End quote ---
Which is annoying when the word is constructed weird or literally translates as something else.
Or 'guesstimate' [shudder]. I'll never accept that one. 'Extrapolate' is a perfectly good word and more people need it in their vocabulary.
Tova:
'Extrapolate' is an excellent word, but it's hardly a synonym for 'guesstimate'.
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