dcduring has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 2 lists, listed 2 words, written 6 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 0 words.
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dcduring commented on the word parbunkells
The wording of the definition makes it sound like an adjective, but it IS probably the plural of just another spelling of parbuncle, parbunkel, parbunkle, all variants of the noun parbuckle.
The promoter of the word has it coming from no less than Captain John Smith (1580-1631) in A Sea Grammar, With The Plaine Exposition of Smiths Accidence for young Sea-men, 1627. All but this spelling appear in the OED.
June 23, 2015
dcduring commented on the word least-favorite
The AHD entry for "Ponce de Leon" shows up as the definition of this term. Why?
June 15, 2011
dcduring commented on the list dcduring-s-list
3 plurals for octopus1! 1 Greek-style; 1 Latin style; 1 English style.
March 28, 2008
dcduring commented on the list dcduring-s-list
You are so right. I'm embarassed.
March 28, 2008
dcduring commented on the word parafernalia
parafernalia is a misspelling of paraphernalia
March 28, 2008
dcduring commented on the list dcduring-s-list
magnum opi is a malformed plural of magnum opus. magna opera would be the Latin-based plural and magnum opuses would be a normal English-style pluralization. magnum opi is a pseudo-Latin plural modelled on octopus/octopi.
March 28, 2008