Excellent, Gary. I will definitely pass this one on. On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:47 PM Gary Schiltz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ah, the illustrious portmanteau. We English speakers seem to really love > making up new words. I wonder if this is mostly an English phenomenon? I've > tried with Spanish a lot of times here in Ecuador, with little success. The > only one I can think of that I've repeatedly tried to get to catch on is > "desaymuerzo" for "brunch" (desayuno = breakfast, almuerzo = lunch). > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:16 PM Merle Lefkoff <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Has the list noticed the new perfect word for frustrated climatologists >> and epidemiologists: Cassandrafreude. This is like labradoodle, another >> "portmanteau" word. One definition offered is "the bitter pleasure of >> things going wrong in exactly the way you predicted but no one believed you >> when it could have made a difference." Any other suggested definitions? >> You go, Nick! >> >> >> -- >> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. >> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy >> emergentdiplomacy.org >> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA >> [email protected] <[email protected]> >> mobile: (303) 859-5609 >> skype: merle.lelfkoff2 >> twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff >> -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . >> ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] <[email protected]> mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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