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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 29 Aug 2006, 06:53

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 29 Aug 2006, 07:16

DaemianLucifer wrote:aegises
I don't think this plural exists.
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Unread postby asandir » 29 Aug 2006, 07:20

well thefreedictionary shows it
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 29 Aug 2006, 07:41

All righty then, SESsion.
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Unread postby Kalah » 29 Aug 2006, 10:58

Caradoc wrote:
Kalah wrote:gonadectomy

(second time I get the whole word...)
This is not a derivation?
No. It's a new word. "Gonad" means testes or reproductive glands, whereas "gonadectomy" means removal of said glands. Thus using "gonad" opens up the door for the next person to use the whole word.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 29 Aug 2006, 11:04

Kalah wrote:Just so you know: "essentialism" or anything like that wouldn't have been accepted...
Actualy it should be accepted. Essential and essentialism aren't the same thing. It's as good as gonad and gonadectomy.
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Unread postby Kalah » 29 Aug 2006, 11:15

If that is the case: crap. I should have used it then. That's a good deal of points loss.
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 29 Aug 2006, 11:17

Wikipedia is your friend. As in he's usualy straigh with you, but you never know. :D
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Unread postby urbanmonk » 29 Aug 2006, 11:37

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Unread postby Corribus » 29 Aug 2006, 13:11

Kalah wrote: No. It's a new word. "Gonad" means testes or reproductive glands, whereas "gonadectomy" means removal of said glands. Thus using "gonad" opens up the door for the next person to use the whole word.
Whether or not they mean two different things is immaterial, according to precise reading of the rules. They DO both have the same word origin. That is, gonad. I thought we had clarified this.
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Unread postby Kalah » 29 Aug 2006, 13:16

Apparently not. There's a difference to me, to having a gonad and having one removed. :nervous:
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 29 Aug 2006, 13:20

7)A word cannot be strongly tied with the previous word (meaning its meaning has to completely differ from all of the previous words meanings) if its used whole(so adding a suffix ly,ing,ed,or anyone like thats isnt allowed,turning a verb into a noun,or similar is also not allowed).
So they both work.
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Unread postby asandir » 29 Aug 2006, 13:38

Apparently not. There's a difference to me, to having a gonad and having one removed.
don't even make me think about it .... damn!!! :S
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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 29 Aug 2006, 14:37

stefan.urlus wrote: Juncaceae
isn't that technically a foreign word?

And I'd interpret the rules as: the new word must be defined without using the one it's derived from, and there must be some real link in useage. I.e. if there wasn't any lyres, there would still be the need for a name for the lyrebird. On the other hand, if there was no gonad, there wouldn't be a need for a name for gonadectomy. Ectomy is also suffix, not a word of its own.
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Unread postby Sir William S Titan » 29 Aug 2006, 14:42

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 29 Aug 2006, 14:46

Nickel-and-dime

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Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job.
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Unread postby Mithras » 29 Aug 2006, 14:50

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Unread postby Kalah » 29 Aug 2006, 15:24

@GC: But they (gonad and gonadectomy) are two different words, meaning different things. Hence my use of it.
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Unread postby Qurqirish Dragon » 29 Aug 2006, 15:46

Mithras wrote:dimension
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Unread postby Corribus » 29 Aug 2006, 16:39

Gaidal Cain wrote: And I'd interpret the rules as: the new word must be defined without using the one it's derived from, and there must be some real link in useage. I.e. if there wasn't any lyres, there would still be the need for a name for the lyrebird. On the other hand, if there was no gonad, there wouldn't be a need for a name for gonadectomy. Ectomy is also suffix, not a word of its own.
Exactly. If gonad => gonadectomy is allowed then the rules seem very arbitrary to me.
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