[FRIAM] More distraction

[Gary Schiltz]

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 <merlelefkoff at gmail.com>
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!
>
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