Re: Synonym Conflation In Word Formation

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:44:30 -0800, phoglund@xxxxxx wrote:

On Nov 7, 1:15 pm, Gerald Johnson <gjohnson...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I was just wondering if you guys could give me one or more examples of
words that were formed by combining synonyms or near synonyms.

Thanks

Do you mean such words as the delightful "guesstimate"?

Let me change the request a bit: can anyone give me one or more
examples of words that were formed by combining words that mean the
same thing in different languages?

Thanks


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