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Portmanteau of the Day

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Eric

grotendous /gr-tnds/, adjective, grotesque, horrendous. Used for extreme emphasis. Adverb: grotendously. Cory Doctorow brought the adverb form to my attention with a posting on Boing Boing: What’s weird to me is how the collective output of all that great work … Continue reading →

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A new collective noun

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Eric

From a meeting at work: A jumble of PowerPoint slides

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