tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post1446584479434202305..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: English Closed Triple Compound WordsDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-7960556754855332662023-02-21T04:44:40.846+01:002023-02-21T04:44:40.846+01:00no bad wordsno bad wordsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-23572220031155756252022-10-13T23:21:20.225+02:002022-10-13T23:21:20.225+02:00Shit Al, just saw this and I regret never answerin...Shit Al, just saw this and I regret never answering. Really interesting comment. I can't seem to think of any others infix words....I think people do these unconsciously when angry, like if they have an unpleasant encounter at an appt.: "That fuckin' secre-fuckin'-tery" etc. Is that an example of an infix word? <br /><br />Thanks so much and sorry I missed it. I hope Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-36386591585412603472019-02-10T08:21:07.775+01:002019-02-10T08:21:07.775+01:00Your “...soever” category is not a recognized cate...Your “...soever” category is not a recognized category Although, it does fall under “tmesis,” where compound words, other polysyllabic words, or an infinitive phrase, such as whatever, are cut apart and another word (the infix, which is often an intensifier) is inserted between, making whatsoever. However, not all of these become closed compounds. <br /><br />Snoop Dogg does a version of this, Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074608109457402506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-49590787394664000332018-01-04T17:41:32.553+01:002018-01-04T17:41:32.553+01:00Haha, that phrase kept running thru my mind as I d...Haha, that phrase kept running thru my mind as I drove to work, like an OCD tic! :) It actually sounds like a technical term fishermen might use: "Hey there, Bubba, head down yonder to that thar holler and yewl find yoself a mighty stand o' fish, I tellya...."Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-67707910088458301492018-01-03T22:41:36.488+01:002018-01-03T22:41:36.488+01:00A really good "fake" triple compound is ...A really good "fake" triple compound is 'standoffish.' Stand of fish would be one of the best compounds ever, but alas...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044636074366783742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-9920459619272940732017-01-08T05:23:48.214+01:002017-01-08T05:23:48.214+01:00OK, last one. If we accept whodunnit, we'd hav...OK, last one. If we accept <b>whodunnit</b>, we'd have to accept <b>whatchamacallit</b>, a <b><i>quintuple</i></b> compound: what you may call it!Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-69508088270007276612017-01-08T04:57:18.647+01:002017-01-08T04:57:18.647+01:00I've seen assbackwards but it's usually as...I've seen <b>assbackwards</b> but it's usually <b>ass-backwards</b>. So, can we accept the latter? <br /><br />It would have to be a fake though, because -ward here is a suffix, not a ward. Or would it? It does come from an Old English word: -weard. In modern usage it can refer to a spatial direction, and might be linked to the word "ward" which can be used to refer to a Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-25923615423635177942017-01-08T04:12:30.051+01:002017-01-08T04:12:30.051+01:00I think I found a new one, even though it uses &qu...I think I found a new one, even though it uses "sensational spelling" -- (yes, that's what it's called when you write "kwik" or "thru") : <b>whodunnit</b>Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-61871610304162876992017-01-08T04:04:08.824+01:002017-01-08T04:04:08.824+01:00Wiki: " By following the rules of English gra...Wiki: " By following the rules of English grammar it is possible to construct "Antidisestablishmentarianistically" ...." So you lose the -ism but replace it with -ical and add -ly. The longest word in English is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis : "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust."Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-55816471204757204212017-01-08T02:51:00.289+01:002017-01-08T02:51:00.289+01:00Daurade, I don't think that anyone will beat &...Daurade, I don't think that anyone will beat "antidisestablishmentarianism" for sheer volume of suffixes and prefixes unless we start making shit up...post-retroreactivisionisticalism, meaning, of course, the political rejection of the nostalgically resprung activist movements.<br /><br />But maybe postneoliberalism is now a real thing along with postcolonialism?The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-67906205448641747562017-01-08T02:39:46.244+01:002017-01-08T02:39:46.244+01:00I just re-read this article, and "fatherhoodw...I just re-read this article, and "fatherhoodwinked" cracked me up. Sorry to laugh at my own joke, but that seems like a word that could catch onThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-80612084366977845642017-01-08T02:38:03.646+01:002017-01-08T02:38:03.646+01:00Hyphens like that are often dropped if the word ge...Hyphens like that are often dropped if the word gets frequent enough usage (e.g., we no longer write "good-bye", "week-end"), so I say yes, let's count no-see-ums, which, by the way, is one of the shorter triple compounds discovered to dateThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-71982188945938785422017-01-08T02:35:02.067+01:002017-01-08T02:35:02.067+01:00I like it! Well played!I like it! Well played!The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-10652062943776609432017-01-08T02:33:38.642+01:002017-01-08T02:33:38.642+01:00Nice ones! Sorry I didn't notice these sooner ...Nice ones! Sorry I didn't notice these sooner - you crushed my record for the shortest triple compound!The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-50946047747221020082017-01-07T01:33:36.585+01:002017-01-07T01:33:36.585+01:00Just saw you'd already listed plainclothesman....Just saw you'd already listed plainclothesman. I just thought of another category: words with the most suffixed and prefixes, like "antidisestablishmentarianism". anti- ; dis- ; -ment ; -ian ; -ismDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-10415624016704574922017-01-07T01:18:03.331+01:002017-01-07T01:18:03.331+01:00OK: How about the gnat-like insect in Florida &qu...OK: How about the gnat-like insect in Florida "no-see-ums" ? Does it count if it's hyphenated? <br /><br />Also, this isn't mine, but "plainclothesman" is a good one. I saw it after Googling "English Closed Triple Compound Words hoping to find an image for this post!Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-62382384745719725532017-01-06T11:35:27.550+01:002017-01-06T11:35:27.550+01:00Would have to go in the fake category but I like i...Would have to go in the fake category but I like it -- very poetic. :)Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-87823653857349180312017-01-05T17:30:54.869+01:002017-01-05T17:30:54.869+01:00How about "Together"? To'Get'Her...How about "Together"? To'Get'HerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-16516885009915813802016-04-11T20:11:49.581+02:002016-04-11T20:11:49.581+02:00I think sports and man are ok, but the ship part i...I think sports and man are ok, but the ship part isn't the word for a big boat but a suffix meaning "character" or "skill". So sportsman would be a double compound but adding ships isn't a triple compound....Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-15512717959639829332016-04-11T14:49:05.738+02:002016-04-11T14:49:05.738+02:00Im sorry but i dont understand why sportsmanship i...Im sorry but i dont understand why sportsmanship is considered a fake?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427951870130849485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-85606892297260496692015-11-12T13:09:20.889+01:002015-11-12T13:09:20.889+01:00Albeit and sobeit
Albeit and sobeit<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821406765784854536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-59360090321117579812014-07-24T10:06:46.884+02:002014-07-24T10:06:46.884+02:00Haha, when I saw this in my email I thought it was...Haha, when I saw this in my email I thought it was some kind of weird spam....now that Gid's responded and I see it in context I realize I was wrong! Good one!Dauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-35893051456767210982014-07-24T05:42:14.898+02:002014-07-24T05:42:14.898+02:00Here's another fake. My first QUADRUPLE!!! in&...Here's another fake. My first QUADRUPLE!!! in'form'at'ionThe Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-84219505351424409242014-07-24T05:40:55.065+02:002014-07-24T05:40:55.065+02:00Nice one, DeKay5s! I feel like there should be a h...Nice one, DeKay5s! I feel like there should be a host of tech related triplecompoundwords migrating into existence. Plenty of tech doubles are widestream (heh) now, fatfingered, spellcheck, inbox ... gotta be some more triples out there!The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-9464831903141593102014-07-23T23:47:48.372+02:002014-07-23T23:47:48.372+02:00VoicemailboxVoicemailboxDeKay5555555https://www.blogger.com/profile/15577187480293491380noreply@blogger.com