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On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:03:09 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:50:30 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> >On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:01:46 -0500, jmcquown >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/19/2014 2:54 PM, sf wrote:
> >> > Slumgullion - now that's a word from the distant past! I'd call my
> >> > garbage soup that, because it sounds so much fancier, but I won't
> >> > remember until it's too late.
> >>
> >> What happened to "mustgovian"?!
> >>

> >
> >It's a stupid word that several long gone rfc posters thought was
> >clever and I won't use.

>
> "must be used now or else thrown out"?
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustgovian


It's a stupid, cutesy word that some people thought was clever.
Webster records words found x number of times in print. That's it.


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