EGAD
or, (de)mythologizing the fetish of placewherein our unlikely hero composes a series of
empirical geo-anthrospatial dispatches, aimed at establishing just where
he is, and perhaps even why it matters
Made up a word yesterday, but I'm not entirely pleased with it. Maybe you folks can help out.
Numerodictulibrophile: one who loves free software (literally, lover of freedom relating to commands given in numeric form).
I'm not sure I've formed the roots correctly for joining like that, but the bigger problem is that it's clunky, and doesn't adhere to the standard choice of roots for this sort of thing. (For example, if I refer to the phobia list I see that we prefer the Greek root eleuthero for freedom.) Any ideas?
So, what complex concepts can you express love (or fear) for in a single tacked-together word?
Posted by Milligan at December 1, 2006 3:10 PM | TrackBackI lack specific examples, but odds are that German is a good platform for development. Or Finnish. Seriously. How many languages can fit the notion of "his non-fishermanlikeness notwithstanding" into one word?
Posted by: Sam Smith at December 2, 2006 2:20 AM (Permalink)My word! So, "his non-fishermanlikeness notwithstanding" would be expressed by what word then?
Posted by: Milligan at December 3, 2006 3:04 AM (Permalink)