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Words that require a prefix or suffix
Words that require a prefix or suffix
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTI've been fascinated with the strange occurrence in our language where we have words that could only exist along with a prefix or suffix. I've often though about how humorous they are in the moment, but I've never made a list and often forget that I ran into them. I should get around to making a list, and I could use your help. Here are a couple that spring to mind immediately:
nonchalant - would "chalant" be acting in an overbearingly obvious manner?
overwhelmed/underwhelmed - you can never be just "whelmed", except maybe in Europe
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TV's Frink
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Ointment Flyprefix - um...darn.
TheBoost
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Better a bad bomb than a bombadIts usually some fun etymology behind it.A DISaster can happen, but never just an aster.
Aster-astro-stars.
DisASTER means bad stars, or basically that fate aligned to cause a catastrophe.
Leonardo
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Joliet Jake
... And they had 'The Empire Strikes Back', the fifth of the four Star Wars films. He is fucking with us numerically, isn't he! "Children, count up to ten." "Four, five, six, one, two, three, ten". No, it goes, four, five, six, one, two, three… No, it goes: four, five, six. One... Two and three have not been made." "Two and three have not been made! What should they be?" "What should they be? We do not know. All we know is that there will be a big floppy character in it that goes, squawk squawk squawk... who needs a punch up the bracket!"
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTTheBoost said:
Its usually some fun etymology behind it.A DISaster can happen, but never just an aster.
Aster-astro-stars.
DisASTER means bad stars, or basically that fate aligned to cause a catastrophe.
Hey, that's an interesting one and never occurred to me. I'm sure a bunch of words we take for granted because of their commonality fall into a similar categories...words like destroy. Now just by looking at it I can't see it, but its relative destruct is the process of breaking something: de- meaning undoing, -struct having to do with something's structure. You can also construct something, but once it's complete, it never is simply struct. Never even thought of that till just now. Wonder how many there are like that! :)
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Mrebo
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This is not a lightsaber. Nor a euphemism.
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyRandolph Barnhouse?
That's a made up name if I ever heard one.
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for Principal
His bowels aren't going to disem themselves...
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for Principal
How do you get to be renowned? I mean, like, do you have to be 'nowned' first?
Bingowings
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Magister Pontifex MaximusThere is no quel but prequels, paraquels, interquels, metaquels etc exist (sequel has an independent etymology).
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- Anál nathrach,
- orth’ bháis’s bethad,
- do chél dénmha
Bingowings
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Magister Pontifex Maximusdarth_ender said:
TheBoost said:
Its usually some fun etymology behind it.A DISaster can happen, but never just an aster.
Aster-astro-stars.
DisASTER means bad stars, or basically that fate aligned to cause a catastrophe.
Hey, that's an interesting one and never occurred to me. I'm sure a bunch of words we take for granted because of their commonality fall into a similar categories...words like destroy. Now just by looking at it I can't see it, but its relative destruct is the process of breaking something: de- meaning undoing, -struct having to do with something's structure. You can also construct something, but once it's complete, it never is simply struct. Never even thought of that till just now. Wonder how many there are like that! :)
Malaria is another.
It literally means bad air (which in error was believed to be the cause of the disease).
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- Anál nathrach,
- orth’ bháis’s bethad,
- do chél dénmha
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for Principal
Disparate! Defunct!
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTHmm...I thought I'd commented on malaria, which indeed is another interesting one that had never occurred to me, but makes perfect sense.
And DoubleKO, what are you talking about? The parrot's just pining for the fjords!
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for Principal
- You're just being superstitious.
- I am not! Just extra-stitious.
Words that require a prefix or suffix