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iamnotaparakeet
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02 Jun 2008, 8:28 pm

Make new words! Whether from an ancient language or two, or from your own head.


Example:

Debitional

"A code of laws has debitional value."

"That scientists follow the scientific method, that's debitionally true, but may not be true in practice."

Not directly related to "debit", but coming from Latin verb debere:

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debere:

deb.ere V 2 1 PRES ACTIVE INF 0 X
deb.ere V 2 1 PRES PASSIVE IND 2 S
deb.ere V 2 1 PRES PASSIVE IMP 2 S
debeo, debere, debui, debitus V (2nd) [XXXAO]
owe; be indebted/responsible for/obliged/bound/destined; ought, must, should;


So, make your own words!



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02 Jun 2008, 8:59 pm

Does nobody want to invent new words?



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02 Jun 2008, 9:45 pm

gradacious-gradually bold.

Children become gradacious as they get older.


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