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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2010, 07:34:24 pm »
Quote from: dejavroom on April 27, 2010, 06:49:53 pm
How does "cumulo" work in this, then? Because the "fluff" part, I suppose, is covered by "daffy" already.

as pertains to the word cumulative, i.e.-a series.
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2010, 09:17:55 pm »
You think? I'm not convinced, "serials" should cover that.
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2010, 03:19:41 am »
Quote from: dejavroom on April 27, 2010, 09:17:55 pm
You think? I'm not convinced, "serials" should cover that.

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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2010, 04:17:57 am »
'Cumulo' also conveys cloud imagery, which reinforces the 'fluff' idea.

I don't think there is an official limit on how many parts of a phrase can be used to convey a single idea, is there?
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2010, 12:28:47 pm »
Yes there is, it's called "avoid pleonasms". If I had a point, which I'm not even sure I had anymore, is that 'Stadt sometimes strains the ol' verbiage muscle.
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2010, 12:49:30 pm »
Quote from: dejavroom on April 28, 2010, 12:28:47 pm
Yes there is, it's called "avoid pleonasms". If I had a point, which I'm not even sure I had anymore, is that 'Stadt sometimes strains the ol' verbiage muscle.

its a feature
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2010, 03:57:34 pm »
I thought "pleonasms" were what Roman aristocrats had during orgies.
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2010, 09:11:27 pm »
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #23 on: April 29, 2010, 05:10:41 am »
Quote from: lprkn on April 27, 2010, 02:18:15 am
Papist: a word sadly absent from conversation these days.

I use that word all the time.  I'm also fond of "Fenian".
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Re: 26th April, 2010 - daffy cumulo-papist serials
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2010, 11:05:16 pm »
Quote from: oball on April 29, 2010, 05:10:41 am
I use that word all the time.  I'm also fond of "Fenian".

There's a reason that's not heard often.
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