MORONYMS - A New Lingovation - Douglas Castle

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MORONYMS - A New Lingovation - Douglas Castle

A Pre-Thanksgiving post originally published simultaneously (well, almost) on the BRAINTENANCE BLOG and on The TNNWC RSS Feed and Daily Email Supplement Blog.

Dear Cranial Crunchers:

If you've never heard the term "Lingovation," (because you have been held captive in an underground interrogation facility in Samoa, for example), you may want to Google the term. If you are involved in a dispute with Google, and don't want to give them your business (as if they'd really miss you), a handy definition follows below:

"As you may or may not know, a Lingovation is a newly-created, freshly-coined word, often comprised of a hybrid or contraction of several existing words, which comes into being when no other single existing word or word combination (and sometimes not even an entire paragraph!) can precisely express the thought. They are not nonsensical terms, and must indeed be taken very seriously." - Douglas Castle

Lingovations are regularly featured in TNNWC Group's The BLUE TUESDAY Report. At the time of this writing, the latest featured Lingovation in the Report can be found by going to Technullity.  If you wish to see "Technullity" in all of its splendor you can visit it by clicking on either Google Technullity or Yahoo Technullity. Note:Subscribe to The BLUE MONDAY Report (it's free) and get fresh and hysterical Lingovations weekly -- http://bit.ly/JoinTNNWC .

Today, a Lingovation has been born of necessity (and due to my need to take a rest from getting prepared (i.e., picking out a suit of armor and a musket) for the Thanksgiving holiday.

You have heard of antonyms, homonyms and synonyms -- we've spoken of them before. I propose something far more special...MORONYMS. The term is a combination of the root words Moron and "-nyms," the latter being a suffix meaning "words" or "names". MORONYM (singular) and MORONYMS (plural) are the utterings of the ill-informed or verbally accident-prone. The accent is on the first syllable - mor' .

Within this class are some malaprops, spoonerisms (it's enough to give you fart hailure!), words with extra syllables in the middle (preventatative medicine, and becoming "orientated" to the new surroundings), horrific mispronounciations and other ridiculous things which people say by accident or because they have done more reading than listening. Here are some more examples:

"I have to have this witnessed before a Notary Republic."

"She lives in a very lucrative neighboorhood."

"I love the way you talk. You are so verbose!"

"Nuclear" pronounced as "New-cu-lar."

" I seen him millions of times." (a bit of hyperbole thrown in, too)

"Sorry. My Bad." (an ebonically-derived expressed adopted by "The Man"). Try saying this in a corporate board meeting.

"If you try it, well then it's ON YOU!" Note: This is only appropriate when discussing things like super-carbonated beverages, moving vats of liquids, and the like...and even then, its grammatically incorrect.

"Your car engine is caddywumpussed up. I'll take two days to repair it."

"What in tarnation do you think that you're doing?"

"We now have twelve board of directors!" (translated: "We now have twelve Directors on our Board").
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See you all soon (a virtual possibility).

In the meantime, enjoy the Holiday. As I've said before (at the commencement address of my graduating class at Hummus State College Of Fraternal Medicine)..."Gentlemen. Ladies. At Thanksgiving time, always remember who's stuffing whom." - Amen

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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Braintenance: Imply, Infer, Compute...CASTLE'S LAW OF LINGUISTIC DECAY.

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Dear Friends:

The definitions which follow appear here courtesy of http://www.dictionary.com/.  Years ago, I used to Ask Jeeves, but I believe that he has since retired (without a severance package or a pension....a sad casuality of these trying economic times):

im⋅ply   /ɪmˈplaɪ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [im-plahy] Show IPA

Use imply in a Sentence

See web results for imply

See images of imply

–verb (used with object), -plied, -plying.

1.	to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated: His words implied a lack of faith.

2.	(of words) to signify or mean.

3.	to involve as a necessary circumstance: Speech implies a speaker.

4.	Obsolete. to enfold.

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Origin:

1325–75; ME implien, emplien < MF emplier < L implicāre; see implicate

Synonyms:

3. assume, include.
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in⋅fer   /ɪnˈfɜr/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [in-fur] Show IPA verb, -ferred, -fer⋅ring.

Use infer in a Sentence

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.

2.	(of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to.

3.	to guess; speculate; surmise.

4.	to hint; imply; suggest.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning.

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Origin:

1520–30; < L inferre, equiv. to in- in- ² + ferre to bring, carry, bear ^1
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^{Nonethless, the terms imply and infer, just as the terms implication and inference, are often used interchangeably. Since most dictionaries are set to be ubdated by a system which I refer to as Castle's Law of Linguistic Decay. Simply stated: In communicating or engaging in commerce with the masses, your expressions must. of sad necessity default to the Lowest Common Usage, i.e., Default To Idiom or Slang." This explains why "ain't" ain't no longer excluded from the dictionary. It also explains why people don't address you as "Sir," "Ma'am," or "Miss" -- they simply yell out "YO! Yo, dawg!" Heck...L Ron Hubbard got the term "engrams," used in Scientology, into the dictionary merely because of its popularity in the 1970s and 1980s -- He didn't have to even make a request. And they all laughed at my idea of LINGOVATIONS. Well, they're not laughing now!}

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And Now: Computations and Problem-Solving For Fun and Mind-Expansion...

The wonderful math quiz questions which follow are brought to you courtesy of Math Beyond The Realm. They have a wonderful website, and I highly recommend them.

Their address is http://www.mathbeyondtherealm.com/mbrmathquiz.html. Please note that any errors in formatting are stricly mine, as I no longer seem to remember how to copy and paste with any level of precision.

questions change every  Sunday evening.  Good Luck :)

Here are some wonderful questions.  HOPE YOU’RE READY. When you have finished, there is a button at the bottom of the problem set for yout to click on to check your answers. 

 1.)    The Soccer Shop is having a sale.  Everything is 20% off.  Shannon bought a pair of goalie gloves and some shin guards.  The original prices were $30 for the gloves and $15 for the shin guards.  How much did Shannon save all together?

A.) $9.00   B.) $15.00       C.) $18.00       D.) $36.00       E.) NG

 2.)    There were 30 questions on a math test.  Chaz got 80% of them correct. How many questions did he answer correctly?

F.) 24         G.) 18              H.) 15              J.) 6                 K.) NG

 3.)    Teeka made a design using tiles.  For every 2 square tiles she used, she used 8 triangles.  When she was finished, Teeka had used 48 square tiles.  How many triangles did she use?

       A.) 96       B.) 182            C.) 240            D.) 384            E.) NG

  4.)    If 6 computer disks cost $8.00, what is the greatest number of the same computer disks you can buy for $40?

F.) 40         G.) 30              H.) 24              J.) 20               K.) NG

  

 5.)    The letters of the words AMERICAN PIES are placed in a bag.  What is the probability that you will draw an E or an I if you chose one letter from the bag?

A.) ¼         B.) 1/3             C.) 1/8             D.) 5/12           E.) NG

 6.)    An average of 35 paperback books fit on each shelf of a bookcase.  There are 4 shelves in each bookcase.  How many bookcases will be needed to shelve 1540 books?

A.) 140                  B.) 14              C.) 11              D.) 10              F.) NG

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