tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post6183665246486071139..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: A very long word I made up with very little meaningchris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-88394354981213049972015-08-18T19:43:35.344-04:002015-08-18T19:43:35.344-04:00Hmm - I can buy that. Especially if the parasemips...Hmm - I can buy that. Especially if the parasemipseudoquasiesqueoidishylike dragon differed from but nevertheless resembled a standard dragon in almost every respect (e.g. armadillo-leather scales, scalding-steam breath, wings for gliding only, magical anxiety instead of fear aura, hoards mica and quartz...).Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-58045693173898799182015-08-18T17:05:59.410-04:002015-08-18T17:05:59.410-04:00But even then, what does it mean?
"Kinda, so...<i>But even then, what does it mean?</i><br /><br />"Kinda, sorta, but not really"?<br /><br />-<br /><br />"Is it a <i>real</i> dragon?"<br /><br />"More a parasemipseudoquasiesqueoidishylike one, really."<br /><br />At least that's the nearest I can figure to a meaning for it.<br /><br />-<br /><br />Either that or the stacking of "almost/nearly/so forth" means that it's actually quite different.<br /><br />Sort of how if you ignore the shape, and the mass, and the color, and the density, and the material, and the cultural associations, and the ... a feather is almost like a bowling ball.<br /><br />But of the two, "Kind of, sort of, but no" seems more likely.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-22464735534301034532015-08-18T16:05:53.545-04:002015-08-18T16:05:53.545-04:00Neat.
(I'm trying to think of use cases, now....Neat.<br /><br />(I'm trying to think of use cases, now. Maybe when the [] is strongly implied by context? But even then, what does it mean?)Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.com