User:Justinrleung/non-CFI
diphthonginess edit
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Etymology edit
From diphthongy + -ness.
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diphthonginess (uncountable)
- The state of being diphthongy (rather than being monophthongal).
felly edit
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Etymology edit
Clipping of fellowship + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
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felly (plural fellies)
- (Christianity, informal) Fellowship.
- 2014 October 18, Park Avenue Fellowship, Facebook[3]:
- Hello felly friends (and all honorary felly fellows)!
- 2023 August 25, Daniel Li, “SM Kick Off – September 9, 2023”, in Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church[4]:
- OCAC SM will be kicking off the new school year with a 3-felly gathering filled with introductions to counsellors, student committees and events as well as new people coming into our fellowships.
Halekeyserian edit
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Halekeyserian (not comparable)
- Relating or according to the linguists Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser.
- 2010, Víctor Acedo Matellán, Argument structure and the syntax-morphology interface. A case study in Latin and other languages[5], University of Barcelona, page 83:
- Roots and DPs are merged into argumental positions, a circumstance derived from an abandonment of the l-/s-syntax distinction of the halekeyserian model.
- 2021, Isabel Crespí, “Unexpected Passive Participles from Prepositional Verbs in Catalan”, in Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Akemi Matsuya, Eva-Maria Remberger, editors, Passives Cross-Linguistically: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches, Leiden: Brill, , →ISBN, page 175:
- Following the Halekeyserian concept of P-cognation, we name the preposition of these verbs a “cognate P”, because it has the same features as the preposition incorporated into the verb.
impastor edit
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impastor (plural impastors)
- (Christianity, informal, derogatory) Someone who pretends to be a pastor; a false teacher.
- 2024 April 25, Protestia, X[8]:
- If a trio of impastors approach you, always remember these steps
snippy snip edit
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Etymology edit
Built on snip.
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snippy snip (plural snippy snips)
- (humorous) A cut or incision.
- 1999, Chuck Snyder, Barb Snyder, Incompatibility: Still Grounds for a Great Marriage, Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, →ISBN, page 157:
- The problem with Barb's haircuts is her hair stylist cuts her hair with a microscope. He goes, "A snippy snip here, and a snippy snip there—that will be 30 dollars, please."
- (specifically) Circumcision.
- (specifically) Vasectomy.
- (specifically) Neutering.
- 2006 September 2, Mary, “WOT: About Chomskey, and the Truth”, in rec.arts.mystery[15] (Usenet):
- Cheryl Perkins wrote:
[…]
> I wouldn't say Mandy is ever likely to become pals with anyone who
> can't open cat food containers, but she did eventually accept the
> existence of the late Betsy, so there is still hope she'll accept Sam.
> And Sam might become less likely to get on with the bopping and
> wrestling as his testoterone levels continue to drop.
>
Oh? Is it nearly snippy-snip time?