Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A common abbreviation of
epistle . - The form of
epi- before a vowel.
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- noun informal
episode (of a TV serial, etc.)
Etymologies
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Examples
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A brief synopsis of the ep is as follows: Matt is shocked by the sudden reappearance of his mother (guest star Melinda Clarke).
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As for the wrap of filming on David's Doctor, I'm officially in denial and will continue to be until Matt's first ep is shown, if not longer.
What I love about Russell T. Davies rabid1st 2009
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Well, that and the new ep is downloading and I really must reply before I watch it.
skittledog: A disquiet follows my soul online skittledog 2009
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The Wampa Snow Beast that attacked Luke in ep V is 3 meters tall give or take that means about 9 feet tall.
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Check your local listings, this ep is not to be missed.
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This new ep is focused squarely on Sam Merlotte, check it out:
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And while I realize that “Trials and Tribble-ations”, another great ep, is here to bookend “Trouble with Tribbles”, it already made it to the Time Travel set and seems superfluous here.
10 « July « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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There have been a few rumors about “changes” that Lucas wants to make to the prequel movies … you know his usual tweaking of the sound and FX … but the only one that Lucas has ever even talked about is his wish to replace the puppet Yoda in ep I with a CGI Yoda like they did in ep II & ep III but talk is all it is for now.
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And while I realize that “Trials and Tribble-ations”, another great ep, is here to bookend “Trouble with Tribbles”, it already made it to the Time Travel set and seems superfluous here.
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I can tell you one thing, this ep is better than sex.
magdahightower commented on the word ep
EP is the perfect 3rd person singular gender-neutral pronoun that English needs, something less plural-looking than "they".
EP also has a beautiful etymology to support this new usage:
ETYMOLOGY
epicene (adj.)
"belonging to or including both sexes," mid-15c., epycen, originally a grammatical term for nouns that may denote either gender, from Latin epicoenus "common," from Greek epikoinos "common to many, promiscuous," from epi "on" (see epi-) + koinos "common" (see coeno-). English has no need of it in its grammatical sense. Extended sense of "characteristic of both sexes" first recorded in English c. 1600; that of "effeminate" is from 1630s.
From EPICENE (adjective)
ep•i•cene | \ ˈe-pə-ˌsēn \
Definition of epicene
1 of a noun : having but one form to indicate either sex
2a : having characteristics typical of the other sex
b : EFFEMINATE
3 : lacking characteristics of either sex
REFERENCES
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epicene
https://www.etymonline.com/word/epicene
USAGE
compare to current forms:
he/she/it – these cover the 3rd person singular for binary people (he/she) and for inanimates/things/animals (it)
proposed new forms:
he, she, ep, it
The possessive form of EP would be formed by the same rules as the current ones (no apostrophe):
Current: his, hers, its
New: his, hers, eps, its
In contractions, also using the same rules:
he’ll (he will) = ep’ll (ep will)
she’d (she would) = ep’d (ep would)
it’s (it is) = ep’s (ep is)
Thanks!
June 21, 2020
bilby commented on the word ep
Because prescriptivism has a history of working sooo well :-/
June 22, 2020
alexz commented on the word ep
words like zhe didn't get picked up by people outside of the community who use that word, while a word like 'they' already has a known meaning.
June 22, 2020
bilby commented on the word ep
Yeah it appears to me that success is much likelier in bending an existing word to a new need than in consciously trying to introduce a new term. Neologisms do stick from time to time but usually because they're funny (eg. asshat), cool (bomboclaat), or have topical intensity (ground zero). Or possibly bits of all (quarantini). Three strikes for this one.
June 23, 2020