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Thank you for taking on that responsibility, wordmonger.
October 15, 2013
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Yes, Bilby. Test. That will do!
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October 15, 2013
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test
October 14, 2013
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test?
October 14, 2013
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Yes, but the injustice! A synonym list standing alone without its yin, its antonyin... no, no, no! I mean, if you've got a synonym list, should you not -- to be fair -- have a list of antonyms! The wound! So, here it is. I'm coming out. Let the world know: I am the antonym!
October 14, 2013
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First: Welcome to Wordnik!
Second: I think you're asking about the tables of related words... each word page might shkw different categories of related words (depending on what you've looked up). Some standard or common words might have loads of different related words. Others might not have been around long enough for the Wordnik elves to generate anything yet. It is, of course, possible for us as users to generate our own (unedited, unofficial and/or random) tags for things. Add whatever you like!
Third: I'd not heard that bit about the butter and the butter dish before. Thank you--I like it.
October 14, 2013
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Okay. I've got more 0s than most users, but I'm a busy guy. To the point:
So, got synonyms.
Don't got antonyms (smile)
Got milk.
But why no antonyms? Am I overlooking the obvious, the butter in the butter dish?
October 14, 2013
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wordmonger commented on the word rinky-dink
The following etymology is taken word-for-word directly from the OED. If there are copyright issues, I'll understand.
The first usage is: rinky-dink: rinky-dink, n. and a. slang (chiefly U.S.).
(ˈrɪŋkɪdɪŋk)
Also rinkey-dink, rinkydink, rinky-dinky.
Orig. unknown: cf. ricky-tick n. and a.
A.A n. Something that is worn out or antiquated; a worthless object. spec. a cheap place of entertainment. Also in phr. to give (someone) the rinky-dink and varr., to cheat or swindle (someone).
First used -- 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. xii. 265 They was lyin'‥an' givin' each other th' rinkey-dink in th' old days same as now. 1922 J. A. Dunn Man Trap i. 8 Jimmy abhorred mining corporations with a lot of stockholders and a few of those liable at any moment to hand you the rinky-dink and freeze you out by due process of legal indifference toward small-fry claimants. 1942 Harper's Bazaar July 21/2 Don't give me the rinkydink. 1951 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 80/1, I think of Sweet Mama Stringbean as she was called when she played the Rinky-dinks for $25 a week. 1956 S. Longstreet Real Jazz 147 Rinky-dink is broken-down stuff. 1969 New Yorker 1 Nov. 6/2 Red Garter‥eighteen-nineties rinky-dink, complete with fire engine, but the banjo band is above average. 1977 Amer. Speech 1975 L. 65 Rinky-dink‥n, something that is cheap or worn out. ‘His car is a real rinky-dink.’ --
October 29, 2014
wordmonger commented on the user wordmonger
Yes, Bilby. Test. That will do!
|;-)
October 15, 2013
wordmonger commented on the user wordmonger
Yes, but the injustice! A synonym list standing alone without its yin, its antonyin... no, no, no! I mean, if you've got a synonym list, should you not -- to be fair -- have a list of antonyms! The wound! So, here it is. I'm coming out. Let the world know: I am the antonym!
October 14, 2013
wordmonger commented on the user wordmonger
Okay. I've got more 0s than most users, but I'm a busy guy. To the point:
So, got synonyms.
Don't got antonyms (smile)
Got milk.
But why no antonyms? Am I overlooking the obvious, the butter in the butter dish?
October 14, 2013