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On a point of PN, I've seen it written 'frenemy'.

Personally, I love neologisms. They indicate that a language is alive. There is a natural process that sorts out the useful ones from the pretentious.

You won't have to suffer long. People will get back to Sun Tzu eventually.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 03:20:01 PM EST
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Wiki spells it both ways.  Or should I consult the OED?  

I love neologisms.  I think I may have helped invent the word "hatriot."  And Jerome shares my joy in the term "hackademic."  But you know "frenemy" was thought up by the same people who brought us "Bennifer" and "Brangelina" and is being used by the same people who say "crackberry."  It's not interesting.  And if you use it, I'm going to think you read People magazine.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 03:30:33 PM EST
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I am empowered by my profession to study and understand the colloquialisms of different audiences. Fortunately, the audience that uses the excrescences you list above has never been one of mine. I'm more of a B2B kind of linguist.

<ducks and runs>

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 03:39:48 PM EST
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