alt Hacker NewsThere are nearly half a million compound phrases that aren’t in any dictionary—simply because they contain spaces. “Boiling water.” “Saturday night.” “Help me.”
I would hope that none of those examples were taking up space in a dictionary.
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gligierko • last Monday at 5:51 PM
Some are better than others. Many semi-transparents could get legit coverage. And many are good fodder for word game content.
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simlevesque • last Monday at 6:05 PM
The first two I kind of understand what the author means. But "help me" and "severe pain" made me think that I'm just not the right public for this text.
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DonHopkins • today at 10:26 AM
>"Boiling water" ... I would hope that none of those examples were taking up space in a dictionary.
Yeah, I agree! Fuck ICE!
It's quite interesting that "boiling water" in many Slavic languages is actually a separate word (and not derived from "water", but from "boiling"; similar how the author mentions "ice" being used instead of "frozen water").