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YeGoblynQueenneyesterday at 10:55 PM1 replyview on HN

"Pseudpocalypse"... why not "pseudocalypse" or "pseudoapocalypse"?

As an aside, it's always surprising to see how English speakers split Greek words like "Apocalypse". That is to say, they always split them in the middle of Greek syllables, or just drop letters like "pseud[o][a]pocalypse" and often in a way that ends up sounding clunky and weird even in English.

Can't think of other examples now. Brain going to sleepzzzz....

Edit: oh wow there's actually a word for that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libfix

OK, now I go to sleep.


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doogliusyesterday at 11:05 PM

"pseud" is it's own atom here, see definition 2 in https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseud

It's not trying to say "something like an apocalypse" it's saying "an apocalypse of pseuds"