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Is "nodulistic" a word??
Congratulations to Craig who has gone on from pronouncing familar words ("disaastah") in unfamilar ways, to inventing whole new words.
"Nodulistic" - having the character of nodules...anyone from the medical profession to tell us if this is in widespread use ?? |
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Well it is now, in the world of ballroom dancing criticism
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Well, I'm not from the medical world but am the proud possessor of a dictionary...
![]() I rather like 'nodulistic' as a neologism, but the word he was striving for would have been 'nodulose' or 'nodulous' or even 'noduled', all of them acceptable adjectives relating to the word 'nodule'. |
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Couldn't find it in either dictionary.com or online medical dictionary.
I didn't like it myself, partly because nodules (wherever) can be a serious medical condition and it's not nice to be reminded about that on a Saturday evening entertainment programme! |
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Well, I'm not from the medical world but am the proud possessor of a dictionary...
![]() I rather like 'nodulistic' as a neologism, but the word he was striving for would have been 'nodulose' or 'nodulous' or even 'noduled', all of them acceptable adjectives relating to the word 'nodule'.
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He's Australian
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Is Nodulistic a word
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Congratulations to Craig who has gone on from pronouncing familar words ("disaastah") in unfamilar ways, to inventing whole new words.
"Nodulistic" - having the character of nodules...anyone from the medical profession to tell us if this is in widespread use ?? |
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<applause...> but still likes nodulstic
![]() Every year new words force themselves into the Oxford English Dictionary like Japanese knotweed. Didn't 'meh' make it in there recently, a word coined in internet chat rooms? It's worth remembering that words like 'chortle' and 'galumph' were invented by Lewis Carroll and are now accepted terms. I'm looking forward to 'armography' being an accepted word in the OED in a few years' time.
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Craig's imaginative invention of language is commendable.
But Craig's originality still has no comparison with Melissa from The Apprentice. Melissa coined half-dozen new words on every show. |
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He's Australian
So it would appear that Craig may not have been making it up after all. |
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... to have your dance described as a skin condition...
... Ouch! |
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... to have your dance described as a skin condition...
... Ouch! ![]()
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What? Lumps and bumps and rather unsightly?
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