Saturday, August 11, 2007
Coprolite, Kelemenopy: Word Use Proposed
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Podcast Episode Summary
When John Ciardi isn't exploring the fossilized remnants of words, he is either dredging up new uses for old ones or coining his own neologisms. Witness "coprolite," a little-used term he dusts off for modern, metaphorical usage. Or "kelemenopy," an alphabetical oddity our word wizard creates out of thin air. Yet both strangely fill a vacuum in a way only the most useful words can.
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