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(YouTube)   A hapax legomenon is a word that appears only once in all literature for a given language. In English, e.g., the word "quizzaciously" appears only once. Well, twice now. I guess I sort of ruined "quizzaciously," so--dammitsomuch   (youtube.com) divider line
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vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2020-01-23 7:32:32 AM  
Hmm.
Mysterical, Subby.
 
Non Sequitur Man [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-01-23 8:11:57 AM  
Cromulentious, indeed.
 
Arkanaut
2020-01-23 11:41:02 AM  
Bold of you to count Fark headlines as "literature", subby.
 
Kerr Avon
2020-01-23 11:47:59 AM  
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WelldeadLink
2020-01-23 12:02:06 PM  

Arkanaut: Bold of you to count Fark headlines as "literature", subby.


Indeed. Don't confuse literature with litterature.
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2020-01-23 12:12:02 PM  
A word isn't really part of the language unless it's adopted widely.

Just coining your own series of suffixes and prefixes doesn't mean it's a real word. This isn't German.
 
KidKorporate
2020-01-23 12:15:38 PM  
Could Paul Atraiedes be... the happax legomenon?
 
King Keepo
2020-01-23 12:28:01 PM  
It exists in a lot of places in The Library of Babel (it's an amazing place BTW. Every book that's ever been written exists here, every sentence, every word. Every book that will ever get written too. It's phenomenal and it's weird).
 
gerrychampoux
2020-01-23 12:37:02 PM  
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves...
 
dwlah
2020-01-23 1:04:09 PM  
Unable to locate butt stuff
 
OldJames
2020-01-23 1:12:35 PM  
Does balsagna count? It's kind of like lasagna, but there are balls on you
 
GypsyJoker [TotalFark]
2020-01-23 1:44:27 PM  
Legomenon
Ah-dee-dee-de-de
Legomenon
Ah-dee-dee-dee

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\worked with hapax legomena in the Athabaskan languages
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2020-01-23 1:48:17 PM  
These ladies have made up a game:
With two "trutennes" they make an "eu," **
they bang coffin against coffin,
** The meanings of the words trutennes and eu are unknown and unattested to elsewhere.
 
indy_kid
2020-01-23 2:22:05 PM  

leeksfromchichis: Just coining your own series of suffixes and prefixes doesn't mean it's a real word. This isn't German.


D'Qwell Jackson, former Indianapolis Colt, laughs at your opinion.
 
Arkanaut
2020-01-23 2:36:04 PM  

leeksfromchichis: Just coining your own series of suffixes and prefixes doesn't mean it's a real word. This isn't German.


You would'st've said that.
 
The Silver Mullet
2020-01-23 2:57:47 PM  
It's the name of an unidentified scroll in NetHack
 
Embden.Meyerhof
2020-01-23 3:12:33 PM  
This video gets posted now?   It's years old.  One of my favorites, but, old.


/Hey VSauce!  Michael here...
//And as always...
 
Twonk
2020-01-23 3:18:33 PM  
I read the scroll labelled HAPAX LEGOMENON.

You are being punished for your misbehavior!

....


Cwap.

/I need a scroll of remove curse now...
 
orezona
2020-01-23 3:40:13 PM  

gerrychampoux: Twas brillig, and the slithy toves...


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2020-01-23 4:18:24 PM  

Arkanaut: Bold of you to count Fark headlines as "literature", subby.


They're using the term "English literature" to mean "anything written in English.

That aside, I think some Fark headlines should definitely be enshrined in the Library of Congress.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2020-01-23 4:21:08 PM  

leeksfromchichis: A word isn't really part of the language unless it's adopted widely.

Just coining your own series of suffixes and prefixes doesn't mean it's a real word. This isn't German.


How very manerfindetnichtexistierendewörterish!
 
Mr_Smartypants
2020-01-23 4:36:51 PM  
Good morning.  That's a nice tnetennba.
 
Pointy Tail of Satan
2020-01-23 8:41:33 PM  
I always like that frying pans are "whangable" in the Food of the Gods.
 
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