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How do you pronounce this word....phenom (1 Viewer)
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Apple Jack
Footballguy
I have never used this word and the only people I know who have have been on TV and say FEE-nom. Oddly.
rockaction
Footballguy
My friend, who teaches political philosophy, uses the formal word a ton. Same with instantiation. Both are confusing as heck, as far as I can tell.
rockaction
Footballguy
belljr
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
I'm laughing as I write this, but I think both are now acceptable usage.Damn it I thought my edit snuck in
God. Could I be any bigger of a prig? YMMV should be attached to all my grammatical escapades
Warning: Janet Jackson in the link for eye candy and weirdness.
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Let's just remove the noun it get back to its adjectival roots.
ETA: I was fully prepared to use adjectival as a made up word but apparently it is, in fact, a word.
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rockaction
Footballguy
Yes, it is. I first encountered it through reading Tom Wolfe. He called adding an adjective to a political European reality designed for America the "Great adjectival catch-up"
"Oh. You have fascism. Well (exasperated) we have social fascism."
