To: DMaA who wrote (64) | 2/16/2019 9:26:02 AM | From: Tom Clarke | | | hackles
>>Mel Brooks actually pinpointed “k” as the comedy catch-all in Melvin Helitzer’s book Comedy Writing Secrets. “Instead of saying ‘salmon’, ‘turkey’ is a funnier sound,” he says. He is also said to have called the “k” sound the funniest sound in the English language.
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From: DMaA | 3/16/2019 11:07:13 AM | | | | Hypocorism
A hypocorism is a diminutive form of a name. Hypocorisms include pet names or calling names, often a diminutive or augmentative form of a word or given name when used as a nickname or term of endearment.
Hat Tip to carranza2 for using it to explain Beto's nickname. |
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From: Stan | 4/18/2019 9:33:08 PM | | | | Penultimate: It's a word that's not all that uncommon, but it's often used with the wrong meaning, like "absolute greatest" or something like that.
Its meaning is "next to the last" because "ultimate" means "last in a series." |
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