Posted on 01/27/2015 5:22:53 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday January 27, 2015
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
hypocorism [hahy-pok-uh-riz-uh m, hi-]
-n
1. a pet name.
2. the practice of using a pet name.
3.the use of forms of speech imitative of baby talk, especially by an adult.
[1840-50; < Greek hypokórisma pet name. See hypocoristic, -ism]
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Aw, didums forget to posty-wosty the thread, the cute-itty-wee-singie....
I don’t if I’d name my pet that.
*I don’t know if I’d name my pet that.
The trailer for American Sniper was grating, with all the Baby Baby Baby hypocorisms. If I didn’t know the story, I wouldn’t want to go see it based on that.
Barack Obama: Michelle’s hypocorism for Barry Soetoro Marshall-Davis.
Cracked her butt up, too.
‘Hypo’, a prefix that in Greek means ‘under’, would mean that hypocorism, used by a public speaker presumably, indicates hypocharisma in the speaker, right?
No, you're schmoopie.
Useless as a word but excrutiating when used to berate the haughty, as in Shakespearean wit:
Lord Charming, thy name is Pipsqueak Scoundrel. Thy mother is Strumpet. Thy father is Monger. Thou art the spawn of loose bowels and flacid member.
How is the snow drifting? And mine?
The hypocoristic Choommmobile was a sign
Of a president who would cross the line
Whether with Reggie in tow
Or with our country’s foe
Hope and change was a warning he did opine.
Looks like she hit her head.
Now, the reason she slipped was that she stepped on that painted line. Something someone needs to explain to her -
that line will be slicker than the sidewalk.
One of the most annoying episodes. Give yourself an A+.
Most of the free world uses the hypocorism “Bibi” for Benjamin Netanyahu, but Barack Obama calls him something else.
Does that count the $1 trillion spent on the website(s) development?
A trill on a website? I think you probably have too many zeroes there.
Well, something like that. ;-)
Still want to know if that figure includes the money blown on websites, or if it’s just “operating costs” of the insurance program.
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