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Re: Have you ever felt the need to create a new word?

Subject: Re: Have you ever felt the need to create a new word?
From: Jerry Muelver <jerry -at- hytext -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:06:57 -0500

Kathy Bowman wrote:

Have you ever felt the need to create a new word? For example, in a military sense a target can be 'engageable', ie it is
able to be engaged. This leads to the term 'Engageability' on a screen,
meaning that it is (or is not or will be) able to be engaged. The screen
could show "Ability to be engaged' or 'Able to be engaged' but there is
limited room and we are stuck with 'Engageability'.
In these times, when we are hoping to usefulize 'hydergen' power in place of 'awl' and 'nukuler' power, there seems a good bit of truthiness in the notion that language needs more adaptitude to service our communicable needs.

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