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Old 11-13-2001, 07:51 AM   #56
Yorick
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quote:
Originally posted by Fljotsdale:


Eventuations?????????????

I have an instinctive reaction against such recently coined portmanteau words in the English language!....

Having said that, if a language doesn't grow it dies.
But 'eventuations'?

Presumably a blend of 'event' and 'situation' .... the words have differing tenses, just for starters....

Guess I'm just getting old! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yeah, I know its off-topic! Apologies to all!



Very off topic! It's called poetic license. If a word doesn't exist to accurately describe something, improvise. It's a logical extension of event, eventual, eventuate, eventuated, eventuating, eventuation.

Within the spirit of the language and understandable. Just a deviation on the tense of "eventuate" and "eventuating."


: even·tu·ate
Pronunciation: i-'ven-ch&-"wAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Date: 1789
: to come out finally : RESULT, COME ABOUT


Anyway, others have used this word.

Check out these for a start.
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