Comments on: One-Hit Wonders: From Hapax to Googlewhacks http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben Zimmer http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/comment-page-1/#comment-51621 Ben Zimmer Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:54:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/#comment-51621 Kerry: "borborygmic" (meaning 'characterized by rumblings') is certainly an unusual word, but it's not quite nonce: it appears in the Shorter OED as well as the full OED under the entry for "borborygm." Among other quotes, the OED gives this one from H.G. Wells: "Elephant hunters say that they can tell the proximity of a herd by the borborygmic noises the poor brutes emit." Kerry: “borborygmic” (meaning ‘characterized by rumblings’) is certainly an unusual word, but it’s not quite nonce: it appears in the Shorter OED as well as the full OED under the entry for “borborygm.” Among other quotes, the OED gives this one from H.G. Wells: “Elephant hunters say that they can tell the proximity of a herd by the borborygmic noises the poor brutes emit.”

]]> By: kerry wood http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/comment-page-1/#comment-51618 kerry wood Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:54:01 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/#comment-51618 An adjective I have used from time to time is borborygmic. The dictionary contains only the noun form, borborygmus. Would my back formation be considered a nonce word? An adjective I have used from time to time is borborygmic. The dictionary contains only the noun form, borborygmus. Would my back formation be considered a nonce word?

]]> By: Jackie http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/comment-page-1/#comment-51341 Jackie Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:08:45 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/#comment-51341 To remember the word "nonce" and what it means, simpley lose the "n" and, presto: you have "once", a word used once. Works for me. To remember the word “nonce” and what it means, simpley lose the “n” and, presto: you have “once”, a word used once. Works for me.

]]> By: Scott Belyea http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/comment-page-1/#comment-51015 Scott Belyea Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:49:57 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/#comment-51015 "In past weeks I’ve described the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary ..." I know, I know ... and if you don't stop, I'm going to have to buy it. Mine is only the 4th Edition. :-) “In past weeks I’ve described the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary …”

I know, I know … and if you don’t stop, I’m going to have to buy it. Mine is only the 4th Edition. :-)

]]> By: Christian » One-Hit Wonders: From Hapax to Googlewhacks http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/comment-page-1/#comment-50939 Christian » One-Hit Wonders: From Hapax to Googlewhacks Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:58:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/10/hapaxify/#comment-50939 [...] M C Ward wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Shorter still supplies entries for every single word in the works of William Shakespeare, the poetry of John Milton, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, and the King James Bible (aka the Authorized Version). … [...] [...] M C Ward wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Shorter still supplies entries for every single word in the works of William Shakespeare, the poetry of John Milton, Spenser’s Faerie Queene, and the King James Bible (aka the Authorized Version). … [...]

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