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Re: New words suffering pun-itis

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: New words suffering pun-itis
• Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:33:19 -0600
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ghuStargh wrote:
>But don't get me started with {qaryoq} . . .

taD:
: Is the pun simply based on "karaoke"? If not, where does it come from?

I think {qaryoq'a'} is the actual pun, and {qaryoq} a back-formation.  Both
"mimic speech" in the same way that karaoke mimics singing.



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Voragh                       
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