Misc: A warning to neologizers

Subject: Misc: A warning to neologizers
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: CEL <copyediting-l -at- listserv -dot- indiana -dot- edu>, TECHWR-L List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:08:23 -0400

A warning to neologizers: http://xkcd.com/483/

(In case you're not familiar with the XKCD comic: don't forget to
hover your mouse cursor over the comic. The "hovertext" is often as
funny as the cartoon.)

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