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Might be a tad too subtle for this crowd...
I got it! I got it!
Might be a tad too subtle for this crowd...
Might be a tad too subtle for this crowd...
...compound nouns typically have more stress on the first word, while noun phrases typically have more stress on the second word (if it is the noun)...
Defenestrate.
This is one of those English words I really dislike because it does not mean what it says. How exactly do you castrate someone on a fence by throwing them out a window?
Oh, never mind...I get it.
Yes, and not just because of the stress on BULL: "bull" and "sh*t" are both nouns, and you can't make a noun phrase by putting together two nouns. So far as I know.So the standard American pronuciation of BULLsh*t is a compound noun,
I don't think it's a noun phrase, but I don't know why stress goes on the second part. There are many exceptions to the rule that compounds have stress on the first part, which is why I included the hedge "typically".... but the Texas variation of bullSH*T is a noun phrase?
chthonic
lickspittle a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady
Because Cthulhu is chthonic?O R'LYEH?Gumby said:chthonic
braumeister;1068681Usage: Something that "makes your mouth water" (a crass said:The risk is that people will think you're talking excrement...