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31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

But no spendy:

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spendy was not found in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Did you spell it correctly? Here are some alternatives:

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Normally threads get hijacked about ET. But this thread is about ET and it has been hijacked on the topic of lexis Confused

so I'll continue. Plug on. Plug along. Regional variations?

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

maybe Cambridge is limited to British usage. Spendy and plug along are N American Smile

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

I know I mentioned it in another post, but 'spendy' was recently added to the OED. So it's not a fake N. American word anymore, I guess.

I say 'plug along' but I guess it's fake. Sigh.

Niste · Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 73

I'm sure plug along will make it into the elite pages of the OED before long, it's just taking its time doing it...just plugging along, in fact.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

Like me! Plugging along, I mean. This exactly encapsulates what I do 90% of the time.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

If we keep mentioning plug along then it will eventually start showing up on google searches. I heard somewhere that google is one of the sources for OED

Golightly · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:

here's another neologism, invented by me after a night on the raki:

A lover of large dictionaries:

An OEDophile. Rolling Eyes

good, no?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

How's the first syllable pronounced?

Golightly · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:

it's pronounced i: as in paedophile
Laughing

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

In that case, after a night on the Raki I would be careful telling people you are an oediphile. Slip of the tongues can happen at the most inopportune momments.

Byzantine · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 55 Location: Southwest

howmucharefags · Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 299 Location: Eskisehir

Chug means 'pulling a 31' in Scottish argo. For example, ' I am having chug.' Don't say chugging along.

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

I'm a Yank, and "plug along" is perfectly idiomatic to me. So is "chug along".

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

I'm Canadian but lived in the US for many years, so I guess my vocabulary is mixed, as is my spelling. I just says 'em as I hears 'em.