January 9, 2003

COOL!:

holophrastic (hol-uh-FRAS-tik) adjective (Word Smith: Word of the Day, 1/09/03)
1. Expressing a sentence in one word, for example, "Go."

2. Expressing complex ideas in a single word, as in some Eskimo languages.

[From Greek Holo- (whole) + Greek phrastikos, from phrazein (to speak).]

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 9, 2003 9:49 AM
Comments

Wow.

Posted by: Barry Meislin at January 9, 2003 9:13 AM

Amen.

Posted by: oj at January 9, 2003 9:51 AM

Enough.

Posted by: Bruce Cleaver at January 9, 2003 11:48 AM

Never.

Posted by: oj at January 9, 2003 12:49 PM

Clinton.

Posted by: Bob Hawkins at January 9, 2003 12:50 PM

Superholophrasticisticexpyallidocious!

Posted by: pj at January 9, 2003 1:40 PM

Ditto.

Posted by: oj at January 9, 2003 1:42 PM

Puh-leeze!

Posted by: Just John at January 9, 2003 3:12 PM

!

Posted by: David Cohen at January 9, 2003 3:22 PM

What

Posted by: oj at January 9, 2003 3:59 PM

I think that one was in Eskimo, Orrin.

Posted by: pj at January 9, 2003 5:10 PM
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