Wandering Word Thoughts: Whodunit?
Do you prefer a "whodunit", a "howdunit", or a "howdhecatchem"? Those are all words associated with mystery stories. So is "gumshoe", another word for a detective. I've always wanted to write a detective story about a "gumshoe" whose favorite album is Rubber Soul.
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So the word "artichoke" comes from the Arabic "al-khurshoof"? Gesundheit, I say!
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Spy vs. phylactologist? A "phylactologist" is another word for a spy. (Coined by novelist Kingsley Amis in his 1966 book The Anti-Death League.)
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By the way, my book isn't a dusty, moldering (seeming) "incunabulum" (TWITO, page 72) like the ones in this picture.
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So the word "artichoke" comes from the Arabic "al-khurshoof"? Gesundheit, I say!
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Spy vs. phylactologist? A "phylactologist" is another word for a spy. (Coined by novelist Kingsley Amis in his 1966 book The Anti-Death League.)
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By the way, my book isn't a dusty, moldering (seeming) "incunabulum" (TWITO, page 72) like the ones in this picture.
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