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lloeki
8 months ago
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What’s the difference between an -ectomy, an -osto...
In french we occasionally portmanteau -itis (often qualified with "acute" or "mild"), for a comedic yet genuinely emphatic effect. e.g: acute dumbitis/boreditis/tireditis
anthk
8 months ago
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In Spanish too.
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