tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7509819697833852574..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Snirt!Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-88490900258218001442010-03-03T15:44:40.122-05:002010-03-03T15:44:40.122-05:00Though "Spork" was a trademark first (at...Though "Spork" was a trademark first (ate a bit of one accidentally when they were new).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34005487491665739982010-03-03T09:16:47.747-05:002010-03-03T09:16:47.747-05:00Spork is also a blended word now in common usage. ...Spork is also a blended word now in common usage. (But don't you hate using the spork itself?)Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-15429729499805492382010-03-03T08:38:43.798-05:002010-03-03T08:38:43.798-05:00New York Magazine used to have contests for people...New York Magazine used to have contests for people to make up these combined words, though they didn't call them sniglets. Come to think of it, "smog" was originally such a word. And I could make a case for "horrendous," which was certainly not a real word back in, say, the Fifties.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-60068971563535230652010-03-03T06:49:41.964-05:002010-03-03T06:49:41.964-05:00I remember Rich Hall (and they say you don't r...I remember Rich Hall (and they say you don't remember anything before you're three years old).Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com