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"In fact, ish is atypical even among its uncommon cohorts, such as ism
and ology, which both refer to a general class to which the more
specific exemplars belong. In other words, nationalism and communism are
kinds of isms. Zoology and biology are kinds of ologies. But are
hungry-ish and tired-ish kinds of ishes? Not exactly."
The evolution of language is interesting and fun!
Via Yonatan Zunger.
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