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PINCER was once a falseagram for PRINCE, but a dictionary change has meant that PINCER is now a valid word in its own right. Can anyone think of any others like this? Do people reckon it would be worth compiling a list of them to put here? (I've a definite memory of PINCER being disallowed on occasion, the reason being that it exists only as "pincer movement", but a search of the wiki isn't revealing any of them at the moment.) -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 01:51, 14 October 2010 (BST) | PINCER was once a falseagram for PRINCE, but a dictionary change has meant that PINCER is now a valid word in its own right. Can anyone think of any others like this? Do people reckon it would be worth compiling a list of them to put here? (I've a definite memory of PINCER being disallowed on occasion, the reason being that it exists only as "pincer movement", but a search of the wiki isn't revealing any of them at the moment.) -- [[User:Smjg|smjg]] 01:51, 14 October 2010 (BST) | ||
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| + | With {{word|IMPLIER}} → {{word|IMPERIL}} listed, should {{word|IMPLIERS}} → {{word|IMPERILS}} be listed for the sake of completeness? Or should we avoid such redundancy and let the former speak for itself? Similarly with other inflectional endings like {{word|-ED}} or {{word|-ING}} or {{word|-ER}} or {{word|-EST}} when the falseagram is equally valid without these endings. There doesn't seem to be a policy on this at the moment. What do people think? — [[User:Smjg|Stewart]] ([[User talk:Smjg|talk]]) 07:53, 4 May 2020 (UTC) | ||
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Can I put the same word but a different falseagram (eg. MARINABLE -> LAMEBRAIN)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kai Laddiman (talk • contribs) 20:13, 18 July 2009
- If you like. -- smjg 01:51, 14 October 2010 (BST)
Ex-falseagrams
PINCER was once a falseagram for PRINCE, but a dictionary change has meant that PINCER is now a valid word in its own right. Can anyone think of any others like this? Do people reckon it would be worth compiling a list of them to put here? (I've a definite memory of PINCER being disallowed on occasion, the reason being that it exists only as "pincer movement", but a search of the wiki isn't revealing any of them at the moment.) -- smjg 01:51, 14 October 2010 (BST)
Inflections
With IMPLIER → IMPERIL listed, should IMPLIERS → IMPERILS be listed for the sake of completeness? Or should we avoid such redundancy and let the former speak for itself? Similarly with other inflectional endings like -ED or -ING or -ER or -EST when the falseagram is equally valid without these endings. There doesn't seem to be a policy on this at the moment. What do people think? — Stewart (talk) 07:53, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
