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[-] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 7 months ago

English does it too, but we use ancient Greek and Latin to do it.

Hydro gen - water maker

Dis aster - bad star

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago

We do it so often we have a term for it: compound words.

I would explain more but I gotta turn off my desktop computer and do some chores like loading the dishwasher and cleaning up the bathroom before I sit down and watch the baseball game this afternoon before my girlfriend comes over.

[-] mokus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Also I have to work overtime at the bookshop because of greedflation

[-] jlow@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

TIL disaster = bad star, very cool!

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Helico pter - spiral wing

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