Finally Making the switch to Linux

[Condobloke]

Stictuitiveness

new word for the english dictionary ?

 

[KGIII]

new word for the english dictionary ?

It's a pretty old word and not mine. I'd like to take credit, but I can't.

Also, now that I look at your quote, I misspelled it. I think most people use hyphens, so I could have missed that as well.

I first encountered the word as a young lad, reading a book about a mechanical engineer.

 

[MikeRocor]

It's a pretty old word and not mine. I'd like to take credit, but I can't.

Also, now that I look at your quote, I misspelled it. I think most people use hyphens, so I could have missed that as well.

I first encountered the word as a young lad, reading a book about a mechanical engineer.

And yet one never hears of "stictuition" ...

 

[KGIII]

And yet one never hears of "stictuition" ...

Or 'stiction', which is a pretty good word for what it is.

 

[Condobloke]

it is actually listed in Encyclopaedia Britannica

Stick-to-itiveness

I still reckon someone was having a bad day when they drummed that one up !