[OT] Next word in this sequence of words ending with 'ty'
Justin Johansson
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Fri Jul 16 06:01:34 PDT 2010
Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:18:33 +0930, Justin Johansson wrote:
>
>> D friends,
>>
>> Yep, off topic for sure, but this is the best ng that I know of to get
>> quick answers :-)
>>
>> May I please have your suggestions for the next English word that comes
>> semantically/mathematically in sequence. Ideally the word ends in "ty"
>> and the semantic sequence is obviously to do with the predecessor
>> (cardinality-wise) of "Singularity".
>>
>> Plurality, Singularity, ..
>
> ...naughty? :)
>
> But seriously, how about nullity? Or perhaps triviality?
>
> -Lars
Being 10pm in my neck of the woods, and being a late night
meal-time eater, I was just having a mouthful of my wife's
stupendous ham and bacon pea soup when I read your reply
and splat in laughter about your suggestion of "naughty".
As I write this reply, I am still picking out the remnants
of split pea husks from my keyboard. :-(
This is quite serious; my keyboard may now might need replacing.
To be more serious, I just happened across the word "nihility"
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nihility
but I don't think "nihility" really means "none-of-ity"
rather than it means more about the absence of anything
including a "zerality" of things.
Hey, maybe "zerality" should be coined as a new English word?
<void>Justin</void>
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