Freudian slip
One of my clients used the coolest word by accident the other day: obliveration: obliteration performed through obliviousness, i.e. cultural destruction by well-intended foreign-aid workers who are clueless.
Also, my kid is brilliant. He was building a blanket fort the other day and said "See how it is encaved?" Well...yes, I suppose that would be the right way to use those affixes, and it makes total sense, though I'm quite sure I have never used that word or heard it used. He has enough of a grasp of how the linguistic objects fit together that he can create new words correctly!
Also, my kid is brilliant. He was building a blanket fort the other day and said "See how it is encaved?" Well...yes, I suppose that would be the right way to use those affixes, and it makes total sense, though I'm quite sure I have never used that word or heard it used. He has enough of a grasp of how the linguistic objects fit together that he can create new words correctly!