-a-licious

(Email Removed) filted:

Delightful, wonderful, covetable. Thus far, it's slang. The source is the word "delicious."
Cece

[nq:1]Delightful, wonderful, covetable. Thus far, it's slang. The sourceis the word "delicious."[/nq]
It could probably also be loosely traced to "Bubblicious" (bubble + delicious), a brand of soft bubble gum that came out in the Seventies in the US (and is still around).
Don
Kansas City

[nq:1]Hi -a-licious seems to be some kind of productive suffix. What does it mean? Examples are: babe-a-licious font-a-licious[/nq]
You have been deceived. This is a recent
coinage meaning "Please buy our goods,
records, junk food" etc. etc.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

What does 'filted' mean? I can't seem to find its definition.

Cool Guy filted:
[nq:1]What does 'filted' mean? I can't seem to find its definition.[/nq]
I'm beginning to think we should put
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/msg/9101ec4a2fb58eb3

into the FAQ..r

[nq:1]What does 'filted' mean? I can't seem to find its definition.[/nq]
A teacher teaches, a farmer farms...
By the way, you ask in another post to be corrected on your English. I can't find a dot out of place. You're doing great.

Best Donna Richoux

R H Draney turpitued:
[nq:1]Cool Guy filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]What does 'filted' mean? I can't seem to find its definition.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm beginning to think we should put into the FAQ..r[/nq]
For those who prefer to avoid Google's attempt to take over Usenet, the Message-ID is (Email Removed).
This is the first time I've looked at the GG beta, and while trying to find the message

(Email Removed) turpitued:
[nq:1]-a-licious seems to be some kind of productive suffix. What does it mean? Examples are: babe-a-licious font-a-licious gadget-a-licious Pope-a-licious pose-a-licious smell-a-licious etc.[/nq]
It's the suffix form of "meretricious".

Peter Moylan peter at ee dot newcastle dot edu dot au

[nq:1]This is the first time I've looked at the GG beta, and while trying to find the message header I was briefly puzzled by the linklabelled "Show options". Does anyone else use the word "option" to mean "header line"?[/nq]
That's not their only idiotsynchrosy. If you use it to send a reply, they abuse the word "momentarily", and also claim you've just sent a "new topic". I can't fit "archiv