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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Back-formation
Could you please answer whether is it possible to form by analogy such words as to husband-hunt, to happiness-hunt, to flat-hunt, to wife-hunt, to witch-hunt, to job-hunt from the verb to head-hunt? And is it possible to say: I was out of money because I had been fired from my job. That's why I was job-hunting?
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Certain "-hunt" combinations are common or well-established. These include "head-hunt", "flat-hunt", "witch-hunt" and "job-hunt". Others can be coined, but the less familiar they are the more they are likely to stand out as novel or unusual coinages.
- Certain "-hunt" combinations are common or well-established.
- These include "head-hunt", "flat-hunt", "witch-hunt" and "job-hunt".
- Others can be coined, but the less familiar they are the more they are likely to stand out as novel or unusual coinages.
- "happiness-hunt" would be an example of the latter.
- Yes to your final question.
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Certain "-hunt" combinations are common or well-established. These include "head-hunt", "flat-hunt", "witch-hunt" and "job-hunt". Others can be coined, but the less familiar they are the more they are likely to stand out as novel or unusual coinages. "happiness-hunt" would be an example of the latter. Yes to your final question.
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