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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Editor wonder-boy...

Not now. The Daily Planet just hired a new
editor wonder-boy (brilliant editor?) from the Star City Post.
  

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I think the Germans came up with the original of this, Wunderkind . Not just brilliant, but brilliant at a very early age, almost to the point of precocity. Edit - wait, do I mean "precociousness"?

— Delmobile

  • I think the Germans came up with the original of this, Wunderkind .
  • Not just brilliant, but brilliant at a very early age, almost to the point of precocity.
  • Edit - wait, do I mean "precociousness"?
  • Quick, it's another nonce-word!
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I think the Germans came up with the original of this, Wunderkind. Not just brilliant, but brilliant at a very early age, almost to the point of precocity.

Edit - wait, do I mean "precociousness"? Quick, it's another nonce-word!
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Thank you, Delmobile!
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