Found a common word that is not in the dictionary

[nq:1]"onesie" is not in m-w.com! But the hideous and new "preemie" is![/nq]
What's a onsie? the one before twosie?
Preemie has a meaning.

[nq:1]"onesie" is not in m-w.com! But the hideous and new "preemie" is![/nq]
New? What century are we in?
(OED2 citations)

1927 Amer. Speech II. 314/1 A baby delivered prematurely is a ?premy?.
1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §534/6 Premie, a prematurebirth.

1949 N.Y. Times 25 Sept. i. 75/2 Saving 75 per cent of the ?preemies?born.
Ibid., The dread ey

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[nq:2]"onesie" is not in m-w.com! But the hideous and new "preemie" is!.> >[/nq]
The 11th edition of *Merriam-Webster's Collegiate* dates "preemie" (with secondary variant "premie") to 1927
[nq:1]What's a onsie? the one before twosie? Preemie has a meaning.[/nq]
I had not heard of it before Julie's post, but "onesie" appears to be a type o

[nq:2]"onesie" is not in m-w.com! But the hideous and new "preemie" is![/nq]
[nq:1]What's a onsie? the one before twosie?[/nq]
One-piece garment for an infant, sort of like a leotard with snaps.

Chris Green

[nq:1]The 11th edition of *Merriam-Webster's Collegiate* dates "preemie" (with secondary variant "premie") to 1927[/nq]
[nq:2]What's a onsie? the one before twosie? Preemie has a meaning.[/nq]
[nq:1]I had not heard of it before Julie's post, but "onesie" appears to be a type of garment for babies.[/nq]
From the latest round of OED draft entries:
onesie, n. (and int.)
1. In vari

[nq:2]"onesie" is not in m-w.com! But the hideous and new "preemie" is![/nq]
[nq:1]What's a onsie? the one before twosie? Preemie has a meaning.[/nq]
but why is it spelled with two "e's"?

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[nq:2]What's a onsie? the one before twosie? Preemie has a meaning.[/nq]
[nq:1]but why is it spelled with two "e's"?[/nq]
We can speculate why that variant exists: Perhaps the spelling "preemie" was influenced by "teeny," "teensy," "weeny," "weensy," "teeny-weeny," and "teensy-weensy," all of which antedated "preemie." Of course, then we need to expla

I had not heard of it before Julie's post, but "onesie" appears to be a type of garment for babies.
I thought we used "onesie" where the British used "one-off".

Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.

[nq:2]What's a onsie? the one before twosie?[/nq]
[nq:1]One-piece garment for an infant, sort of like a leotard with snaps.[/nq]
Is that like an alligator with spots?
Matti

[nq:2]One-piece garment for an infant, sort of like a leotard with snaps.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is that like an alligator with spots?[/nq]
Have you never seen a crocodile cross with a Dalmatian?

Anyway, I've often heard, some decades ago, people running a fete, putting on an amateur play or running something that they hope will attract the public ask "Has anyone turned up yet?" "Oh, they're