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> One need only glance at a screenshot to be reminded of the old children’s board game cum toy Mouse Trap, a simplistic exercise in roll-and-move whose real app
by gboudrias 8y ago
> One need only glance at a screenshot to be reminded of the old children’s board game cum toy Mouse Trap, a simplistic exercise in roll-and-move whose real appeal is the elaborate
Either I'm very tired or someone made a horrible typo.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoSee: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum#English But unfortunate still, I agree.
- gboudrias 8y agoWow, TIL. Thanks, did not know about this expression :)
- mercer 8y agoI'd say the way you used it is acceptable enough in some contexts, but 'cum toy' might be a bit unfortunate.
- jfitzgerald 8y agoThe Economist has a habit of using the phrase "militia-cum-party": https://www.google.com/search?q=economist+%22militia+cum+party%22&oq=economist+%22militia+cum+party%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.8335j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=economist+%22militia+cum+par...
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoThat summons up quite an image....
- failrate 8y agoIt is my new band name.
- etatoby 8y agoThe article's use of the term "erector set" had me similarly puzzled.