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>sound-words Those are called onomatopoeia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
by na85 6y ago
>sound-words
Those are called onomatopoeia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
- ggm 6y agoExcept Don Martin appears to have operated by taking that list, and Roget, and inventing new ones. None of which (AFAIK) subsequently entered widespread use. Unlike the yiddish slang Mad used, which I think it helped perpetuate into modern times.