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Jaunt reads like a cross between "jaundice" (a common infantile condition and a source of worries for many new parents) and "taunt", which doesn't carry any pos
by eps 12y ago
Jaunt reads like a cross between "jaundice" (a common infantile condition and a source of worries for many new parents) and "taunt", which doesn't carry any positive connotations either.
PS. It's also not far from Joost and we all know how well that one go :)
- gojomo 12y agoBut note: 'jaunt' is already a longstanding English word, for "short pleasure trip". (It's also been reused in a bunch of sci-fi to mean teleportation.) That makes secondary connotations recede somewhat, compared to if 'jaunt' were a truly new coinage that everyone needs to reason-out from roots/sounds.
- fenomas 12y agoIndeed - one might equivalently say that "taunt" sounds positive, due to its similarity to "jaunt".