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[John Cowan]

Vincent Manis scripsit:

> For the small language, I propose `Notion', which, according to  
> Wiktionary, is a `general or universal conception', or a `sentiment or  
> opinion', or an `ingenious device'. In Canada, at least, a department  
> store had/has a `Notions Department', which sells yarn, thread, and  
> similar products. 

When the President of the University of Chicago left to become the CEO of
Woolworth's, he was said to have gone from ideas to notions.

I was thinking about "Diamond" myself.

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        they only grind their gears.                    cowan at ccil.org
But then they don't really grind their gears, either;   
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