# etymology = ready made word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 29, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197 "2010-03-29T10:49:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ioannick3993](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@ioannick3993](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioannick3993)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/1 "2010-03-29T10:49:52Z")

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i would take linguistic theory with a grain of salt because it is very easy to see how civilization developed and how language developed and was passed on to other neighboring states. By carefully examining and understanding history proper, with no modern day ideas or models, it is clear to see the truth is being perverted by ideas of the modern scholar to destroy the past so that we are doomed to repeat it.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/2 "2010-03-29T13:43:12Z")

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Can you give us a bit of a clue about which staff report you are referring to, please?

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**Author:** ![Vorpal\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9de0a6/32.png) [@Vorpal\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorpal_Blade)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/3 "2010-03-29T14:11:33Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> Can you give us a bit of a clue about which staff report you are referring to, please?

As well as what you’re talking about.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/4 "2010-03-29T20:43:15Z")

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> [@ioannick3993](#):
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> i would take linguistic theory with a grain of salt because it is very easy to see how civilization developed

Cite?

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> and how language developed

Cite?

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> and was passed on to other neighboring states.

Cite?

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> By carefully examining and understanding history proper, with no modern day ideas or models, it is clear to see the truth is being perverted by ideas of the modern scholar to destroy the past so that we are doomed to repeat it.

Cite?

Also, define “truth.”

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/5 "2010-03-30T01:56:33Z")

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“Cite?”?

_ **"Cite?"?** _

One uses “Cite?” to answer someone who’s attempting argument by naked affirmation. This hasn’t yet attained to so much; it’s not even “not even wrong”.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etymology-ready-made-word/534197/6 "2010-03-30T02:34:33Z")

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I’m not even sure if the OP has attained the level of ‘who let the crazy out?’ 😕