Some new briefs I've been using:
Bermuda = B*ERMD
classification = KLAFGS (thanks to Mirabai)
diagnostic = DAOIGT (one of the professors says this word constantly!)
San Diego = SA*EG
stereotype = STAO*IP
incumbent = KBAENT
affiliate = FA*ELT
I
always had a problem with -nic, like picnic. I just wrote it as "NIK"
and defined words that needed it, but then when I wrote "picnic" my
instinct would be to use N*IK or N*K, since NIK is already "nick." But
N*IK is Nick, and N*K is North Carolina, so I couldn't figure out what
stroke I should use for -nic. Finally yesterday I decided I had to come
up with a solution. South Carolina is SO*UK, so I made NO*UK North
Carolina, and now I can use N*K for -nic. I think that's going to be a
much better solution, assuming I can actually remember to do it (and
remember that North Carolina is NO*UK now, too).
A weird thing that happened was I changed my definition for tri- from {tri^} to {tri-^}, which would normally just have it put the hyphen in if it made a misspelled word with out it, but for some reason then I started getting "tri-angle," which was embarrassing. I defined that one as "triangle," and hopefully everything else will work properly.
I also had a crazy word come up, I think in a speech about equality: "transmogrification." Needless to say, that one was not in my dictionary yet.
Transmogrification is a term known to World of Warcraft players. That's also where I learned about innervate v. enervate.
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