laugh stock, laughing-stock, laughingstock, laughstock

來源: diaozhi 2010-04-06 09:09:56 [] [舊帖] [給我悄悄話] 本文已被閱讀: 次 (410 bytes)
回答: I second Mr. Zha's motion...qianzou2010-04-06 07:51:17
Have seen all of them in formal writing.

But since "laughstock" is yet to appear in the almighty m-w, it is probably still somewhat on the avant-garde side. "Laugh stock" is certainly safe for now; in time, though, just as "laughing-stock" led us to laughingstock, it is only a matter of time when "laughstock" becomes more widely accepted and gets picked up by mainstream lexicographers.

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這就對了。 -吃糖?- 給 吃糖? 發送悄悄話 (388 bytes) () 04/06/2010 postreply 09:36:11

Can you point out one place using "laughstock" as a word on inte -Kaolin007- 給 Kaolin007 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 04/06/2010 postreply 10:36:25

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