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win => winnitude, winnage

disgust => disgustitude

hack => hackification

Further, note the prevalence of certain kinds of nonstandard plural

forms. Some of these go back quite a ways; the TMRC Dictionary

includes an entry which implies that the plural of `mouse' is

[101]meeces, and notes that the defined plural of `caboose' is

`cabeese'. This latter has apparently been standard (or at least a

standard joke) among railfans (railroad enthusiasts) for many years.

On a similarly Anglo-Saxon note, almost anything ending in `x' may

form plurals in `-xen' (see [102]VAXen and [103]boxen in the main

text). Even words ending in phonetic /k/ alone are sometimes treated

this way; e.g., `soxen' for a bunch of socks. Other funny plurals are

`frobbotzim' for the plural of `frobbozz' (see [104]frobnitz) and

`Unices' and `Twenices' (rather than `Unixes' and `Twenexes'; see

[105]Unix, [106]TWENEX in main text). But note that `Twenexen' was

never used, and `Unixen' was not sighted in the wild until the year

2000, thirty years after it might logically have come into use; it has

been suggested that this is because `-ix' and `-ex' are Latin singular

endings that attract a Latinate plural. Finally, it has been suggested

to general approval that the plural of `mongoose' ought to be

`polygoose'.

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