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I have nothing useful to post about critical theory and philosophy of language this evening, only that I saw this and thought fondly of all you erudites here.
 

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That's a big slice of melon he's got there.

Other than that, erudite's a noun now? I need to keep up more. Needz moar erudites, as the kids might say.
 

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Nounjectives are kind of a thing now, yes. I've read some stuff that blames David Foster Wallace, but that may not be fair.
 

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Nounjectives are kind of a thing now, yes. I've read some stuff that blames David Foster Wallace, but that may not be fair.

Nounjectives? Nounjectives?!

Of course you realize this means warlikenessitudocityorama.