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Thread #132499   Message #4086891
Posted By: Steve Shaw
07-Jan-21 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Spotted a word on the BBC news website that I've never seen before, describing children from poorer backgrounds who don't have laptops at home for schoolwork as "laptopless." In light of this, I should like to propose a new noun to characterise laptopless people: they are in a state of laptoplessness. I did consider "laptoplessnessitudinousness," but I decided to go for concision, as ever.