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Savoring words

It’s not just Zippy; Dingburgers in general savor words. They like to use their favorite words and will dwell on them:

Vaseline and Lithuanian have caught their attention here.

Commercial products also figure prominently in Zippyworld. Here it’s Vaseline and Wheat Thins.

This entry was posted on May 3, 2010 at 9:04 pm and is filed under Linguistics in the comics, Words. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Savoring words”

  1. Fippy the Finhead « Arnold Zwicky's Blog Says:
    July 4, 2010 at 8:52 am | Reply

    […] the Pinhead likes to savor (my most recent postings on Zippy’s word attractions are here, here, and here) are those beginning with the letter F, words that he finds especially […]

  2. Peeving etc. postings « Arnold Zwicky's Blog Says:
    November 26, 2011 at 5:17 pm | Reply

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    February 2, 2013 at 11:19 am | Reply

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  4. Body language and Lithuanians | Arnold Zwicky's Blog Says:
    April 12, 2013 at 6:16 am | Reply

    […] portmanteaus”) I noted that Lithuanians come up often in Zippy, and back in 2010 (in “Savoring words”) I wrote […]

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