Talk:macabrely

--Connel MacKenzie 05:39, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Google shows several hundred apparently independent uses as defined, in things like movie reviews and others. If it isn't a word, lots of people think it is. Why is it suspicious? Robert Ullmann 12:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I think I said "nonce or spelling/grammar error" but not "suspicious." But anyway, m-w.com doesn't list it, Cambridge online doesn't list it.  Doesn't mean it isn't a word, but it certainly strikes me as an improper construction.  Perhaps other regions are prone to using borrowed words with unusual inflections?  --Connel MacKenzie 04:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The online version of American Heritage Dictionary lists it under "macabre" SemperBlotto 10:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

It does look odd. I think its one of those words like diarise which I loathe, but which has entered common usage. (I don't loathe this word, but do find it odd). Rfvpassed. Andrew massyn 21:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)