User talk:Alex.deWitte

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Noun noun combinations
WT:CFI says "An expression is “idiomatic” if its full meaning cannot be easily derived from the meaning of its separate components." So noun noun combinations are welcome when they meet this criterion. Gang member is clearly a member of a gang, while chain gang of course, is not a gang made up of chains. For that reason, I'm not sure if youth gang is acceptable or not, does it just mean "a gang of youths?" Mglovesfun (talk) 14:33, 23 April 2012 (UTC)