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The question is, of course, specious: the book is available now, for all to see, and if one does not need or want the more replete version, the “abridged” style of Neologisms may well suffice.
It is the first citation in the OED Supplement , Volume 4 (1986), which defines the word as a “TV program lasting several hours, especially to solicit contributions,” coined by analogy from marathon . What had apparently happened was that a false analysis had divided the Olympic event into two specious morphemes, as if mar(a) meant `running' and -(a)thon meant `long' as a suffix.
This specious doctrine could hamstring American national security.
But Glazer's own logic leaves him with nothing to offer--except the admittedly specious comforts of multiculturalism.
"Ability to accept specious Pardoner's Tale s."