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#1 2013-11-27 17:40:25

David Bird
Eggcornista
From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

"unwheely" for unwieldy

Unwieldy is a great word. So handy for overlarge broadswords. But difficult to wield for folks who prefer to think of it as somehow wheeled. Unwheely as a three-wheeled grocery cart.

The book is largest yet, and a little unwheely.
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Go-Cosmetics … eNumber=33

Most gun cases must be pulled to steer. try it before you buy it. some have no capability to steer properly, and be come unwheely
http://www.handloadersbench.com/view_po … _id=241656

Our vehicles produced for this country are not close to safe for autobahn speeds – it would require new safety tests, and the death of huge unwheely SUV’s with soft brakes.
http://forums.mwerks.com/showthread.php … rica/page2

doorknobs are too high, chairs are unwheely, and high ceiling rooms mock my stature
http://www.popscreen.com/v/5UGdP/Being- … tion-Video

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#2 2018-01-02 22:11:34

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

Re: "unwheely" for unwieldy

Sorry to break this to you bra, but if you think GarageBand is clunky and unweedly then you’ll just LOVE almost everything else.
http://homerecording.com/bbs/equipment- … ic-226856/

Lore wise and what not, I’d also consider dumping one unit of princes for a noble to support one of the other units, 4 units might be a bit unweedly without the Banner of Elyrion – which I also highly recommend.
http://www.warhammer.org.uk/PhP/viewtop … 89fdba80e0

Four units, no nobles and no banner sounds weedly to me. What do we call these – contracorns?

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#3 2018-01-03 05:04:28

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

Re: "unwheely" for unwieldy

More contracorning then.
Some things remain unmoved no matter how much flattery and persuasion are employed.

It has a pressure release valve, 4 sturdy handles and 10 closure points. The foam is removable. It is fairly heavy but mostly unwheedly.

Nothing strange at all about being too big and clunky.

The odd american pick up truck land crusiers and other huge 4×4s gather so much hate in the uk because roads are small and conjested and driving an unweirdly all terrain vehicle badly to drop off your child at nursery or because you think its a status symbol pisses every other road user off.

Which is why he can stupidly put out an equation such as: very large unweirdly buses on extremely narrow hilly streets = the very definition of safety.

Unplugged ones work better, apparently.

If using the medical stuff I am taking it you are using an undipped “inverted” bottle – I’m not sure there would be a legit medical application for a dipped one! Non- dipped are more efficient but more unwiredly as I am sure you already know.

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#4 2018-01-03 08:47:07

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

Re: "unwheely" for unwieldy

Some things remain unmoved depite every effort to bend them to our will.

does their presence change the unwilledy nature of the show? Is there more of a balance now
https://tinyurl.com/y84ls8t5

I’ve owned very few game controllers. Mostly are unwilledy and unintuitive. However this GamePad is sleek and easy to use.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s … clnk&gl=ca

Unwilledly is out there, but as an unwieldy four-syllable word in its own right.

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#5 2018-01-05 14:21:55

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: "unwheely" for unwieldy

What do we call these – contracorns?

On the analogy of “contronyms,” the word would be “controcorn.”


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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#6 2018-01-05 14:32:11

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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Re: "unwheely" for unwieldy

Doesn’t the o come from the onym ? Or are you doing it on purpose? Indications and controindications, contraversies, all kinds of anymated, controrian possibilities.


*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

(Possible Corollary: it is, and we are .)

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