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> from total, the reduplicated tee being an intensifier – “T-total”

Interesting. I wonder if there are other words formed in this same way. (Can't think of any.)



UPDATE: I could not find any other such words in the more traditional dictionaries. But Urban Dictionary has some informal usages that follow that pattern:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a-alike

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gee-gawker

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=p-pissed




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