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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009There's no word that means "aerial smuggler"
Or is there? > Or is there? Why should there be? Smuggling is smuggling whatever the mode of transport used. I hesitate to apply ethnic stereotypes, and I might be barking up wholly the wrong tree, but I seem to notice that non-native English speakers of -- can I say -- Chinese or East Asian origin often ask this type of question. "Is there one word in English that means <something>". Is there one word that means "The pain suffered by a man who has mislaid his bus ticket on a Tuesday"? In message <063794ee-c235-4e6a-abca-953d79d77bbe@l28g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, contrex <mike.j.harvey@gmail.com> writes >> Or is there? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] ><something>". Is there one word that means "The pain suffered by a man >who has mislaid his bus ticket on a Tuesday"? If it is usual in the questioner's language for there to be such 'single word' descriptions, maybe these questions may not always be as strange as they seem. After all, how many words do the Eskimos / Inuits have for the multifarious types of snow? [Although I think that it's not as many as we have been led to believe!]  SignatureIan >Or is there? What is it? Someone who clandestinely transports HDTV antennae across frontiers? Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * > Or is there? "Mule"? Used specifically for drugs smugglers, especially unwitting or coerced ones, but most of them travel by air. Chris R > "Mule"? Used specifically for drugs smugglers, especially unwitting or > coerced ones, but most of them travel by air. Flying mule? Well, I like the visuals in my head. >> "Mule"? Used specifically for drugs smugglers, especially unwitting or >> coerced ones, but most of them travel by air. > >Flying mule? Well, I like the visuals in my head. Well mules can fly if swine flu. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years |
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