At 10:49 AM 28-06-02 -0400, Jim Starkey wrote:

>(I do hope everyone understands that "transmogrification" isn't
>an actual English word but a reference to a beloved but extinct
>comic strip.)

Collins English Dictionary, 1972 edition:
transmogrify (tranz-mog/-ri-fi) v.t. (Colloq.) to transform completely as
by magic.- transmogrification n. coined word.

So it has been an actual English word for at least 30 years, Jim. We are
getting old when we can remember the origin of a coined word. <g>

Helen

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