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Mystery Word

Postby pfortnam » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:59 pm

Years ago I heard my mother use this word, but I have never been able to find it in a dictionary. I don't even know if I'm spelling it correctly, serencified: it's supposed to mean pleasingly full from a good meal. Is this a real word? Thanks. I'm new to this forum, looks interesting though.

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Serencified

Postby Dr. Goodword » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:52 am

It comes up only once in a Google search, a Canadian forum message that has been taken down. This suggests that it is idiolectic, i.e. part of the "dialect" of individuals and not widely known.

I never heard of it in North Carolina, Michigan, or Pennsylvania.
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Postby M. Henri Day » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:59 am

Anything that comes up only once in a Google search can't be all bad ! In any event, the context for its use is the following :
PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:52 pm, [ Reply ]. oldslabsides wrote: Your
attitude doesn't seem sufficiently serencified for a Canuck. ...
which indicates that oldslabsides considers it synonymous to «serene» . Perhaps, as pfortnam suggests, post-prandially ?...

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Postby Flaminius » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:59 am

I imagine this is a chimera between satiated and serene.


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