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Kaleidoscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

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According to Bill Palmer, who edits and circulates the quarterly newsletter Word Watching (P.O. Box 386, Station Westmount, Montréal, Québec H3Z 2T5, Canada), Tom Swift was a hero in a series of boys' adventure books some years ago. Tom never simply said anything, but ‘said morosely’ and ‘said excitedly’. This adverbial inclination has led to a minor genre of word-play, the Tom Swiftie, as in: ‘I've lost my crutches,’ said Tom lamely.

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Kaleidoscope
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English Today , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 15 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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