Conquer Club

On one hand, this most important role doesn't have a proper name (who does bring the bacon?). On the other hand, people can't just go around changing the language all willy-nilly. It's why we have standards.

Language is fluid and changes; that is the nature of life.

There are rules for language, but there is "tweaking" at its edges.

That is my experience and understanding.

JP

So you are ok if some people use the word hammer as a short form for hambringer.

If you bit somebody who brought the ham, but just as a hobby, would you be a hammer-chewer?

You'd be a sneeze, or a ha'chew for short.

EDIT: I looked up hammer chewer in the slang dictionary.

I guess as long as you don't bite them and get paid for it (just for a hobby), you could still be a hammer chewer.

Hambringer would be a welcome addition to the language. There is already harbinger, and its illiterate cousin harbringer. Adding a third word that could be confused with the first two would vastly improve the comedic prospects. It could be enough to bring Abbot and Costello back from the grave.

I'd like to second the motion to bring out Zombie Abbot and Costello.