Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guttersnipe

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The result of the debate was TRANSWIKI to Wiktionary: 5t, 1d. Added to transwiki log. -Splash 23:34, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Guttersnipe

A neoligism (I forgot the correct term) and a definition. Therefore, I say delete. ‡ Jarlaxle June 29, 2005 22:36 (UTC)

• It certainly isn't a neoligism, it has been attested since at least the victorian era, and probably earlier, in the UK. It is derived from the words Gutter and Snipe (as in Sniper). E.g. Charles Dickens uses the term. There are also 30,900 google hits for the term. But, as a dictionary definition - move to Wiktionary. ~~~~ 29 June 2005 22:40 (UTC)
• Transwiki to Wiktionary. Dcarrano 01:30, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki if it's not already there. It's a lovely word, well attested, though this definition is not the best. A snipe who lives in the gutter -- a gutter dweller -- is a gutter snipe (a ground bird that likes ditches). Geogre 03:25, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki Per Dcarrano --malathion ^talk 04:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
• Transwiki. It's not a neologism, but not something one would expect to see in an encyclopedia.Nandesuka 13:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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