I was at church the other day, and was on duty as a consolidator. The first time ever, actually. So when I looked at the instruction sheet, something caught my eye.
"Be prepared to consolidate up to 2 consolidatees."
It was truly the first time I've ever came across this word, so I ran a check on dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consolidatee
Well, surprise of surprises, this word doesn't exist.
Drawing on a parallel with the "scratchitti" example, I think it's really a use of the suffix "-ee", similar to "mentor" and "mentee", here, we have "consolidator" and "consolidatee". The antonymic relationship of "employer" and "employee" is thus exemplified here in this example.
I guess this does show the subconscious understanding of the derivational suffix "-ee" for the verb "consolidate" here, and also with the antonymic relationship between the one consolidating "consolidator" and the one being consolidated "consolidatee".
Rather apt! =)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consolidatee
Well, surprise of surprises, this word doesn't exist.
Drawing on a parallel with the "scratchitti" example, I think it's really a use of the suffix "-ee", similar to "mentor" and "mentee", here, we have "consolidator" and "consolidatee". The antonymic relationship of "employer" and "employee" is thus exemplified here in this example.
I guess this does show the subconscious understanding of the derivational suffix "-ee" for the verb "consolidate" here, and also with the antonymic relationship between the one consolidating "consolidator" and the one being consolidated "consolidatee".
Rather apt! =)
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