what's your favorite prefix

Verbatim · June 20, 2015, 01:17:01 AM

i'm rather partial to ex-, contra-, counter-, ante-, hetero-, infra-, octo-, tera-, yotta-, and juxta-

perhaps a few others, too, but my least favorite is a-

just do prefixes, though
fuck suffixes--suffixes suck

Solonoid · June 20, 2015, 01:18:43 AM

June 20, 2015, 01:19:17 AM

Pre-

Pre-fix
Pre-destination
Pre-cum

Sandtrap · June 20, 2015, 01:20:29 AM

Wow holy shit I don't even know what a prefix is. Figure I'd know this shit. Unless I forgot about it. Thanks for the refresher course.

Infra has a nice ring to it, by the way.

Verbatim · June 20, 2015, 01:20:42 AM

Quote from: Sᴏʟ's Sᴏɴɢ on June 20, 2015, 01:18:43 AM

Ob

that's a good one

obnoxious
obtrusive
obvious

Quote from: Vien on June 20, 2015, 01:19:17 AM

Pre-

Pre-fix
Pre-destination
Pre-cum

boooring

why not say con- while you're at it

June 20, 2015, 01:21:25 AM

Ab > Ob

June 20, 2015, 01:21:57 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 20, 2015, 01:20:42 AM

boooring

why not say con- while you're at it

Pro-
Pro-active
Pro-duct
Pro-stitution

Batch · June 20, 2015, 01:40:25 AM

True Turquoise · June 20, 2015, 01:43:21 AM

Five · June 20, 2015, 01:55:17 AM

meth, eth, prop, but, pent, hex, hept, oct, non, and dec are probably my top 10

Solonoid · June 20, 2015, 02:14:04 AM

Quote from: True Turquoise on June 20, 2015, 01:43:21 AM

ex

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True Turquoise · June 20, 2015, 02:18:18 AM

Quote from: Sᴏʟ Nɪxɪʟɪs on June 20, 2015, 02:14:04 AM

Quote from: True Turquoise on June 20, 2015, 01:43:21 AM
ex
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So-

Jester · June 20, 2015, 02:19:32 AM

NEEEERRRRDDD

Ren · June 20, 2015, 08:54:09 AM

pan- is pretty cool

Verbatim · June 20, 2015, 08:58:48 AM

Quote from: Ren on June 20, 2015, 08:54:09 AM

pan- is pretty cool

i prefer omni-

Luis · June 20, 2015, 09:17:41 AM

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Dopameme · June 20, 2015, 09:23:31 AM

trans- is a good one

Ren · June 20, 2015, 09:37:11 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 20, 2015, 08:58:48 AM

Quote from: Ren on June 20, 2015, 08:54:09 AM
pan- is pretty cool
i prefer omni-

that's pretty nice too. i forgot about that.

Elai · June 20, 2015, 03:27:52 PM

"Pseudo".

I remember Jim used to make fun of me all the time for using it so much, despite that not being really true. I just used it a lot around him. Coincidence, I suppose.

Turkey · June 20, 2015, 03:38:39 PM

Aero
Thermo

Because they make cool sciency words.

But I really like prefixes like 'a-', 'de-', and 're-' because of how universal they are; you could put one in front of almost any verb and while not necessarily proper English, it would still convey the meaning of what you're saying succinctly.

Rinev · June 20, 2015, 05:02:06 PM

Pseudo-
Omni-
Xeno-

Dopameme · June 20, 2015, 05:27:48 PM

Quote from: Snake on June 20, 2015, 03:27:52 PM

"Pseudo". I just has so many uses.

I remember Jim used to make fun of me all the time for using it so much, despite that not being really true. I just used it a lot around him. Coincidence, I suppose.

speaking of Jim, where the hell is that mother-fucker? i haven't seen him post here in a while

Verbatim · June 20, 2015, 05:29:35 PM

Quote from: Tryptameme on June 20, 2015, 05:27:48 PM

Quote from: Snake on June 20, 2015, 03:27:52 PM
"Pseudo". I just has so many uses.

I remember Jim used to make fun of me all the time for using it so much, despite that not being really true. I just used it a lot around him. Coincidence, I suppose.
speaking of Jim, where the hell is that mother-fucker? i haven't seen him post here in a while

He left, apparently.

Zizzy · June 20, 2015, 06:07:49 PM

nano-

Korra · June 20, 2015, 07:40:08 PM

xeno

that way i know who or what to destroy