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Mister Micawber  #510561  Tue, 06 May 08 10:57 PM
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I've never heard it, and it's not in the on-line dictionaries.
  
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Ant_222  #510677  Wed, 07 May 08 07:33 AM
Yeah, didn't think it's not common...

1. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smurgle
2. http://daveola.com/Zoo/Cat_Codes.html (search for "smurgle")
3. http://www.taglinesgalore.com/tags/c.html (...)
4. http://www.angelfire.com/mt/yowie/pages/customs.htm:
«When the cat "kneads" with its paws and suckles at something, it is considered smurgling. Smurgling may be a sign that the cat was not weaned properly»

If I am lucky and get another chance to propose a word, that'll be a common word present in every dictionary.
  
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Mister Micawber  #510687  Wed, 07 May 08 07:55 AM
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Not very reputable sites, Ant.  The Urban Dictionary is a well-known garbage site, and other definitions at your last reference include:

Meowmie: A Cat's human "mother"; a cat's primary female slave. Compare "Paw".

I suggest you avoid such sites in the normal search for definitions.
  
Ant_222  #510726  Wed, 07 May 08 09:28 AM
You're so right, Mr. Micawber! I found the word on the catcodes (actually I had been searching for the LaTeX catcodes :) page written by a British guy and didn't even suspect it is so rare/slangish...

...So how do we "lengthen" this thread? Would somebody propose another word?
  
Grammar Geek  #510799  Wed, 07 May 08 01:27 PM

Why don't you propose another word, perhaps a bit more mainstream. One you can find in www.m-w.com
  
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Ant_222  #510944  Wed, 07 May 08 08:31 PM
Allright, my next word is ? ? ? ? ?, and I found it in M.-W.
  
Tanit  #510956  Wed, 07 May 08 09:21 PM
Is it a ... noun? verb? adjective? adverb? preposition?
  
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Yankee  #511026  Thu, 08 May 08 01:24 AM
 And can we safely assume that it is a five-letter word?

 
  
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Ant_222  #511085  Thu, 08 May 08 06:57 AM
Hello, Yankee and Tanit!

«And can we safely assume that it is a five-letter word?»
This time, yes. And it's a noun.
  
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