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A few days ago, I got an email from a former student in Yichang. One of the sentences in her email said, "We are pressful because of the depressed economy, so ,everyone seems more serious."
Pressful?! . . . what a fun new word! A combination of "pressure" and "stressful" (and possibly "depressed"), I think. I'm going to try to get this word into circulation and common usage. Second-language students put English into such a fresh light so many times!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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I personally support all the opportunities of a language to be expanded.
I also like the word "pressful" ,which I personally understand as "under pressure"...
I am open to use this word and I believe it can be successfully understood:)
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