In article <ws21-8882DE.15240614042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill
Steele <ws21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <9f84ec21-cf12-4bde-8c2f-8bb4dca252db@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Anlatt the Builder <tirhuan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > What's a "skein"?
>
> A word that goes with "syndie," "helmer," "scribe," "Eye," "Peacock,"
> "thesp," et al.
However, to actually answer the question, "skein" is what Variety says
when it means "series."
There's a skein of these neologisms, and their meaning in actual
standard English, here:
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage
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