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universal packager

noun

Etymology

Compound of universal + packager; first used in print in 1986 by Emmon Bach (see quote below) modeled on universal grinder.

  1. inherited from *pakkô✻ — “bundle, pack”
  2. inherited from *pakkō✻
  3. derived from pak
  4. inherited from *pæcca✻
  5. inherited from pak
  6. suffixed as package — “pack + -age”
  7. formed as packager — “package + -er”
  8. compounded as universal packager — “universal + packager”

Definitions

  1. A mechanism whereby uncountable nouns are made countable by grouping into units.

    • Moreover, the opposite switch occurs as well: muds = 'kinds of mud', ice-creams = 'portions of ice cream' (Universal Packager).
    • Similarly, the "Universal Packager" does not seem to be 'universal', but rather it appears to be largely restricted to foodstuffs, as Fillmore and Kay (1994: ch. 3, p. 29) observe.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA