Timeline for Are there nouns for being secondary/tertiary/etc. like "primacy"?
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| Oct 22, 2017 at 18:07 | vote | accept | Carson Hoffman | ||
| Jun 11, 2016 at 18:46 | answer | added | deadrat | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Fattie | sometimes "runner-up" can be useful | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | They often appear as nouns when the actual noun has been dropped to avoid tedious repetition. The secondary is a term from American football, so it is known by everyone and that probably helps with this sort of extension. Also, it would be widely known as a term for a bomb set to explode after the primary has gone off (thanks to The Hurt Locker). | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 15:31 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jun 14, 2016 at 16:55 | |||||
| Jun 11, 2016 at 15:12 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Not my favourite word, but the full OED has an entry for secondariness - The quality of being secondary or subordinate. | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 15:06 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 11, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | DyingIsFun | tertiarity is rare and may not be in a dictionary, but a google search reveals it exists. | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 14:47 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 11, 2016 at 14:44 | history | asked | Carson Hoffman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |