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phenagle

verb; compounding
To fix by rearranging or moving. Words may be used to describe our feelings at a certain time. “Phenagle” seems to have no direct connection with any other words, but the pronunciation of the funny word gives it a connotation of “fooling around with.” ‘Phen’ seems to be the only concrete morpheme in the sentence. It was probably more carefully picked up because it has Greek spelling, not English (‘ph’ instead of ‘f’). When something is phenagled, it is moved until it shows the correct form. (Suggested)
 
When doing a Math problem, a student was told to phenagle it in order to solve it.
Etymology : phenagle. Compounding of ‘phen’ (showing) and ‘agle’ (verb-forming suffix)—Suggested Apparent meaning: to fix by rearranging
Source : A Rice student
Last modified: 10 June 2008


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