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Quibble

Etymology: ( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quibble )

quib +‎ -le.

"Quib is probably from Latin quibus (“in what respect? how?”), which appeared frequently in legal documents and came to be suggestive of the verbosity and petty argumentation found therein."

Standard meaning:

"1. An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint." [from 17th c.]

But an older meaning forgotten:

"2. (archaic) A pun." [from 17th c.]

Hence, the pun as primary mechanism of QBL-istic construction (Qabalah, Kabbalah).


eg. 'pyramid' @ 'permit' @ 'permute' @ 'Bermuda' ( @ pyre-amid @ barmaid )

The speed of sound is 1235 km/h (rounded up from 1234.8 km/h)


World --> World Tree

... has Roots (linguistic roots)

Name @ NaMe @ NM @ aNiM-ate --> World/Creature/Golem

Name @ NaMe @ NM @ eNeMy @ Enemy ( each new verse a virus ) [ having Force ]