Talk:onlyer

RFV discussion: January–February 2021

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onlyer

"in combination" sounds like this should be -onlyer, similar to e.g. -mancer (Category:English suffixes). --幽霊四 (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Relevant RFDE discussion: Wiktionary:Requests_for_deletion/English#KJV-onlyer I believe that analysing terms ending on ...-onlyer as onlyer is indeed an incorrect analysis, but I'm sceptical that -onlyer is attestable in enough terms (I think KJV-onlyer is KJV + only + -er). ←₰-→ Lingo ^Bingo _Dingo (talk) 15:50, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Well, there's "I used to be a morning onlyer, just a coffee and 45 minutes of wake time then out at 6 if possible but its all a case of where your runs fit in." Runners World], although it is not permanently archived. Kiwima (talk) 00:28, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

If we include the alternative form onlier, this is cited. Most (but not all) cites are stand-alone, rather than part of a hyphenated term, so even if the derivation is -"only" "-er", it still seems a word. You can, of course, argue the case at RFD. Kiwima (talk) 01:21, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:42, 1 February 2021 (UTC)