For at least 2-3 years, I've been freely using the word
manywhere in my personal documents, though I'm aware that it isn't a word in the English dictionary. I use it for meanings such as 'at many places', 'in many situations', etc. Examples of usage include:
- I went manywhere but couldn't find that shirt
- You can spot that breed of dog manywhere
I believe that
manywhere should be added to the English dictionary to encourage its widespread use, because it fits well in situations when you want to use a single word to describe multiple places/situations, and also because it
derives so naturally from the words
nowhere,
somewhere, and
everywhere.
I googled
manywhere today, and found that someone has already added it to the
Urban Dictionary. Interesting.
Update (21-May-10): A thought came to my mind today, which semantically related
manywhere to its cousins:
Everywhere > Manywhere > Somewhere (or
Fewwhere?) > Nowhere
I noticed just today [12-Oct-14] that I'm not the only one using the word "manywhere". A search on Google shows that other people have also thought on similar lines!
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