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[unbibium]

What kind of a word is "youngling", anyway? Real words don't use "-ling" as a suffix.

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[aubkabob.livejournal.com]

Gelfling? would that be a little gelf?

[jwgh]

That's not completely true: http://www.google.com/search?q=define:+fingerling

[davetheinverted]

I'm going to assume you actually mean real non-gerundial nouns don't end in -ling, as any such gerund formed from a verb ending in l would have that ending. Even so, there's hatchling, starling, the previously mentioned fingerling, and likely at least a few others. (And Merriam-Webster seems to think youngling is a real word....)

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[teyunde.livejournal.com]

I always took the word for a Yoda-ism (yodism?), rather than official terminology. Then again, I haven't seen the new film yet.

[schwa242.livejournal.com]

Yeah... they use 'un.

[pootrootbeer.livejournal.com]

YOUNGLING IS MY FAVORITE BRAND OF BEER

[doubleonad.livejournal.com]

Tell that to a Zergling.

[jakesbrain.livejournal.com]

Or an Earthling, for that matter.