[net.nlang] What's the word for ...

ihw@mtx5d.UUCP (I Walkenfeld) (05/22/85)

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Does anyone know what those bulletin boards outside houses of
worship are called?  You know, the black rectangular things
(occasionaly topped by a flattish triangle), held up
on grey posts, that announce - usually with white letters that push
into slits on the black fabric - the times of services and the topic of
the sermon among other things.

I came across the word several years ago but have forgotten it.  My
search among thesauruses and dictionaries has proved fruitless.  If
my memory serves correctly, the word is a neo-Latin (i.e.,
multi-syllabic, pedantic-sounding) coinage.

Help is sought and will be much appreciated.

			Irwin Walkenfeld
			AT&T, Holmdel, NJ
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