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« on: January 11, 2005, 02:01:27 PM »
You underestimate my ability to take things seriously!

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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2005, 06:04:57 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2005, 06:34:29 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2005, 08:04:18 AM »
I've found that "hecka" gives me a nice hard consonant that "hella" lacks.
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 08:27:48 AM »
Semelparous: having the quality of reproducing only once, often immediately followed by death.  Antonym would be "iteroparous".
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 01:57:48 PM »
I bought my husband a fax/printer/copier that was semelparous.  I returned it to the store and exchanged it for one that was iteroparous.
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2008, 02:10:29 PM »
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2008, 03:14:43 PM »
Is there a concise single word for self-loathing kinda like "misogyny" ?

This wiki article suggests "autophobia" but the dictionary doesn't seem to confirm that meaning.
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2008, 04:36:50 PM »
Meaning that it's not in the dictionary, or that the definition in the dictionary doesn't match? Just because it's not in the dictionary doesn't mean it's not a word.
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2008, 04:53:42 PM »
The definition in the dictionary doesn't match:  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/autophobia
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2008, 05:01:07 PM »
Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English? What the crap is that?
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2008, 05:05:18 PM »
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Is there a concise single word for self-loathing kinda like "misogyny" ?
"Self-loathing" or "self-hatred" work quite well, IMO.
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2008, 10:39:00 PM »
Autophobia is the fear of cars, right?
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« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2008, 11:27:30 AM »
But apparently not trains, boats, planes, submarines, or motorcyles.
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« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2008, 11:29:39 AM »
I'm pretty sure that autoeroticism has to do with making out in the back seat of a Chevy.
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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2008, 11:32:45 AM »
I though it involved pictures of oiled-up women draped across hotrods.
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2008, 11:53:53 AM »
Sure it's not a Carl's Jr. commercial with Paris Hilton?
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2008, 11:58:38 AM »
I wouldn't know.  Never saw it.
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2008, 12:20:17 PM »
I think Jesse's right.

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« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2008, 12:25:36 PM »
No thanks.
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« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2008, 02:51:16 PM »
Quote
Here.
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« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2008, 11:38:45 AM »
Elixir means a lot of things

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1 a  (1): a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold  (2): a substance held capable of prolonging life indefinitely b  (1): cure-all  (2): a medicinal concoction2: a sweetened liquid usually containing alcohol that is used in medication either for its medicinal ingredients or as a flavoring3: the essential principle

I started on this little word hunt because my word of the day calendar was theriac, and it gave as synonyms cure-all, catholicon, elixir, nostrum and panacea. So then I wanted to look up their various etymologies. I'm still trying to figure out what catholicon has to do with Catholics.
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« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2008, 11:54:20 AM »
Doesn't the word "catholic" just mean "universal"?

edit:  Yes it does.  A universal cure, a universal church.
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« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2008, 10:22:01 AM »
Never again shall I use the term "question mark."
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« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2008, 10:25:38 AM »
That word's not even in the OED. I think Noah Webster was playing a joke.
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