On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 10:10:06AM -0600, Benjamin Exley wrote: > On the plus side of spam, there is always a certain humor factor > involved... Your pseudoword count needs much work... A few results found at dictionary.com: > Let's count the number of "pseudowords" that are used here. I > count two so far - viripotent and vexations - viripotent, a. [L. vir man + potens fit for.] Developed in - manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable. [Obs.] A manly drug? One which you can marry? OK, doesn't make any sense, but it _is_ a word... (I actually didn't think this one was real either.) - vex·a·tious - adj. - 1. Causing or creating vexation; annoying. - 2. Full of annoyance or distress; harassed. - 3. Intended to vex or annoy. That's a real one. > I'm gonna call efficacious a pseudoword, Why? - ef·fi·ca·cious - adj. - Producing or capable of producing a desired effect. See Synonyms at - effective. > Well this list sort of throws my whole pseudoword count out the > window, but lets see... calmative, You're kidding, right? - calm·a·tive - adj. - Having relaxing or pacifying properties; sedative. - n. - A sedative. > synesthesia, - syn·es·the·sia also syn·aes·the·sia - n. - 1. A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the - sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces - the visualization of a color. - 2. A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of - stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain. - 3. The description of one kind of sense impression by using - words that normally describe another. > conglomerated (can > you use conglomerate like that??), Yes. - con·glom·er·ate - v. intr. and tr. con·glom·er·at·ed, con·glom·er·at·ing, con·glom·er·ates. > I'll let non-ephedra slide because I think it's referring to the drug > more commonly marketed as Sudafed <sp?>(same goes for > ephedrine), You've got it backwards. "Sudafed" is, essentially, shorthand for "pseudoephedrine" (with a trademark added for spice). > Also, I reject efficaciousness That is the correct noun form of efficacious, although I would probably go with "efficacy" (yes, that's also a word) myself. > and precursorship on general > principles. - precursorship, n. The position or condition of a precursor. --Ruskin. > Benjamin Exley > Online Webmaster > The Minnesota Daily *sigh* -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+