Phalacrosis is the next word - and it IS in the dictionary! Well, some of them!
PM me with your daffynitions!
November 23, 2007, 19:34
<Asa Lovejoy>
Nobody wants to play this game? Oh, come on - send me a daffynition! PLEASE, pretty please with low fat cream and artificial sweetener on it?
November 23, 2007, 20:50
Kalleh
I sent mine, so may I please have real whipped cream and sugar in mine?
November 24, 2007, 02:32
arnie
I sent mine three days ago. Did you receive it, Asa?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 24, 2007, 03:46
BobHale
Sent mine now.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
November 24, 2007, 07:34
<Asa Lovejoy>
Arnie's and Kalleh's were the only ones, and now Bob's too. We need MORE!!!
Kalleh, yes, you may have real cream if you like.
November 25, 2007, 07:18
bethree5
Sent one yesterday
November 25, 2007, 12:54
wordmatic
Asa, I need a little more time. We've been away all weekend, and I have groceries to buy, etc.!
WM
November 25, 2007, 16:35
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:
Originally posted by wordmatic: Asa, I need a little more time. We've been away all weekend
WM
Yeah, they came and took me away this weekend too, but I escaped.
November 26, 2007, 18:53
wordmatic
Sent mine late last night. It should have reached the west coast by now?
November 26, 2007, 20:40
<Asa Lovejoy>
I got it! As Barf Simpson might say, phalacrotic, dude!
Now, may I hear from a few more of you?
November 29, 2007, 07:31
<Asa Lovejoy>
I now have six. May I have a couple more, please?
November 30, 2007, 16:10
<Asa Lovejoy>
1. An infection affecting fingernails arnie's daffynition.
2. Osteoarthritis of the toes, causing the joints to enlarge and limiting flexion and extension. Kalleh's daffynition.
3. Contraction of phallus and necrosis, penile morbidity, often resulting from prolonged priapism. I tossed this in just to prove to Wordmatic that I AM nasty!
4. Botany: A blight-like disease affecting roses. Bob Hale tried to pedal putrified petals.
5. Typical male pattern baldness. As most of you knew, this is the true definition!
6. Anthropological term for the gradual dying out of phallo-centered religion in ancient Egypt due to the rise of Christianity. Bethree was in-SPIRED to submit this.
7. Impotent; without passion. Wordmatic gave us this one.
8. The phallus-like spire on churches, often supporting a cross. Jerry submitted this.
9. A genus of seabird. Another from yours truly.
Hey, TSUWM, would you care to dig into your big bag of worthless words and submit one for this game?This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Asa Lovejoy>,
November 30, 2007, 16:29
jerry thomas
"I'll choose number seven," he said, limply.
November 30, 2007, 17:23
Kalleh
Number 5, please.
November 30, 2007, 20:12
wordmatic
OK, then. I'll pick #1.
quote:
Will the real philacrosis please stand up?
. Asa, you are evil--you know that, right?
Wordmatic
November 30, 2007, 21:14
<Asa Lovejoy>
quote:
Asa, you are evil--you know that, right?
Wordmatic
No - please explain!
December 01, 2007, 00:24
arnie
Number 5, please.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
December 01, 2007, 01:54
BobHale
Just for once I'll go with arnie and pick 5.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 01, 2007, 11:41
wordmatic
quote:
Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
quote:
Asa, you are evil--you know that, right?
Wordmatic
No - please explain!
I was only trying to make a joke--referring to what could be interpreted as a rude "stand up" remark. just ignore me.
December 02, 2007, 08:50
TrossL
#3 of course...
December 03, 2007, 18:35
wordmatic
quote:
3. Contraction of phallus and necrosis, penile morbidity, often resulting from prolonged priapism. I tossed this in just to prove to Wordmatic that I AM nasty!
Oh, gee, I am glad it wasn't just my misperception.
What a weird word to mean male pattern baldness, and to think I know so many men who have it!
WM
December 03, 2007, 19:41
<Asa Lovejoy>
Why didn't it appear at the bottom? Gadzooks, I'll NEVER understand this board!!!
December 03, 2007, 19:51
Kalleh
Great word, Asa. I wonder how it relates to alopecia, which also means male pattern hair loss.
December 04, 2007, 06:10
<Asa Lovejoy>
It was my understanding that alopecia was hair loss as a result of illness. Am I wrong? And is alopecia from Arabic? "Al" is the definite article.
December 04, 2007, 10:50
Kalleh
Well, it can be both. Here is a definition from Onelook that looks fair to me:
"Loss of hair (especially on the head); in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)." So, it can just be a hereditary loss of hair (which normal baldness is) or it can be pathologic. It also can be loss of hair in other places on the body or in other animals. The distinction then must be that phalacrosis is much more specific.
