January 03, 2003, 16:36
LadyBethCan you improve on this?
The Washington Post asked its readers to improve upon the names of existing things:
Tryst. New name:
Randyvous.
Mistake. New name:
Hojeez.
Halitosis. New name:
Dreath.
Ipecac. Actually, there is no better name.
January 03, 2003, 20:02
shufitzDigressing for a moment. I got curious where the word "ipecac" came from, and
discovered that it's from the Brazilian Tupi indians' word
ipecacuana (1682), said to mean "small plant causing vomit."
I'd known that English absorbs words omnivorously from many sources, but
Tupi? A
second time?
January 03, 2003, 20:07
shufitzLady Beth, do you have the link to the Washington Post Article? Were there other words given as part of the challenge, that we could try our hands at?
January 03, 2003, 22:54
LadyBethSorry, shufitz, I got that from a copy of Reader's Digest.