EnDash@aol.com
January 2nd, 2013, 09:12 AM
We have, for your consideration, a not overly long list of 17 definitions,
only one of which is taken from an actual dictionary. Please vote for any
two of your choice and email your selections to the group.
1: diminished sense of taste
2: an inability to produce tears
3: a type of Paleolithic figure depicting horses found in the caves at
Lascaux in southwestern France
4: a name of endearment; a pet name
5: having an abnormally small heart
6: the belief that the human condition will inevitably decline
7: a complete lack of empathy
8: underdevelopment of the large muscles of the torso
9: wide-eyed: med. an illness of the eye where the pupil is overly
dilated; cosm. caused by topical application of atropine [Gr. _'upo+ _kors_ =
girl, doll, pupil of the eye]
10: a belief that there is an extremely unstable subterranean flaw in the
earth that will eventually cause such massive earthquakes and volcanic
activity that the planet will be destroyed
11: the philosophical or religious idea, practised by several monastic
orders, that salvation is only possible through extreme poverty
The deadline for receipt of your votes will be Thursday, January 3, at 5:00
PM Eastern Time. Good luck.
-- Dick Weltz
12: acting
13: a disease of sheep similar to glanders
14: the condition of being a runt
15: attenuation or dulling of the senses caused by prolonged exposure to
certain drugs or toxins
16: intense mistrust or hatred of outsiders; jingoism
17: a philosophy that states that there are no fundamental principles of
ethics
only one of which is taken from an actual dictionary. Please vote for any
two of your choice and email your selections to the group.
1: diminished sense of taste
2: an inability to produce tears
3: a type of Paleolithic figure depicting horses found in the caves at
Lascaux in southwestern France
4: a name of endearment; a pet name
5: having an abnormally small heart
6: the belief that the human condition will inevitably decline
7: a complete lack of empathy
8: underdevelopment of the large muscles of the torso
9: wide-eyed: med. an illness of the eye where the pupil is overly
dilated; cosm. caused by topical application of atropine [Gr. _'upo+ _kors_ =
girl, doll, pupil of the eye]
10: a belief that there is an extremely unstable subterranean flaw in the
earth that will eventually cause such massive earthquakes and volcanic
activity that the planet will be destroyed
11: the philosophical or religious idea, practised by several monastic
orders, that salvation is only possible through extreme poverty
The deadline for receipt of your votes will be Thursday, January 3, at 5:00
PM Eastern Time. Good luck.
-- Dick Weltz
12: acting
13: a disease of sheep similar to glanders
14: the condition of being a runt
15: attenuation or dulling of the senses caused by prolonged exposure to
certain drugs or toxins
16: intense mistrust or hatred of outsiders; jingoism
17: a philosophy that states that there are no fundamental principles of
ethics