�Word of the Day� onychotillomania
Get well soon, David.
I�m saddened that David has chosen such a simple Word today. I really enjoy a bit of a challenge: something like, �Find an English word that contains the consonantal cluster �kspthr�, but has only one vowel!� Now, that�s moderately difficult!
Only last night, in the Youth Club, my friends and I were discussing �onychotillomaniosity�, which is, of course, �an interest in onychotillomania�. There are several insouciantly saucey associated substantives: �onychotillomaniaciousness�; �onychotillomaniAndria� (for girls); onychotillomaniaopody (which is performed standing on one leg); and uni-onychotillomania (which is basically the same word, but is spoken by University students, to give it more snob value).
Onychotillomanic = the adjective; onychotillomaniacally = the adverb; onychotillo! = the expletive; and the preposition = ony.
This latter word occurs, as some erudite person has noted, in the motto, (freely translated from the German):
�Ony schwa key Malley ponce�. (�Honi soit qui mal y pense�). (�Don�t even think about it!�)
"But what does �onychotillomania� really mean?" asks some sad student who constantly receives the text message, �GAL � (Get A Life!).
Ony-chot-till-o-mania
This is Anglo-Indian in origin. Consequently, the word order is not the same as in European languages. A �chota peg� is a large glass of whiskey or similar spirits.
�Oh, my goodness! Drinking like that will drive you mad!�
�Onychotillomania� = �Alcoholism�
...of course another greek word...i know the meaning...but ...here is sth else...
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