I thought the word was supposed to be odd.This one is English plain an simple.
Mammoth - big hairy elephant
rept- past tense of �to reap � / to harvest in both the literal and symbolic sense
Mammothrept is therefore no more obsecure than other compound words such as firstborn, starfish or eggplant.
The meaning is interesting though, thanks to the possible symolic meaning of the verb �rept �.
In its straightforward form it simply means �rept (harvested) by mammoths �. For this reason only it is an obsecure word, seeing how mammoths have been extinct for quite some time now and haven �t been harvesting much lately.
The more interesting meaning of the word is derived from the symbolic usage of the verb �to reap � as in �encounter the consequences � (reap what you sow). It this sense mammothrept is used to indicate facing those consequences of your actions which could have been anticipated by even a mammoth.
Examples: If you drink a few bottles of bad wine in one night it is mammothrept you will have a headache the next morning. If you tell your husband he did a bad job on the dishes it is mammothrept he will not volunteer to do them again.
Come to think of it, it is a great word to introduce conditionals!
Will make a sheet about it some other time though, now I have to run to my therapist to talk about all the issues I have with my breasts..... ;) Yeah soryy, that was my first association with the word :) ;)
