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Jayho
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Word of the Day
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After 210 days since first posted by FranknBea (with 20 responses) is WOD dying a slow natural death? Is it about to perish never to be seen again? Is its use by date approaching? Is the time nigh? Is the end near, my dear? With responses to previous WODs dwindling and only two responses today me thinks so. Well, all good things must come to an end ... or must they?
mmm ... only time and repsonse/s will tell.
If you are keen for it to continue then post your definition to perissology . If not, then duly ignore.
ChEeRs
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16 Mar 2011
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edrodmedina
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I have to confess that I broke the rules and looked up the word perissology.
This is what the American Heritage dictionary had to say: perissology, alternate spelling p�rezology /pə(r) ɪz �ɑ:lədʒi / n uncountable the study of Perez Hilton. Mario Armando Lavanderia, Jr. (I�m sure his dad is very proud) better known as Perez Hilton (a play on Paris Hilton) is an American blogger and television personality. His blogs cover gossip about musicians, actors and other celebrities. |
16 Mar 2011
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almaz
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�Perissology � is the title of a short (very short) guide book about the capital of France written by Melbourne �s own Kath Day-Knight. (an extract: The Eiffel Tower? It �s noice!)
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16 Mar 2011
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Jayho
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Almaz - you seem to have a thing about our Kath �n �Kim. Are you a fan of these gorgeous gals with their own un-perrisology (or whatever the opposite of perrisology is by adding a prefix) |
16 Mar 2011
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Krocha
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I think...
Perissology : consists one of the peculiarities grammar called addiction language.
Use of terms unnecessary which are related a thought already expressed .
Redundance or superfluity of speech . pleonasm. ... |
16 Mar 2011
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almaz
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Yeah, Jayho, these wonderful ladies have had a searing effluence on moy, er, me for some time now.
Boy boy! |
16 Mar 2011
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MarionG
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I didn �t think to respond since I felt the language was somewhat inappropriate, but hey, we are here to learn new words and I for one, think the WOD is one of the best educational tools I �ve encountered so here we go...
Since �Peri � is Greek for �around �, perissology is the study of the average perimeter an adult male needs to reckon with when pissing against the wind to avoid unpleasant splatter.
Studies have revealed that animals calculate this perimeter instinctively and one of the fields of perissology researches how come human males have lost this ability and whether the insistence on standing on both legs is a factor here..
It may seem crazy that a word exists for this but a look at this video will show you that language is rich enough to have words for all kinds of things...
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16 Mar 2011
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