http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#7c10f175-c8b5-48c9-a6eb-5eb8db29c202 Of course, sesquipedalis is a Latin word, not a Greek one. Still I am disturbed by the dropped -mo- syllable in hippopotomo- before -monstro-. Also, the extra -p- and the extraneous -o- in -sesquipedali- makes me wonder who coined this word. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:03:48 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#7c10f175-c8b5-48c9-a6eb-5eb8db29c202 jheem 2005-08-16T15:03:48Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#5a954f18-a81c-4fd2-ad41-2c408fa8e7c6 I think that Martial was joking. Either about the age of his mistress' ex-lover or about the length of his manhood. A half-yard hardon is a near monster nevertheless. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:18:08 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#5a954f18-a81c-4fd2-ad41-2c408fa8e7c6 jheem 2005-08-15T20:18:08Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#78462d3c-67da-43b6-a425-36d43c314dd6 something gained in translation? hard to imagine a 12 year old with a foot-long woody. nyuck nyuck Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:51:02 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#78462d3c-67da-43b6-a425-36d43c314dd6 ludmilla 2005-08-15T18:51:02Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#c1926821-9d7f-40c2-a550-875fc03ec832 Strange how "foot and a half" "sesquipedilia" seems long when applied to words, but short when applied to "river horse monsters". Of course, Martial applies it to a ex-girlfriend's lover's penis: lux mea non capitur nugis neque moribus istis nec dominae pectus talia damna movent: bis senos puerum numerantem perdidit annos, mentula cui nondum sesquipedalis erat. (My love is not taken by trifles, nor by such passions as that; nor do such losses move my mistress' heart: she has lost a boy just counting twice six years, whose prick was not yet a foot and a half long. trans. by Walter C A Ker) Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:45:21 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#c1926821-9d7f-40c2-a550-875fc03ec832 jheem 2005-08-15T18:45:21Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#b0a31ad9-0b6e-4eab-b650-910c6365917e it's supposed ot be a fear of very long words. but now that you point out these things, i fail to see how that word can mean anything other than a fear of short river monsters. and who ISN'T afraid of those? Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:08:34 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#b0a31ad9-0b6e-4eab-b650-910c6365917e ludmilla 2005-08-15T18:08:34Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#0e3e4f7a-fc44-448b-992a-1365d33b1736 hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or hippo potomo (mo)nstro sesqui pedalio phobia horse - river - monster - one and a half foot - fear of So, is that the fear of short monster hippos? Actually, to keep it all Greek you should use: terato (from teras): hippopotomteratosesquipedaliophobia Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:07:02 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#0e3e4f7a-fc44-448b-992a-1365d33b1736 jheem 2005-08-15T18:07:02Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#1dc37c1f-beb4-43ae-a29b-9f4b2a9ab509 ah! another great one from the phobia list. like, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:42:05 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#1dc37c1f-beb4-43ae-a29b-9f4b2a9ab509 ludmilla 2005-08-15T17:42:05Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#255d7ba9-5058-4134-b04f-dc2efa155017 Atelophobe 'fear of imperfection' by extension 'perfectionist'. From Greek ateles 'without end; unfinished; imperfect' from telos 'coming to pass, consummation; degree or state of completion'. Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:43:25 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/37356919-0f87-41ae-a342-e4cd52a7f6fc#255d7ba9-5058-4134-b04f-dc2efa155017 jheem 2005-08-15T13:43:25Z