werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (08/28/85)
The following are from Competition 537 in New York Magazine. I'm tempted to type in all of them, but I'm limiting myself to 10. Houseman's Knee - arthritis in those who make money the old-fashioned way. They beg for it. Quixautism - (Psych) Tilting at the windmills of the mind. Staphylocaucus - virus spread at a political meeting where the speaker opens with the phrase, "Good evening ladies and germs ... " Dimsumambulism - the irrestible urge to sleep wok. Dysenterre-haute - Indiana's revenge. Distempura - Japanese food poisoning. Mehtabolic imbalance - conduction disorder. Kochechism - compulsive desire to question strangers as to the diagnosis of one's own condition. Shopping Mal - addiction to areas with enclosed groups of stores. Xivitis - compulsive desire to decipher the roman numerals at the ends of movies. Roomatism - stiffening of the rent control laws. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"