chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) (08/24/90)
In article <26122@mimsy.umd.edu> I wrote, in response to >>(unwords like "internationalisation", I mean) the following: >Well, I am not particularly enamoured of polysyllabic neologisms >applied epideictically myself. :-) But I evagate: Before I get any more queries, I have to confess: I got two of these words out of `Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words', by Josefa Heifetz Byrne (ISBN 0-671-49782-0, published by Washington Square Press, which is a division of Pocket Books, which is in turn a division of Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10012, USA). These are: epideictic (adj): impressive; for display purposes; exhibitable. and evagation (n): mental wandering; digression. This is indeed, as the back cover notes, a book for logolepts (word maniacs). The thing most wrong with it is the bold font, which is too heavy and makes distinguising between lowercase `i' and `l' very difficult---so much so, in fact, that the back cover gets it wrong, claiming to be a book for `iogolepts'! Anyway, enough non-C non-sense for now, -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 405 2750) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems) (08/26/90)
In article <26190@mimsy.umd.edu>, chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes: > > a book for logolepts (word > maniacs). Terrific! Can we start talk.logolepts? I wanted a conference for those of us who are English freaks, but couldn't think of a good name! Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. (216) 371-0043 The opinions expressed are mine. Mine alone! Nobody else is responsible for them or even endorses them--except my cat Dexter, and he signed the power of attorney only under my threat to cut off his Cat Chow!