Schizoaffective Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental illness that combines symptoms of schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and mood swings. I saw this in a critique of some work on another forum.
There's no word for that. The closest I could find was either verbal dyspraxia (where the person usually knows what they want to say, but has difficulty saying it) or aphasia (a language disorder that can affect a person's ability to communicate). As for me? I always liked Ombudsmania, a word I created myself. Ombudsmania is: 1. the intense enthusiasm (or mania) for calling in an ombudsman (i.e. a neutral party) to settle even the tiniest disputes; and 2. (in fantasy) The patron goddess of tiny and irritating arguments.
Wondering what that "C" in the middle tab needs to be removed from. Maybe the speed of light from an astrophysics equation?
that's the tab where I learned about a Favicon I made a Canva website but the Canva "C" was in the corner of the tab.
I think i googled "how to remove the c from the corner of canva website" one of the results called it a Favicon. long story short... I no longer have the C in the corner of the tab when my website is opened
It's pretty cool. It basically measures the red shift of distant galaxies, which in turn determines their recessional velocities and distance from Earth. The further away the galaxy, the faster it moves, and given that distance equals time, the really fast mofos reference back to the beginning to the universe. I think the big breakthrough with all that was the "discovery" of dark energy and a way to quantify the expansion of the universe. I don't know any of the technical details. C might not even be part of the equation.
I've been looking into phobias recently. Some of my favourites are: Belonephobia. The fear of pins and needles. (In Greek, "Belos" is 'needle', but can also mean 'arrow', 'javelin', or 'missile'). I can quite understand the fear of arrows or other missiles. And here's a thought -- the following words are real: Anglophobia, Francophobia, "Teutophobia", Dutchophobia and Russophobia (fear of English, French, German, Dutch and Russian, respectively). Does that extend to other words -- e.g., just thinking and making these up, not sure if they exist -- "Italophobia", "Grecophobia", "Latinophobia" (fear of Latins), and maybe Americophobia or Canadophobia? Equally, you can turn those around. Americophile (a person who loves Americans)! Canadophile, Italophile, Dutchophile, Latinophile, Grecophile, etc. There is also a more modern one, I think: Zeusophobia. This is defined as "fear of god or gods", but I'm not sure if it's a fear of ALL gods, or just Zeus. If the latter, maybe we could have such absurd-sounding words as Thorophobia, Wodenophobia, Marsophobia, etc... and since Phobos is the son of Mars, how about Phobosophobia? The fear of fear! We have nothing to fear by Phobos himself! And, equally, Phobosophilia - the love of fear! Words are fun.
From the book Sonic Experience: A Guide to Everyday Sounds ‘remanence’ (‘a continuation of a sound that is no longer heard’) and ‘phonotonie’ (‘the feeling of euphoria provoked by a sound perception’)
maieutic - relating to or resembling the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from another Maieutic comes from maieutikos, the Greek word for "of midwifery." In one of Plato's Dialogues, Socrates applies maieutikos to his method of bringing forth new ideas by reasoning and dialogue; he thought the technique analogous to those a midwife uses in delivering a baby (Socrates' mother was a midwife). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maieutic
Ah! Since I've performed music for nigh on 20 years, I know these feelings quite well. The first is what happens when the orchestra and choir finish a performance, and the last of the sound hangs in the air, a second or two before the audience start applauding. The second is the feeling that performers have after the end of a performance. (It usually wears off soon after, and you want to either eat or rest). Also known as the highest 'high' that can be achieved without alcohol or drugs.
In psychology, logorrhea or logorrhoea (from Ancient Greek λόγος logos "word" and á¿¥Îω rheo "to flow") is a communication disorder that causes excessive wordiness and repetitiveness, which can cause incoherency. Logorrhea is sometimes classified as a mental illness. (Wikipedia).
*puts hand up* Guilty as charged ... but only when I find something interesting to share and can't wait to share it! Still, to quote Pooh-Bah in "The Mikado": I struggle hard to overcome this defect ... but sometimes I fail. (Sorry). Not a new word, but a twist on an old one ... I'm sure most people here have read The Hobbit (but I'll include a spoiler tag just in case). If you're read The Hobbit, you are not doubt familiar with Beorn, who is Spoiler a powerful shapechanger, who can become a giant bear by night, and who helps the dwarves during the climactic Battle of the Five Armies. And yes, Beorn's name (coming from Old English) means "Bear" -- or less literally, a man as strong as a bear, a warrior, or a chieftain. The modern modern Scandinavian names Björn and Bjørn are linked to "Beorn", as well as -- less obviously -- Beowulf, which means "Bees' wolf", i.e. honey-eater, or bear. It's equally easy to see that Beorn's character was inspired by the old Norse berserkers, who often fought clad only in trousers and the skin of a wolf (or bear). But more specifically, the inspiration from Beorn likely came from Bödvar Bjarki ("Warlike little-bear" in Old Norse), the hero of Hrólfs saga kraka, who was -- wait for it -- a skin-changer: a bear by day, a man by night. (Beorn, of course, Spoiler can become a bear whenever he wants to). And now I have a question: when Beorn Spoiler confronts the orcs and goblins and they run away, do they all "Exeunt, followed by a bear"? (And no, I didn't write all this just to set up the Shakespeare reference. I swear)
Perseverate - to prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that prompted it has ceased. Research unhindered by fact suggests interesting etymology. Utterance exceeding its stimulus or need is monologue full of hot air, or very windy expostulation. The root of perseverate, as revealed by the highest quality Internet research, is sever. Windy expostulation is severing, or breaking, the wind. Perseverate. Use it loud and proud.
Um ... I wonder whether the phrase "breaking the wind" was intentional, or simply a serendipitous act. Serendipity. One of my favourite words! "Serendipity" is the act of finding interesting or valuable things by chance. It's also defined as "the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way". I love the melodic sound of the word "serendipity"; it's such a joyful word to say. The fact that it basically means 'a happy accident' is even better.
From the island of Serendip, as it was known before it was Siam and then Sri Lanka, where the Puritan British sailors encountered the naked native girls frolicking in the surf. I'd say that's unexpected good fortune.
Serendip = Ceylon = Sri Lanka. Siam = Thailand. Why does "I don't mean to be pedantic" sound like a lie. Didn't know that Sri Lanka was previously known as Serendip, though. Looked it up because I thought it might have been a joke.
