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 Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: Necroequiflagellatrix |
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Necroequiflagellatrix
Note the word combines Latin and Greek; "-flagella-" is Latin, "-atrix" is Latin, "-equi-" is Latin, but "Necro-" is Greek.
Perhaps it should be
Necrohippoflagellatrix
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Or perhaps Mortuoequiflagellatrix? (Not quite sure how to compound it on there)
-tor is the masculine version, for all you non-Latin folks out there. |
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I'm sorry, but what the heck does it mean? 
I see the dead and I see the horse, but what should I do with them? |
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You should whip em
Whip em good |
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Ok, I'll just smile and wave as if I was a Madagascarian penguin..  |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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(I'm wondering how many people will get the reference. I bet non-Americans won't.)
Mortuo-/Necroequiflagellatrix means 'woman who whips dead horses'.
In English, the phrase 'to beat a dead horse' means 'to continually bring up a topic far after it has ceased to be relevant'. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, NOW I get it |
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eldin raigmore
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | | Or perhaps Mortuoequiflagellatrix? (Not quite sure how to compound it on there) |
Maybe.
| Tolkien_Freak wrote: | Mortuo-/Necroequiflagellatrix means 'woman who whips dead horses'.
In English, the phrase 'to beat a dead horse' means 'to continually bring up a topic far after it has ceased to be relevant'. |
That's right.
We might also consider:
necropsittacopolipis or necropapagalopolipis
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mortuopsittacovendatrix
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eldin raigmore
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| Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Others:
monolithodiornithicide
hyperinfracaniphilia
acircumtuitosis
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| Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:58 am Post subject: |
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I have no idea what any of these mean. XD
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| Serali wrote: | | I have no idea what any of these mean. XD |
necropapagalopolipis
Greek
necro dead
papagalo parrot
polipis seller
mortuopsittacovendatrix
Latin
mortuo dead
psittaco parrot
vend sell
vendatrix woman who sells
monolithodiornithicide
mono one
litho stone
di two
ornith bird
icide the act of killing
diornithicide the act of killing two birds
hyperinfracaniphilia
hyper more than enough
infra under
cani about, or having to do with, a dog or dogs
philia love
caniphilia love of (a, the) dog(s)
infracaniphilia love of the underdog
hyperinfracaniphilia pathologically overdeveloped love of the underdog
acircumtuitosis
osis the condition of having
circum around or round
a not having
acircumtuitosis the condition of not having (gotten) a round tuit.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my..... 
I didn't think it was anything like that.
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| Serali wrote: | Oh my.....
I didn't think it was anything like that.
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Think of your own word!
E.g., what do you call someone who cries over spilt milk?
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I think I will but I ( obviously ) have to do some research.
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¿Lactaffusofletor (-trix), possibly?
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| Fusolactilacrimator or fusolactifletor, would be my guess. |
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Too bad I can complete my own weird creation....
gynosterearkanthodactylos...
(standing for woman that cries loud because of a thorn in her finger)
I know gynos has something to do with woman and stereos being strong (or in this case loud?), but I lack of the proper knowledge of Greek terminology.
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