so, what's eonism then - 08/09/09 12:24 PM
a) a religion asserting that the world was created at sunrise today (along with all the geological and cosmological evidence of fifteen billion years of evolution) [authored by wofa] selected by Faldo, etaoin
b) the desire to create words indicating one's leanings, including towards causes, personal beliefs, and certain activities, and ending such words with –ism [twosleepy]
c) a cerebral bruise that causes a person to have a stone-like demeanor [olly]
d) the belief that world history changes at thousand-year intervals [Jackie] musick
e) the belief that staring at a video feedback loop, created by projecting a camera's live feed onto the monitor which that camera is focused on, is the secret to longevity (after Hofstadter) [suggested by musick, redacted by tsuwm] BranShea, olly
f) the belief that studying the lessons of history will prevent their repetition [musick]
g) sectarian the practice of worshiping the dawn [BranShea] wofa
h) the complete and/or perfect realization of a concept [tsuwm] latishya
i) the belief that the narration of the six days of creation in the Book of Genesis represent six eons rather than six, twenty-four hour periods [Owlbow] Jackie, twosleepy
j) transvestism, esp. by a man [OED2 / fr. the name of the Chevalier Charles d'Éon (1728-1810), a French adventurer who wore women's clothes: see -ISM] unselected
k) the belief that things will be better tomorrow [Faldage] Owlbow
the exegetical notes:
1) the word, obviously, is an eponym (and has nothing to do with dawn [eos], time [eons], or religion of any stripe)
2) wofa, Owlbow and musuwm each collected two(2) votes for their bluffs
3) the hogmaster scores a skunk (although this is mitigated by a somewhat reduced participation)
4) musick gave us the choice of two entries; e, we felt, needed some work-shopping and having done that we put his other entry as is (it got nada)
5) as always, remember that the points don't matter
b) the desire to create words indicating one's leanings, including towards causes, personal beliefs, and certain activities, and ending such words with –ism [twosleepy]
c) a cerebral bruise that causes a person to have a stone-like demeanor [olly]
d) the belief that world history changes at thousand-year intervals [Jackie] musick
e) the belief that staring at a video feedback loop, created by projecting a camera's live feed onto the monitor which that camera is focused on, is the secret to longevity (after Hofstadter) [suggested by musick, redacted by tsuwm] BranShea, olly
f) the belief that studying the lessons of history will prevent their repetition [musick]
g) sectarian the practice of worshiping the dawn [BranShea] wofa
h) the complete and/or perfect realization of a concept [tsuwm] latishya
i) the belief that the narration of the six days of creation in the Book of Genesis represent six eons rather than six, twenty-four hour periods [Owlbow] Jackie, twosleepy
j) transvestism, esp. by a man [OED2 / fr. the name of the Chevalier Charles d'Éon (1728-1810), a French adventurer who wore women's clothes: see -ISM] unselected
k) the belief that things will be better tomorrow [Faldage] Owlbow
the exegetical notes:
1) the word, obviously, is an eponym (and has nothing to do with dawn [eos], time [eons], or religion of any stripe)
2) wofa, Owlbow and musuwm each collected two(2) votes for their bluffs
3) the hogmaster scores a skunk (although this is mitigated by a somewhat reduced participation)
4) musick gave us the choice of two entries; e, we felt, needed some work-shopping and having done that we put his other entry as is (it got nada)
5) as always, remember that the points don't matter