Epicene: The use of the spear and mirror motifs is clever. But is it male chauvinism to have the spear on top, and the mirror handle on the bottom?

those were originally the Roman symbols for the gods Mars and Venus; putting them together on the same circle has been adopted for the transgendered, which makes it apposite for epicene.

And I always thought the Epicene was the geologic period between the time we left the forest for the plains and when the ice ages struck!

Faldage comments And I always thought the Epicene was the geologic period between the time we left the forest for the plains and when the ice ages struck!

No, no, you've got it completely wrong. It's actually the geological period between lunch and dinner ... the geological period during which you actually eat your din-dins is the epicure ... and the place you eat it is the epicentre.

It's actually the geological period between lunch and dinner...

Thanks for clearing that up, China.

And I forgot to mention: The geological period during which you wrangle over the bill is the epiphyte ...

"The geological period during which you wrangle over the bill is the epiphyte "

Not if you don't prolong the argument until moss grows on you.

"The geological period during which you wrangle over the bill is the epiphyte "

Not if you don't prolong the argument until moss grows on you.

Okay Bill, to make it more time specific, you could call it the epiphysticuffs. Epiphyiphyteen rounds only per meal.

Forget teeth! Diastema is really the lovely line of demarcation between a pair of luscious breasts. The diagram is just upside down, and the nipples were censored.

Bill, you are indeed naughty, and i astemate that your chances of getting the gutter police job are: 1. slim,
and 2. none.

Dear Musick: please take a look at this link, which uses the term "diastema" apparently as a musical term. It is in German, but there is an option to get it in English.

http://home.snafu.de/nanne.walter/cez.html

wwh - Thanks for the link, and although I am familiar with Cage and the context of some of this comparison, the analysis means nothing (to me) without being familiar with the pieces themselves. It is similar to how I did analysis on Copland way back when... until I learned how utterly foolish that was.

If this word is in the English version, I could not find it... the German version won't help anyway (nicht einen sprechenzie Deutsch (now there is a bunch o'bull... was I close?)). Please send me a PM with the corresponding paragraphs, and I'll take a close look.