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Topic Options #132960 - 09/11/04 11:25 PM shaky dcampi stranger Registered: 09/06/04 Posts: 2 I had once come across an obscure word that was associated with shaky hands, such that one might spill a drink. I tried to recall that word the other night while sipping Martinis with two hands. Top #132961 - 09/12/04 12:36 AM Re: shaky Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA essential tremor? Top #132962 - 09/12/04 09:43 AM Intoxishakes themgmt journeyman Registered: 09/06/04 Posts: 86 I tried to recall that word the other night while sipping Martinis with two hands. Tini-tremors? Shaken but not stirred. Actually, I think the word you are looking for is crapulous. Or, perhaps, "inebrium tremens". Or: intoxishakes. Top #132963 - 09/12/04 11:52 AM Re: shaky themgmt journeyman Registered: 09/06/04 Posts: 86 I tried to recall that word the other night while sipping Martinis with two hands. Hey, dcampi: How about a word which describes the nervousness of someone standing next to someone in the early stages of "intoxishakes"? Apprehensible? Top #132964 - 09/12/04 06:16 PM Re: shaky TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC I don't know what the word is unless it's delerium tremens, but this reminded me of a story my father told about his father. Papa Rem, as he was known, went to the doctor with badly shaking hands. "Doc, doc, something's wrong with my hands." The doctor examined him and said, "I'm pretty sure I know what's causing this. Tell me, Papa Rem, do you drink a lot?" "Gramps replied, "Well, how much is a lot, doc?" "Oh, a man your size, I'd say a quart a day." "Christ, doc, I spill that much!" _________________________ TEd Top #132965 - 09/12/04 07:01 PM Re: shaky tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass palsy? no, that's not obscure.. athetosis?? (actually®, my first thought was delirium tremens) Top #132966 - 09/15/04 10:22 PM Re: shaky dcampi stranger Registered: 09/06/04 Posts: 2 The word that I'm recollecting is quite elegant and not a compound. It evokes the sense of ice crystals rattling on the surface of the vodka and then spilling over the rim of the glass, wasted. Top #132967 - 09/16/04 12:02 AM Re: elegantly shaky tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass this makes me think of tremulous; but that's hardly obscure.. Top #132968 - 09/17/04 07:44 AM Re: shaky themgmt journeyman Registered: 09/06/04 Posts: 86 the sense of ice crystals rattling on the surface of the vodka and then spilling over the rim of the glass, wasted Vivid imagery, dcampi. Definitely a word worth the hunt. What begins as a fascinating 'shiver' can end as a terminal 'shatter', of course. That's how I see my coinage "inebrium tremens" compared to "delirium tremens", the former the subject of collegial gaiety, the latter the subject of pity or scorn. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210108 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 44 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 70 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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