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Topic Options #169241 - 07/16/07 11:26 AM "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" alliedog stranger Registered: 01/30/07 Posts: 4 Loc: Texas Re: aposematic Reminds me of a most popular word we threw aroung indiscriminately in ancient art history/classical archaeology -- apotropaic, Gk apo + trepein, turn (turning away/warding off [evil/bad things/grave robbers, etc.]). Basically, anything ugly, foreign or otherwise inexplicable is considered to be apotropaic. Typical examples are sphinxes, gorgoneia. beasts like lions, esp in an architectural context, protomes (cf. med. gargoyles), phalloi, eyes, etc. It's not always easy to explain how a sphinx drawn on an 8" pot would be meant to turn away [evil], and one suspects that it's often a simplistic, catch-all explanation ... Cheers CM Witt Top #169246 - 07/16/07 01:53 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: alliedog] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Cool word! Welcome, allie. Top #169247 - 07/16/07 01:59 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: alliedog] Agki stranger Registered: 07/16/07 Posts: 2 What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki Top #169249 - 07/16/07 02:49 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: Agki] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass Originally Posted By: Agki What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki Quote: This week's Guest Wordsmith, Bruce M. Selya, is a senior federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Anu Garg is traveling. Top #169308 - 07/19/07 12:27 PM Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" [Re: tsuwm] wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA Welcome alliedog. 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 View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13684 Topics 209697 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 39 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 84 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 45 endymion6 43 BranShea 36 Rhubarb Commando 23 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 18 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 16 May 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 31

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