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#188913 - 01/25/10 06:13 AM "The Legos of language"
RayButler newbie Registered: 07/28/08 Posts: 25 Loc: Ireland	First of all, gotta be pedantic here and point out that the plural of Lego is....Lego. Not "Legos". It is a collective conceptual noun, a brandname for a type of toy. In the same way that one does not use "Scrabbles" for a series of Scrabble games or a collection of Scrabble letter tiles. But sure, one can say "Lego bricks" or "Lego pieces" if one wants to convey the sense of plurality, which is what I think Anu was trying to do. Anyway, I rose to this week's fascinating challenge and instantly came up with this word: "Theopoly - the selling of God". A very prevalant practice around the world, particulary in the environs of religious shrines, and on American TV. But imagine my chagrin when I then googled theopoly, only to find that the word was already out there! But with a different meaning: it's been proposed as a religious spoof of the Monopoly game.
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#188914 - 01/25/10 06:48 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: RayButler]
TWF stranger Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 1	Heliodactyl: twinkle toes
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#188915 - 01/25/10 06:50 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: RayButler]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	Originally Posted By: RayButler First of all, gotta be pedantic here and point out that the plural of Lego is....Lego. Not "Legos". Maan! I knew someone was gonna do that! No one listens to the Red Queen. Meanwhile I came up with theodactyl to describe the focal point of Michelangelo's Creation fo Adam.
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#188916 - 01/25/10 08:03 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: Faldage]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	A dictiordinary word: heliography
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#188917 - 01/25/10 08:05 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: RayButler]
RHWoodman stranger Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 1 Loc: Ohio, USA	Ray, pedantic or not "Legos" is in common usage these days; just ask any kid. I thought I had a good word in hagiogony ("the origin of saints"), but I found it was already used when I Googled it and found it in the Biobliotecha Indica: "There is, clearly, no countenance, in the analogy of the Hindu hagiogony, for the else plausible surmise, that a complete history of the mdnasa sons of Brahma, might, if recoverable, possibly go to show that the term by which they are known, may originally have borne a less mystical signification than that of mind-born. Its intention could never have been to discriminate the literate portion of the Brahmanidae from their less learned kinsmen." Bibliotecha Indica, page 16, from Google. I wonder if I could get away with oligotheolotry (worship of a few gods). Any thoughts? Robert _________________________ Robert H. Woodman Columbus, Ohio
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#188918 - 01/25/10 08:20 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: BranShea]
llcallis stranger Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 1 Loc: Virginia	heliodactyl-n-sunbeams that reach out and massage your skin on a warm day.
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#188919 - 01/25/10 08:35 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: llcallis]
RossBracco stranger Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 1	How about "Heliotheodactylatry", literally, worshipping the fingers of the sun god: loving those little stripes of light that sneak between the clouds on a bright day.
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#188920 - 01/25/10 09:05 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: RossBracco]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: RossBracco How about "Heliotheodactylatry", literally, worshipping the fingers of the sun god: loving those little stripes of light that sneak between the clouds on a bright day. I love crepuscular rays! welcome everyone! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#188921 - 01/25/10 09:26 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh	How about hagiodactylopoly and the subsequent hagiodactylolatry? _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#188922 - 01/25/10 11:07 AM Re: "The Legos of language" [Re: RayButler]
PiedType stranger Registered: 01/25/10 Posts: 1	Drinking water is now sold everywhere in bottles. Before long we will see heliopoly -- the selling of the sun. Oh, wait -- I guess that's what Florida vacations are.
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