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#195874 01/10/11 07:41 PM
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here's a quote from Chris WunderLee's novella, The Loony:

"Albert was back in New England, long since forgetting his plunge into the Pacific, and beginning what was already a controversially castrophenic career..."

this seems to be a nonce-word (or non-word), but I'm guessing it's meant to mean:
1) 'military', as in Albert's (tenuous) connection to the M-I complex, (see castrametation, the making of a military camp; fr. L. castrum, fortified place)
2) possibly to be confused with castrophrenia*, relating to the belief that one's thoughts are being stolen, *itself of some dubiety
3) just another nonce word,
4) none/all of the above.

NB: WunderLee seems to be a tad Joycean with his wordplay.

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Maybe something to do with castro? (long shot) castro translations


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well, that would seem to be the idea behind castrophrenia,
1. A morbid fear or delusion, occasional in schizophrenic patients, that their thoughts are being sucked out of their brains by enemies. 2. Etymology: castrate plus -phrenia, 'mental disorder'.

but that's not 'r' word.

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Hmm maybe it's linked in some way to catasrophic? but incorporating the military forts and castles stuff...you know like slurring it together...CAAASTTTROFFFICC then phenia-ed after he had come to that conclusion? wink


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Aye! Totally off topic for a moment. I suddenly regocnize your avatar picture, Bexter. Smaug under the mountain sitting on his treasures. All this time I thought it was a kind of crashed omelet with tomato. laugh I like The Hobbit.

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
Aye! Totally off topic for a moment. I suddenly regocnize your avatar picture. Smaug under the mountain sitting on his treasures. All this time I thought it was a kind of crashed omelet with tomato. laugh I like The Hobbit.



He mentioned, I believe, that it is a dragon, but I have
a hard time distinguishing it from an egg as well. Glad to
know. Also glad, Bran, to know you are a LOTR fan.


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Smaug here he is a bit bigger wink


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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
Originally Posted By: BranShea
Aye! Totally off topic for a moment. I suddenly regocnize your avatar picture. Smaug under the mountain sitting on his treasures. All this time I thought it was a kind of crashed omelet with tomato. laugh I like The Hobbit.



He mentioned, I believe, that it is a dragon, but I have
a hard time distinguishing it from an egg as well. Glad to
know. Also glad, Bran, to know you are a LOTR fan.


she's not the only one!! :¬ )


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Terrific!
Thanks for letting me know.
I've read the series about every year since high school,
skipping maybe a few, but not too many. I love the
series. Good to know there are fans of Tolkien out here
Buff, Bex, Bran. Others??


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Originally Posted By: bexter
Smaug here he is a bit bigger wink
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Thanks, Bex, now I can see it. Love Smaug.


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