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Topic Options #204156 - 01/10/12 07:42 AM Hypochondriac Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1016 Loc: Lancaster, UK "From Greek hypochondrios (abdomen, which was believed to be the seat of melancholy)" This certainly describes the state of my abdomen last Saturday morning. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #204157 - 01/10/12 07:54 AM Re: Hypochondriac [Re: Rhubarb Commando] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under were you 'indulging' too much Rhuby? It always amazes me that Florence Nightingale was called a Hypochondriac! Top #204163 - 01/10/12 11:01 AM Re: Hypochondriac [Re: Candy] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1016 Loc: Lancaster, UK Friday night is 'boy's night out!' Wasn't Flo addicted to Laudanum? Many women of the era were, and gave their reason for taking it as some form of vague "ill health." _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise 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 Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users

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