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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Death-obsessed #7019 09/27/00 05:26 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen OP Carpal Tunnel OP Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 I have tried all afternoon to LIU without success - is there single word to describe a (pardon the pun) morbid fascination with death? All the sources I come across point to necrophilia or similar, but these words all imply a sexual obsession that is not what I am looking for. It's more the sort of fascination with, and being entertained by, all things morbid that I am trying to describe. Is there a word for it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7020 09/27/00 08:46 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Reading just the strap of your post, I would have picked morbidity, but presumably you are looking for something else? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7021 09/27/00 09:16 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 "Mortaphilia"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7022 09/27/00 09:41 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Mortaphilia? And I thought that's what the barman asked, just before you slide off the stool Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7023 09/27/00 10:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 > morbidity I would have gone for this too. I that the expression "morbid fascination with death" gets countless hits on a google search, so must be a popular phrase. I suppose the problem with morbidity is that it is also a medical term to do with incidence of disease and is used increasingly by the press as we all become hooked on that other modern preocupation "morbid fascination with healthcare". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7024 09/27/00 02:13 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass morbid fascinations? man, have you ever come to the right place... taphophile - one who loves cemetaries and funerals (see Harold, in "Harold and Maude") thanatopsis - a meditation upon death oh, and lest I forget... witzelsucht - a morbid tendency to pun, make poor jokes, and tell pointless stories (hi teD!!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7025 09/27/00 02:28 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC thanatomania TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7026 09/27/00 02:29 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC > Mortaphilia? >And I thought that's what the barman asked, just before you slide off the stool I wish I'd said that!! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7027 09/27/00 02:34 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Wish it was being said to me right now. I could reply, "Hearse to you" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Death-obsessed #7028 09/27/00 03:33 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >I could reply, "Hearse to you" Just don't cry in my bier! Such a grave development that would be. Ted goes away, coffin in his windingsheet TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  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. 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