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Warning! This is a very stupid post, even for me.
This am purty cool about derivations of gyny, the trail reaching backwards to 'gwen':
ENTRY: gwen-
DEFINITION: Woman. 1. Suffixed form *gwen--. a. quean, from Old English cwene, woman, prostitute, wife, from Germanic *kwenn-; b. banshee, from Old Irish ben, woman; c. zenana, from Persian zan, woman. 2. Suffixed lengthened-grade form *gwn-i-. queen, from Old English cwn, woman, wife, queen, from Germanic *kwniz. 3. Suffixed zero-grade form *gw--. –gyne, gyno-, –gynous, –gyny; gynecocracy, gynecology, gynoecium, from Greek gun, woman. (Pokorny gn 473.)
The transmutations and fabrications are endless! Just think...Guineviere, Queen Guineviere could be thought of as 'Queen Queenviere"--or even "Gun Gunviere," a shot in the dark and then another one, too.
And, if misogyny, is hatred of gyny, and gyny can be shown to be derived from "gun," why, then, a misogynist could be a person who hates guns. Terrific! And hates cwns, too! And queens! And wives! And banshees! So much hatred! So little time!
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WordKwenn
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Antonym for Misogyny? whitewave 01/03/02 08:40 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? Faldage 01/03/02 08:48 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? reed 01/03/02 09:28 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? tsuwm 01/03/02 09:35 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? wwh 01/03/02 09:40 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? Angel 01/03/02 10:34 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? Wordwind 01/03/02 10:58 PM So that's where wench comes from! consuelo 01/03/02 11:10 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? tsuwm 01/03/02 08:54 PM Re: Antonym for Misogyny? Jackie 01/04/02 02:16 AM Miss Gwen of troy 01/04/02 01:25 PM Re: Miss Gwen Jackie 01/04/02 04:32 PM what's in a name? tsuwm 01/04/02 04:48 PM Re: Gee Faldage 01/04/02 05:14 PM Re: Gee tsuwm 01/04/02 05:27 PM Re: Gee Faldage 01/04/02 07:33 PM Re: Gee Wordwind 01/04/02 07:44 PM Re: Gee AnnaStrophic 01/04/02 10:05 PM Re: Gee Wordwind 01/04/02 10:36 PM Re: Gee of troy 01/04/02 07:49 PM Re: Gee Wordwind 01/04/02 08:00 PM Re: Gee of troy 01/04/02 08:14 PM Re: Helen Keiva 01/04/02 08:19 PM Re: Gee, Hellen Faldage 01/04/02 08:29 PM Gigi, or, a grandmother by any other name... wofahulicodoc 01/04/02 09:55 PM Re: Gee of troy 01/04/02 07:23 PM Re: Gee Angel 01/04/02 07:35 PM Re: what's in a name? Keiva 01/04/02 05:25 PM
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