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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Parisological? #149992 11/09/2005 5:15 AM Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington matashi stranger matashi stranger Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington I got the idea for this based on the word parisology. I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is about this. Do you guys think this is a reasonable ending for the word? I thought of it because of the psychology:psychological correlation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parisological? #149993 11/09/2005 6:09 AM 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 here's a bit of ambiguous redundancy for ya: parisology - the use of equivocal or ambiguous words perissology - superfluity of words : PLEONASM yet there is no connection made between these words by OED or W3. looking at the etymologies: Greek parisos almost equal, evenly balanced Greek perissologos speaking too much interesting, but what's this got to do with the question to hand? Hence perissological a. (rare), ‘redundant in words’ (Webster 1828). -------------- recall that Jesse S. claimed that the OED would be taking a closer look at 'net and usegroups for usable citations? check this out from a June draft revision: 1999 Pagano Fallacy Game in talk.origins (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Sept., The Amphiboly Category... For excellence in the area of parisology. Last edited by tsuwm; 11/09/2005 6:11 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parisological? #149994 11/11/2005 5:57 AM Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington matashi stranger matashi stranger Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington That is an interesting tidbit. It seems like parisology may be the only acceptable form. I would've never guessed another word (perissology) with such similar construction and meaning exists. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parisological? #149995 11/11/2005 11:09 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Parm my beg to differmints but I don't see much, if any, overlap of meanings. Of course it's possible to use too many words in an ambiguous way but redundancy is the opposite of ambiguity. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Parisological? #149996 11/12/2005 1:57 AM Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington matashi stranger matashi stranger Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 11 Seattle, Washington I see your point. I didn't really think about the meanings too much. I think I was caught up with how both redundancy and ambiguity make a piece of writing dull and frustrating. I do think the construction of the words, parisology and perissology, is still strikingly similar. So, with this similarity, and the rare occurence of the word perissological, wouldn't you think parisological may have a rare usage as well? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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