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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread These aren't the droids we're looking for. #191743 07/01/2010 5:59 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA There's a phone called the droid. It's operating system is called "android." I knew "andro-" meant man (or human), the "id" is apparently short for "eides" meaning "form" - as per http://etymonline.com/?term=android Kles is glory http://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/name_element Androkles - glory of man? In the miniseries "The Stand" a man character is this deaf fellow played by Rob Lowe whose name is "Nick Andros," presumably, Nick "The Man." Androcracy - rule by men. I'm also reminded of group names in the periodic table, for example, halides, actinoids (or actinides), lanthanides, but I don't think it's related etymologically. Regarding the oid / eidos suffix, thyroid is "form of a shield." Picture at http://women.webmd.com/picture-of-the-thyroid Bacteroides - rod-shaped A death-cap mushroom is amanita phalloides, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides They do resemble their namesake. asteroid - star shaped? or star form? ("aster" is Latin, but I think there are other words with mixed origins) Now suddenly Herculoids makes sense, "like Hercules." Colloid - like glue. Just a minor amusement. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: These aren't the droids we're looking for. TheFallibleFiend #191746 07/01/2010 9:46 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague There's a phone called the droid. It's operating system is called "android." Is the shape of the phone also 'android'? Like the Jean-Paul Gaultier perfume bottle? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: These aren't the droids we're looking for. BranShea #191761 07/02/2010 12:38 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA TheFallibleFiend veteran TheFallibleFiend veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,526 Virginia, USA Nope. Like most cell phones, it's approximated as a shallow rectangular prism, but its screen slides to the side to reveal a teeny little QWERTY keyboard. http://images02.olx.com/ui/4/51/60/65515160_1-Pictures-of-Droid-Motrola-Cell-phone.png There's a demonstration program called 'boids which mimics the flocking behavior of birds in flight. It's interesting, because this apparently complex behavior requires only three simple rules - separation, alignment and cohesion. Anyway, I guess boids is a play on words - maybe a parody of some cabbie's speech, but also, "like birds." http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ In biology they use the terms haploid and diploid, form of a single and form of double, to describe organisms with a single set or paired set of chromosomes. Rheumatoid - flux form. Acanthoid - shaped like a spike (or thorn). Deltoids - shaped like a (Greek) delta. Titanoides - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoides Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: These aren't the droids we're looking for. TheFallibleFiend #191794 07/04/2010 1:24 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Can't handle any of those cell-phone things droid or non droid and the bother of schlepping it around all day. But I do like titanoides. Cute extraordinary feet. He reminds me of a bear I used to know called "Snuffles". 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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