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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread we need a new word for... #220526 03/10/2015 10:11 PM Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 barryp15 stranger barryp15 stranger Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 We need a new word for....Someone who believes that everyone in the world is conspiring to make him or her happy. i.e. the opposite of P A R A N O I A Pollyanna doesn't quite do it. an attempt — AN AIONARAP - SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS CONSPIRING TO MAKE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO HIM OR HER. being an Aionarap, i am sure that there is a better word for this and that you or someone else out there will HELP!!! Suggestions that have been offered: Eudomonians, Laetitians Please join in. All suggestions are welcome. barryp15@aol.com Barry M. Panter, MD Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: we need a new word for... Cowboy_Monkey #220837 04/17/2015 11:35 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 hogmaster member hogmaster member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 hmm.. never mind. Last edited by hogmaster; 04/18/2015 2:54 PM. Reason: vanishing posts Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: we need a new word for... barryp15 #220898 04/21/2015 8:34 PM Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 Cowboy_Monkey newbie Cowboy_Monkey newbie Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 I stood frozen with fear, opposite a paranoid schizophrenic (?), on a one-acre island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. His medication ran out fifteen hours ago...He's three-times my size...I can't swim... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fool's paradise barryp15 #221240 06/08/2015 2:18 PM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,465 Likes: 10 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,465 Likes: 10 London, UK Originally Posted By: barryp15 We need a new word for....Someone who believes that everyone in the world is conspiring to make him or her happy. i.e. the opposite of P A R A N O I A Euparanoia? Benignism? Panagathism? Just a few suggestions to make you happy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fool's paradise A C Bowden #221257 06/09/2015 8:37 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 >Panagathism? heh. (or in the words of athlete-speak, it's all good.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter that's the mystery of it tsuwm #221261 06/10/2015 1:22 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,104 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,104 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA I thought "Panagathism" was shorthand for "I like all those Hercule Poirot stories...and Miss Marple, too." 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message 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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