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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bronze medal #142948 05/13/2005 8:55 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Some British dermatologists have even started using "tanorexia" to describe people who are addicted to sun beds. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/opinion/13fri3.html This story from last year on the BBC confirms this usage, but it was a new one on my ears: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/real_story/3737025.stm 1,520 googlits for tanorexic 944 googlits for tanorexia Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bronze medal #142949 05/13/2005 10:35 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Tanorexic -- looking like Mohandas Gandhi TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mohandas Gandhi #142950 05/13/2005 10:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York At least you spelled his name right. [/where's that rolling- my-eyes emoticon when I need it?] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mohandas Gandhi #142951 05/13/2005 10:39 AM 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 had to ask Sasha. It was taking Gandhi from a baby. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bronze medal #142952 05/13/2005 11:03 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Nice one TEd, and kudos for using his name not his title, one that is not universally conceded even in India (especially among the Dalits). Now just spell his middle name without assistance, and I'll call you a "great soul". noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bronze medal #142953 05/21/2005 3:09 AM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Dgeigh member Dgeigh member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas his title M. Karamchand G. wasn't too wild about it either – nor would one expect him to be, if all the biographies of him are accurate. Yes, I looked it up -- there: I said it. 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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