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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" #169241 07/16/2007 3:26 PM Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Texas alliedog stranger alliedog stranger Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Texas Re: aposematic Reminds me of a most popular word we threw aroung indiscriminately in ancient art history/classical archaeology -- apotropaic, Gk apo + trepein, turn (turning away/warding off [evil/bad things/grave robbers, etc.]). Basically, anything ugly, foreign or otherwise inexplicable is considered to be apotropaic. Typical examples are sphinxes, gorgoneia. beasts like lions, esp in an architectural context, protomes (cf. med. gargoyles), phalloi, eyes, etc. It's not always easy to explain how a sphinx drawn on an 8" pot would be meant to turn away [evil], and one suspects that it's often a simplistic, catch-all explanation ... Cheers CM Witt Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" alliedog #169246 07/16/2007 5:53 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Cool word! Welcome, allie. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" alliedog #169247 07/16/2007 5:59 PM Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Agki stranger Agki stranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" Agki #169249 07/16/2007 6:49 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 Originally Posted By: Agki What is the theme for this week (16 July 07)? I didn't see it. Agki Quote: This week's Guest Wordsmith, Bruce M. Selya, is a senior federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Anu Garg is traveling. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!" tsuwm #169308 07/19/2007 4:27 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Welcome alliedog. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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