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while doing some research for a neologisms theme I came across the term 'dentapedalogy', the science (or art) of opening your mouth and putting your foot in, ostensibly coined by Prince Philip (a prime practitioner). I find nearly as many google-hits (180) for dontapedalogy as for the denta- form (190gh).
neither form is all that linguistically satisfying -- some wag suggested that orpatopedalogy would be better.
-joe (don't talk with your mouth open) friday
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orpatopedalogy
What does that mean?
I'd go with podistomatasm if pressed to go with anything.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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orpatopedalogy
What does that mean?
yeah. perhaps he was just underlining the haplessness of the others.
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Latin os, oris, is mouth, but pato? Duck? The study of mouth-duck-feet? High Martian.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Pato is Spanish for duck but it's from Persian/Arabic. Anas is Latin for duck. That said, I don't see anything starting with pat- in my Latin dictionary that means mouth.
When applied to humans, I associate stoma with colostomy too much to associate podistomatasm with the mouth. (^_^)
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I associate stoma with colostomy too much to associate podistomatasm with the mouth.
I know how you feel. I associate colon with pigeons and semi-colon with appendices.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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>I associate colon with pigeons
You're a rara avis, Nunc.
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Foot-in-mouth disease, they call that.
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wellyeah®, that's evidently the concept that's looking for a word.
-ron o.
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