#59915
03/06/2002 6:23 PM
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TRY boe+ or TRI boe+ the emission of light from various substances usu. in flashes due to grinding, crushing or tearing apart; thought to be due to plezoelectric discharge. from tribo-, stemming from a Greek root meaning friction, + luminescence, the low-temperature emission of light. this phenomenon is also called plezoluminescence. http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=45223
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#59916
03/07/2002 10:49 AM
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In case you don't want to read the whole thread, I just want to remind you all that one of the coolest things to do on a summer's night--fireflies out there, owls hooting, you're deep in a piney wood--is to stand face to face with someone you get a big kick out of, and each of you put a WintoGreen LifeSaver into your mouth, and crunch down hard at the same instant!!
Now that's a tribal rite of passage to be shared with everybody you love!
And from that tribal root comes the true root of meaning of triboluminescence which really means to illuminate the tribe members through mutual observation of sparks flying out of the lips and mouth!
Best regards,
WordWinnower now a Veteran and I've got the battle scars to prove it!!
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#59917
03/07/2002 11:08 AM
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Congrats on your elevation to the lofty heights ww!!
whatta wordie
stales
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#59918
03/07/2002 4:13 PM
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>the emission of light from various substances usu. in flashes due to grinding, crushing or tearing apart; thought to be due to plezoelectric discharge. from tribo-, stemming from a Greek root meaning friction,
+ luminescence, the low-temperature emission of light. this phenomenon is also called plezoluminescence.
No, triboluminescence refers to the torches on the Survivor show.
TEd
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#59919
03/07/2002 4:21 PM
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this phenomenon is also called plezoluminescence
TEd, could you recheck your source? Might this be a typo for piezoluminescence?
Neither appears in bartleby, but I am spectualting for other words with the piezo- prefix.
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#59920
03/07/2002 5:36 PM
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teD's source was me, so that would be my typo. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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#59921
03/07/2002 6:51 PM
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teD's source was me, so that would be my typo. -tsuwmWe're waiting, Mr.tsuwm. Is it?, will it be?, was it? 
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#59922
03/07/2002 7:04 PM
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>We're waiting, Mr.tsuwm. Is it?, will it be?, was it? wdf? http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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#59923
03/07/2002 9:05 PM
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Might this be a typo?, was the question. You answered rather obstructively, in effect -well, I was his source, dare you think that capital "I" would typo?a) If... that would be my typo. (indefinite, imperial) b) That is my typo. (definite, manly.) Why is it that others can nit-pick and I can't? I hope "wdf?" doesn't mean "what de ____?". That would be rude. FYIIAEWIHTEMJ. (for your information, I am embarrassed when I have to explain my jokes.) Non-the-less...
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#59924
03/07/2002 9:09 PM
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...and i tend to be rude when i am made butt of a joke i don't get. [shrugs] p.s. - the 'd' was for 'da'... it's a regional thing. http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/
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#59925
03/07/2002 9:25 PM
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Dear Milum: careful not to rub tsuwm too hard - you might get retinal injury from the sparks!
You got tsuwm all "tensed" up.
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#59926
03/07/2002 10:01 PM
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All this from a simple typo????  P.S. to tsuwm: On the numerous occasions that I don't get it (take it from a man with experience in that dilemma), I find that a useful reaction is "????". [or alternatively, to smile beatifically]
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#59927
03/08/2002 12:32 PM
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plezoelectricPlease-o-electric? Does this refer to electronic devices that please people?! 
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#59928
03/08/2002 12:43 PM
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devices that please people?! Down, girl--down! 
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