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In the Merriam-Webster word site I found a related word:
degringolade \day-gran-guh-LAHD\ (noun) : a rapid decline or deterioration (as in strength, position, or condition) : downfall
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I'm not too sure, but didn't god create eden, and Adam, and enjoin Adam not to eat from tree of good and evil.. and then, after that, he created Eve from Adams rib?-- and likewise, God gave Adam (but not Eve) instructions to be fruitfull and multiply.. (but not Eve)
so, when Eve ate from the tree of good and evil, it was not really sinfull, because she had never been told not to by god, only by Adam. likewise, among orthodox religious jews,(and many christian sects) it is wrong for men to use condoms, or any sort of birht control, but not for women... (but since the story of the creation is told in two places in genisis, and each one is slightly different, there is some ambiguety.)-- and if Eve got tossed, there still would have been Lilith..
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Ah! The old girlfriend raises her lovely head.
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Yes. She is (one of) my goddess(es). Adam rejected her because she wanted to be 'on top', and then went whin(g)ing to G-d to make him a new woman. So there you go, ribs and all.
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When the Anglos moved in, the Hispanics moaned " The neighborhood has degringoladed!"
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postlapsarian
It sounds a little like post-lactarian - any thoughts? Mr Bingley will have a view, I'm sure and I know that Max will too.
Don't google - there is only one hit on the word and it gives it away too easily.
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Looking up Lilith brought me to dandy word I found quite a while ago: apotropaic = warding off evil. http://archives.emazing.com/archives/word/2001-08-02What bunch of garbage the Lilith myths are.
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