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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Quick! #68791 05/05/2002 4:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 What's the difference between an atavism and an avatar? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick! #68792 05/05/2002 6:32 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 Atavisim - tendency to look more like great great great great grandparents than like Mom and Dad! Reversion to an ancestral type! Avatar - a god come to earth in incarnate form - a manifistation as an object of worship - Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick! #68793 05/06/2002 1:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ok, Dr. Bill, I'll bite [one foot in the snare e]. This is Wordplay & Fun, so there must be a joke in here. But I'm darned if I can figure it out; here are M-W's def.'s of avatar: 1 : the incarnation of a Hindu deity (as Vishnu) 2 a : an incarnation in human form b : an embodiment (as of a concept or philosophy) often in a person 3 : a variant phase or version of a continuing basic entity Let's see [second foot in the snare e]: an avatar is a reincarnation, and an atavism, if you don't like it, is a reintarnation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Quick! #68794 05/06/2002 5:50 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England 'Course, at your age, Bill, you're both at the same time ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... 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

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