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Well, I'm glad to see they found a cure for lycanthropy in the last movie, anyway....
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lycanthropyfrom Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythologylycanthropy n [fr. Gk lykanthrop(os) wolf-man, equiv. to lyk(os) wolf anthropos man, the former of which, according to mythology, is from the name Lycaon, an Arcadian king transformed into a wolf for presuming to test the divinity of Zeus] 1 : a kind of insanity in which the victim imagines himself to be a wolf or other wild beast 2 : the fable's assumption of the form of a wolf by a human being and from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica: LYCANTHROPY (Gr. X6icoi, wolf, ävOp~iro~, man), a name employed (I) in folk-lore for the liability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into an animal; (2) in pathology for a form of insanity in which’ the patient believes that he is transformed into an animal and behaves accordingly. I. Although the term lycanthropy properly speaking refers to metamorphosis into a wolf (see WERWOLF), it is in practicç used of transformation into any animal. The Greeks also spoke of kynanthropy (ithwv, dog); in India and the Asiatic islands the tiger is the commonest form, in North Europe the bear, in Japan the fox, in Africa the leopard or hyena, sometimes also the lion, in South America the jaguar; but though there is a tendency for the most important carnivorous animal of the area to take the first place in stories and beliefs as to transformation, the less important beasts of prey and even harmless animals like the deer also figure among the wer-animals. Lycanthropy is often confused with transmigration; but the essential feature of the wer-animal is that it is the alternative form or the double of a living human being, while the soul-animal is the vehicle, temporary or permanent, of the spirit of a dead human being. The vampire is sometimes regarded as an example of lycanthropy; but it is in human form, sometimes only a head, ,sometimes a whole body, sometimes that of a living person, at others of a dead man who issues nightly from the grave to prey upon the living. Even if the denotation of lycanthropy be limited to the animalmetamorphosis of living human beings, the beliefs classed together under this head are far from uniform, and the term is somewhat capriciously applied. The transformation may be voluntary or involuntary, temporary or permanent; the weranimal may be the man himself metamorphosed, it may be his double whose activity leaves the real man to all appearance unchanged, it may be his soul, which goes forth seeking whom it may devour and leaving its body in a state of trance; or it may be no more than the messenger of the human being, a real animal or a familiar spirit, whose intimate connexion with its owner is shown by the fact that any injury to it is believed, by a phenomenon known as repercussion, to cause a correspondinl injury to the human being. The phenomenon of repercussion, the power of animal metamorphosis, or of sending out a familiar, real or spiritual, as 1 messenger, and the supernormal powers conferred by associatior with such a familiar, are also attributed to the magician, mab and female, all the world over; and witch superstitions ani closely parallel to, if not identical with, lycanthropic beliefs the occasional involuntary character of lycanthropy beinl almost the sole distinguishing feature. In another direction the phenomenon of repercussion is asserted to manifest itself in connexion with the bush-soul of the West African. and the isa gual of Central America; but though there is no line of demarcation to be drawn on logical grounds, the assumed power of the magician and the intimate association of the bush-soul or the nagual with a human being are not termed lycanthropy. Nevertheless it will be well to touch on both these beliefs here. (and for the rest of a very intriging entry, click here): http://100.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LY/LYCANTHROPY.htmand from Webster's 1828, notice the meaning is more generic: LYCAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. a wolf, and man.] A kind of erratic melancholy. (PLEASE NOTE, lycanthropy also listed for A Word A Day and Worthless Word for the Day...YCLIU  )
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BTW Juan, worth throwing in that the Harvest Moon is so called because it's usually a nice bright moon (not too high in the sky), helpful for getting the harvest in even after sunset. Full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox, the latter having taken place last Monday (for "bottomworlders", anyway  ). Edit: Oh yes - Aaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwllll
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Anthrotropy on the other hand is the process by which Anna Nicole Smith assumes human form on nights with a new moon.
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[/attempt at humor]ROTFLMAO!!! 
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Lycanthentropy is the amount of disorder in a system of werewolves. Since it is always increasing, werewolves are perpetually unable to establish a coherent system of government.
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Lycanthropology, the study of werewolf culture.
Hyacinthtropy, the process whereby one becomes a macaw on nights of a full moon.
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Lycanthentropy
"All werewolves are equal, but some werewolves are more equal than others!"
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I feel compelled to point out that we've neglected a very important antisocial grouping in our discussions so far. What about wolf women? Lycogyny may get confused with an attempt to track down a female companion using an online chat and dating service, is all.. 
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What about wolfwomen?
It's lycanthropy, not lycandropy, ephew. What's sexist is the notion that one must be male, andropos to be human, anthropos.
Now werewolf, on the other hand...
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Lycanthomisogyny discrimination against female werewolves. As a matter of fact, my girlfriend occasionally turns into a ferocious and frightening canine beast at an interveral roughly equivalent to the frequency of the full moon.
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It's lycanthropy, not lycandropyAh, we've covered this before: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=50745Slapped wrists for me, thinking of misanthropist as hater-of-males (when I knew it wasn't really  ) Now werewolf, on the other hand..And wolfman, of course...
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Lycanthomisogyny discrimination against female werewolvesMislycogyny rolls of the tongue a little easier, I reckon, Alex. Though for discrimination rather than hatred, errm, Lycogynism, perhaps ?
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And wolfman, of course
Same problem. Unless you're ready to talk "woperson".
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It's wolf man because the character is the wolfman, and he is a man (how's that for explanatory redundancy? ). But I've seen movies where a Gypsy woman is the suspect and she is referred to as a werewolf. So any human who turns into a were-animal becomes were- plus the name of that animal. Weredog, werebear, werewhale . Attaching a gender to it, dogman or bearwoman, is simply a matter of convenience. Now excuse me while I go sharpen my fangs!
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she is referred to as a werewolf
But the were- is from the OE, wer, male human, cognate with the Latin vir.
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This appears in the text of the link provided giving audiences the escapism they were seeking at the close of World War II
Flapdoodle!
The movie was made in 1941 and the USA did not enter WWII until Dec 1941.
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wer-, were-Yeahbut®, Yeahbut®...language is constantly evolving, Faldage. It's called descriptivism...remember? Notice in the 1911 encyclopedia passage it's still wer-; so when and why did it change to were-? Perhaps when some frightened soul kept crying out, "Where de wolf?!!"...and they dropped the "h"?
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the were- is from the OE, wer, male human, cognate with the Latin virI'd always assumed the were- bit was related to weird, whch also ties in with fate (Weird Sisters), magic and change. All the meanings attached to wyrd work really well in this context, and you can imagine wyrdwolf (for instance) becoming wyrwolf then werewolf. Almost seems a shame if it's wrong.
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It's called descriptivism...remember?
Just checking, Juan. Making sure you know what is a nit. You're still top of the list.
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All of this reminds me of the story of the friend of R. Daneel Olivaw, one Sherlock Holmesbot, who was hired to find the culprit who was running over human beings on the night of the full moon. It was assumed widely that the perp was an automobile, which by that time had self-awareness due to the complexity of their onboard computers.
Using a tire-track at the scene of a particularly vicious hit-and-run, Holmesbot found and arrestged a bronze 240Z, one with a moonroof, naturally. The car confessed and asked how he had been found out. Holmesbot's response was, of course, "Elementary, my were-Datsun."
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"Elementary, my were-Datsun."LMAO, TEd. - Now that's scary.
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Lycanthracite a hard natural werewolf that burns slowly and gives intense heat.
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Lycanthracite a hard natural werewolf that burns slowly and gives intense heat.
Lycanthracyte a distinctively-shaped red blood cell found in patients with Lupus erythematosus
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You know, I can almost convince myself to vote for that one. Perhaps we need a new word game where both the word and the submitted definitions are made up.
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Actually, I seem to recall a recent annual-or-so contest by the Washington Post, wherein readers were invited to submit entries that differed from some standard word or short phrase by only one letter (extra, altered, or omitted) along with an appropriate definition. Should be locatable without too much searching, as the list of winners made the e-rounds too. They were extremely witty and clever, some of them...
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Lycanthracyte a distinctively-shaped red blood cell found in patients with Lupus erythematosus
Well done indeed. The Lupus erythematosus angle is especially impressive. May I also suggest, lycanthotropism the growth of a plant in the direction of a werewolf.
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Yes, I remember that and will enjoy perusing them again. I came up with one of my own recently:
Cogito ergo sumo -- Just thinking about food makes me gain weight.
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An interesting concept might be turning into specific breeds of dog; werecollie, weresheperd, werelab, werepit, and, my favorite, that ever-fearsome werechichuahua! If I had my druthers, I think I'd turn into a werepirhana! (careful swimming there, kiddies!) 
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Cogito ergo sumo -- Just thinking about food makes me gain weight
Yeah, but you're on great form today!
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"It isn't brains, because you-know-why, Rabbit, but it comes to me sometimes..."
Aside: is it worth doing a future Hogwash on "lycopodium"? Or do too many of us remember Pinhead and Foodini? (and Doris, and Ipana toothpaste?)
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TEd, you must enter that. ...and split the prize money with me!!!
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