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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread yet another hijack #91477 01/10/2003 8:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 today's wwftd is... the worthless word for the day is: kedogenous [inkhorn term] brought about by worry, or anxiety (from Gr. kedos; care, anxiety, grief + -genous, produced by) This may be an inkhorn term, but perhaps regrettably so. I think it ought to be useful, And offhand I can't think of a good synonym for it. From tsuwm's site http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another hijack #91478 01/10/2003 8:44 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Inkhorn term doesn't mean it didn't make it. For a brief tour of the phenomenon, including some that made it and some interesting groups, some members of which made it and others which didn't, see Quinion: http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/inkhorn.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another hijack #91479 01/10/2003 9:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I searched for "kedogenous" and found it in a site for writers, so it isn't totally dead. There I found "gelogenic" = provoking laughter http://www.chicagowriter.com/cw2-words.htm#top About one in ten of the words might new to AWADtalkers. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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