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.

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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!!

Congrats on your elevation to the lofty heights ww!!

whatta wordie

stales

>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.

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.

teD's source was me, so that would be my typo.

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teD's source was me, so that would be my typo. -tsuwm

We're waiting, Mr.tsuwm. Is it?, will it be?, was it?

>We're waiting, Mr.tsuwm. Is it?, will it be?, was it?

wdf?

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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...

...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.

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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.

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]

plezoelectric

Please-o-electric? Does this refer to electronic devices that please people?!

devices that please people?!
Down, girl--down!