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this word was touched on in passing a few years ago, and I wwftd it (how's that for verbing a noun?) with no citations as follows:
the worthless word for the day is: anagapesis
rare {so rare I have no etymology or citations}
[prob. from Gk agapé, love] /an eh gap EE sis/
a loss of feelings for one formerly loved
I'd still give a virtual sawbuck to find it used in the wild.
(it can be found on a raft of hard-word lists.)
-tsuwm
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A sad thing, tsuwm.
I think this needs some anagogics of old anaglyptics.
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HeyHo! I found one. Cryptic, but very much alive! Haags Pop Podium - met Gerard van den IJssel -We hebben toch al zo veel: baby don't go, I need you so...bladiebla, dan toch liever: Lately I suffer from anagapesis Kom vooral naar onze optredens, ...
Could I have a virtual Starbucks in stead of a sawbuck?
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and there's this..
To avoid this and other cliches, it is better to tell one's ex-to-be that one has been stricken with anagapesis—then get the hell out of there before he or she reaches for a dictionary.
pardon me while I slip off to have myself a virtual Starbucks.
-joe (but wait.. it's cold out there) friday
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 Now where's the generousity in this? I posted first! The weak and expensive but warm anyway coffee is mine! I think you should bring one down from your cold mountain pass.
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But make sure the quote has the correct referrent to the object of agape.
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Apologetic Analeptic poem for tsuwm:
A Sort of a Song
Let the snake(me)wait under
his weed
and the writing
be of words, slow and quick, sharp
to strike, quiet to wait,
sleepless
- through metafor to reconcile ....
____ William Carlos Williams
Last edited by BranShea; 11/25/07 11:53 AM.
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ssss...........sharklike. At the very least, a smallmouth bass, lurking in the lily pads. You're scary 
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