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A spellingbee word that Yahoo search did not fi;nd in any dictionary, but is evidently a fairly recent coinage, as I found it in a number of sites; " I even have chronic "ideaphoria"—a constant flow of new ideas and ways ... " Seems a useful coinage. Please comment.
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it's in W3 (1986), but is undated: capacity for creative thought or imagination
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I'd never heard the word before, but I like what it describes.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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How many of us have it?
I'd never heard the word before, but I like what it describes.
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doc-- Well, I think a state of constant creative thought or imagination should be ideeuphoria.
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I'd never heard the word before, but I like the way it describes what it describes. But without followthrough, that is subsequent execution, the state is merely frustrating for all those around the ideaphoriac(?).
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In reply to:
But without followthrough, that is subsequent execution
Puritan Work Ethic rears its practical head again...
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Puritan Work Ethic rears its practical head againThank you! A very nice compliment. But actually my tastes are catholic - or should that be eclectic?
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Well, I think a state of constant creative thought or imagination should be ideeuphoria.
That's exactly the way the word hit me, Jackie. (idea & euphoria) And it gave me a sense the stream of ideas would be of an exciting, positive nature (no negative ideas need apply).
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