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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #15948 - 01/17/01 04:11 PM Is this a word? ERISAguru stranger Registered: 01/17/01 Posts: 2 Loc: PA During the wee hours of the morning, as I kept awakening from my late evening Tex-Mex dinner, gulping glasses of water, the word "thirstifying" popped into my head (and wouldn't leave). It should be a word, since I can't think of any synonym that would use fewer than four words. ERISAguru _________________________ ERISAguru Top #15949 - 01/17/01 04:24 PM Re: Is this a word? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass >...use fewer than four words. so, you were dying of thirst[3], parched[1], even thirsting[1]? Top #15950 - 01/17/01 04:27 PM Re: Is this a word? ERISAguru stranger Registered: 01/17/01 Posts: 2 Loc: PA Nope -- wrong definition. "Thirstifying" does not describe the victim, but the agent. My definition would be, "having the quality of making one thirsty." It could be applied to food (salted peanuts, tacos) or to activities (running a marathon), or to certain drugs (antihistimines). ERISAguru _________________________ ERISAguru Top #15951 - 01/17/01 04:43 PM Re: Is this a word? Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA Do you mean like "thirstogenesis"? Top #15952 - 01/17/01 04:44 PM Re: Is this a word? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass ah... dipsetic Top #15953 - 01/17/01 05:24 PM Re: Is this a word? wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA Poster: tsuwm Subject: Re: Is this a word? ah... dipsetic My SOED says "dipsas : a mythical serpent whose bite causes a raging thirst." sonofagun! wow Top #15954 - 01/23/01 04:11 PM Re: Is this a word? Solamente, Doug. member Registered: 12/16/00 Posts: 130 Loc: Virginia Um... dehydrating, anyone? Kind of dull compared to dipsetic, though... Top #15955 - 01/23/01 04:40 PM Re: Is this a word? Fiberbabe old hand Registered: 01/12/01 Posts: 771 Loc: Portland, Oregon Thirst-inducing. I [heart] hyphenated words. Top #15956 - 01/23/01 05:12 PM Re: Is this a word? Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13803 I'll go with thirst-inducing. Dipsetic wouldn't be understood by anyone wasn't a tsuwm addict. Dehydrating doesn't mean quite the right thing; you can be thirsty without being dehydrated. Thirstifying has a mock rustic ring to it that could be taken amiss in some contexts. Top #15957 - 01/23/01 05:27 PM Re: Is this a word? tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass yes but.... part of my quixotic campaign is to (re)introduce potentially useful (albeit currently worthless) words. it seems as though dipsetic might have some potential.... besides. enigma suggests Dirac, one of those dry physicists. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8945 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222176 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie, SSD 8945 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (may2point0), 29 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 60 LukeJavan8 49 may2point0 13 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8425 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6783 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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