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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #15948 - 01/17/01 09:11 PM Is this a word?   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 ERISAguru stranger ERISAguru   stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 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 #15949 - 01/17/01 09:24 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass >...use fewer than four words. so, you were dying of thirst[3], parched[1], even thirsting[1]? #15950 - 01/17/01 09:27 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 ERISAguru stranger ERISAguru   stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 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 #15951 - 01/17/01 09:43 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Do you mean like "thirstogenesis"? #15952 - 01/17/01 09:44 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass ah... dipsetic #15953 - 01/17/01 10:24 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 wow Carpal Tunnel wow   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 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 #15954 - 01/23/01 09:11 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Solamente, Doug. member Solamente, Doug.   member Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 130 Virginia Um... dehydrating, anyone? Kind of dull compared to dipsetic, though... #15955 - 01/23/01 09:40 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe   old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Thirst-inducing. I [heart] hyphenated words. #15956 - 01/23/01 10:12 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. #15957 - 01/23/01 10:27 PM Re: Is this a word?   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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. Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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