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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 looking for correct term! #191176 05/20/10 03:21 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Gynotikolobomassophile (M, 43) seeks neanimorphic F to 60 to share euneirophrenia. Must enjoy pissing off librarians (and be able to provide the correct term for same). [personal ad from the London Review of Books] - David Rose (ed.), They call me Naughty Lola (2006) as you see, this citation (used in today's wwftd entry*) purports to be from an actual LRB personal ad. link to book review but, of course, my question regards the "the correct term for same"; i.e., I'd love to know what that term might be. *the worthless word for the day is: neanimorphic [fr. Gk neanikos youthful, fresh, active] looking younger than one's years Last edited by tsuwm; 05/20/10 03:28 PM. Reason: today's wwftd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! tsuwm #191178 05/20/10 03:42 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Well, bibliophylacoparorgize would be "to provoke librarians to anger". How about epichaerebibliophylacoparorgize? (OK, I made it all up.) Who wrote that letter/ Wanda Tinasky? Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! zmjezhd #191180 05/20/10 04:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >epichaerebibliophylacoparorgize Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! tsuwm #191184 05/20/10 08:30 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Neanimorphic, shocking! Is Wanda Tinasky a M 43? What is a M 43 by the way, a shoe mesure? Edit: and this one? Gynotikolobomassophile? Masters of language? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! BranShea #191186 05/20/10 08:41 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass M, 43 is personals speak for a 43 y.o. male Gynotikolobomassophile is (supposedly) a man who likes to nibble women's earlobes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! tsuwm #191189 05/20/10 10:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass More London Review of Books personals: My ad comes in the medium of whistles: ppfffttttt, ssshhhhhhhwwwwt, peeffwt, pfftpt. Man. 36. Bad at whistling. Box no. 17/02 Employed in publishing? Me too. Stay the hell away. Man on the inside seeks woman on the outside who likes milling outside hospitals guessing illnesses of out-patients. 30-35. Leeds Box no. 17/08 Don't speak, you'll only destroy my already low opinion of you. And put your pants back on. And your wig. Terminally disappointed woman (38, Barnstaple) WLTM a man. Form a queue, then I'll negotiate the criteria. Box no. 16/03 American man, 57. I just want a girlfriend. What the hell is going on here? Box no. 16/08 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! tsuwm #191192 05/21/10 01:34 AM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA beck123 addict beck123 addict Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 655 Florida, USA I actually met my wife this way nine years ago. No doo-doo. "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! beck123 #191198 05/21/10 03:18 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I actually met my wife this way Milling outside hospitals guessing illnesses of out-patients?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! Jackie #191203 05/21/10 10:31 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I would suggest that the correct term for someone who enjoys pissing off librarians is 'idiot'. There are, of course other, equally applicable terms but they're mostly not suitable for a family forum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: looking for correct term! tsuwm #191204 05/21/10 11:09 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: tsuwm More London Review of Books personals: My ad comes in the medium of whistles: ppfffttttt, ssshhhhhhhwwwwt, peeffwt, pfftpt. Man. 36. Bad at whistling. Box no. 17/02 Employed in publishing? Me too. Stay the hell away. Man on the inside seeks woman on the outside who likes milling outside hospitals guessing illnesses of out-patients. 30-35. Leeds Box no. 17/08 Don't speak, you'll only destroy my already low opinion of you. And put your pants back on. And your wig. Terminally disappointed woman (38, Barnstaple) WLTM a man. Form a queue, then I'll negotiate the criteria. Box no. 16/03 American man, 57. I just want a girlfriend. What the hell is going on here? 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