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"ana" is not a negative. YCLIU


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"ana" is not a negative. YCLIU


From Merriam-Webster's:

Main Entry: ana-
Variant(s): or an-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Latin, from Greek, up, back, again, from ana up -- more at ON
1 : up : upward <anabolism>
2 : back : backward <anatropous>


Backward is postive?

And what about anaphrodisia?





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re: And what about anaphrodisia?

Juan-- what part of getting up is negative?

back can be a return, or in anastrophia, a back(wards) formation of a sentence. not negative.. Order reversed, still, meaning clear.not very good at that on the spur of the moment.



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Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?


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Dear WO'N: what is a "phrodisiac"?

Oh, that's easy, Dr. Bill! Aphro-disiac is a sexual stimulant you find growing in Africa!



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"ana" is not a negative.

Agreed. Reversal is akin to negation, each being a kind of "opposite", but is not identical. So whether anastrophic fits this thread depends on how widely the net of this tread is cast [hence my question mark].


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Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.


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Dear WO'N: I would watch the discards if I played poker with you.

Huh, Dr. Bill? Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card?



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Are you talkin' about dis card or dat card?

nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)


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nah, he's suspicious of the W'ON you've got up your sleeve ;)

Hey, mav...aren't those Aces 'n' Eights you're holding?...I'd be awfully careful if I were you!





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