recombinantdna

recombinantdna commented on the list pervasive-expression--recurrent-descriptors-in-scientific-discourse

@sarra Hey, nice - keep 'em coming

Mar 26, 2010

recombinantdna commented on the list linnaean-lexicon

No, it's limited to awesome scientific names ;) I guess I should have clarified

Feb 27, 2010

recombinantdna commented on the word cosmolonigology

my hypothesis: derived from cosmology- which fits with Voltaire's use of metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology (see its comments).
The -lonig- infix? I haven't found anything concrete, but I'm seeing "lone" -- ie. this best of all possible worlds being the (l)only world under study.

Feb 19, 2010

recombinantdna commented on the word jessika

"... a Fraulein from the Baltic provinces, who sat at an easel painting the sea and tearing her hair in despair..." -Death in Venice, Thomas Mann

Feb 4, 2010

recombinantdna commented on the word melioration

"Yes, personally speaking too, art heightens life. She gives deeper joy, she consumes more swiftly," -Death in Venice, Thomas Mann

Feb 4, 2010

recombinantdna commented on the word pepperminty

I enjoy that this word cropped up in both Vic's secret lipgloss, and a 3rd year physiology text book.

Oct 28, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word cushla macree

English spelling for "Cuisle mo chroí" (COOSH la muh CREE) 'pulse of my heart', Irish term of endearment.

Oct 24, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the list nabokov-vocabulary

Navocab Bokovulary?

Oct 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word gabaergic

GABAergic /GABA·er·gic/ (gab″ah-er´jik) transmitting or secreting γ-aminobutyric acid.

Oct 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word gabaergic

really: GABAergic, or, if I had my way, γABAergic (though caps would make it ΓABAergic, but my preference is based on prettiness, not accuracy of any sort).

Oct 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word pro-life

Backformation from proliferative?

Oct 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word optimal number of divisions of an entity for the human mind to handle

According to Prof MacKay in his lecture guide "Neurophysiology Without Tears".

Oct 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word presuppositionologist

I'm not sure it was epenthesis -- I think it was coined from presupposition. The error was hubris.

Oct 12, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word clitic

Well, don't ask her about her clitics

Oct 5, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word borborygmus

"Although this muscle contraction happens whether or not food is present, it is more common after the animal has gone several hours without eating. This may be why a "growling" stomach is often associated with hunger." -wiki

Jun 17, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology

"Pangloss taught metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology. He proved admirably that there is no effect without a cause and that in this best of possible words, My Lord the Baron's castle was the best of all castles and his wife to best of all possible Baronesses." -- Candide, Voltaire

Apr 26, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word presuppositionologist

Thanks, Mollusque. (this word is the least of my reasoning)
Any idea if there's a common tag for unwise morphological decisions?

Apr 16, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word presuppositionologist

Not quite -- from what I can gather, presuppositionalists are concerned with the Christian faith, where as presuppositionologists constitute a subset of linguists, and are concerned specifically with presuppositions.

Apr 11, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word presuppositionologist

I would tag this madeupical if I hadn't encountered it in a text book. Do not presuppose that I like or respect this text book to any extent, but I have to assume some brand of editor approved its publishing.

Mar 29, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word celermitosis

"Disabling, reversing cell cycle inhibitors - activating them and turning CIP/KIP and INKA 4a/ARFs into catalysts…" -- Walter Bishop, Fringe, "The Same Old Story"

Feb 28, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word fringe science

"scientific inquiry in an established field of study which departs significantly from mainstream or orthodox theories, and is classified in the "fringes" of a credible mainstream academic discipline."

Feb 28, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word millimetres-hexigram

A highschool lab partner's misreading of "mmHg" (millimetres mercury, a measurement of pressure) -- I read it that way in my head every time, even though I was never mistaken about the correct reading.

This isn't my standard earworm, but it qualifies in a different way, becuase it keeps coming back.

Feb 22, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word chiasmus

A really good example from Wikipedia:

"Swift as an arrow flying, fleeing like a hare afraid"

adjective, simile, gerund, gerund, simile, adjective
(A B C C B A); subtler that the other examples here, but you can see how much more powerful it is than the "parallel form" (A B C A B C):
"Swift as an arrow flying, afraid like a hare fleeing."

Feb 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word demiscient

adj. neither flesh nor fowl
(origin: backformation from demiscientific)

Feb 14, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word conflictual

coined by prof. Chiara Frigeni of U of T.

Jan 11, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word monogenetic

see also monogenetic volcanic field

Jan 3, 2009

recombinantdna commented on the word kisspeptin

"The naming of the Kiss-1 gene and its product, kisspeptin, was made by the team of scientists who discovered the gene in Hershey, Pennsylvania, famous for its chocolate "Kisses (Hershey's Kisses)" - Wiki

Dec 14, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word the queen of the damned

Anne Rice

Dec 10, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the user yaybob

Hey -- I've opened my statin list (http://wordie.org/lists/statin) so that you can add your excellent suggestions.

Dec 5, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word extension cords

http://xkcd.com/509/

Nov 28, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word virus types

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_classification

Nov 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word eating mouldy peanuts

also note that when genetic tests are done on tumours, about half of them have p53 mutations (this statistic cited by the prof in a course I took in cell bio).

Nov 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-somebody-s-name

Payne's Grey -- a personal favourite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payne's_grey

Nov 21, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word eating mouldy peanuts

aflatoxin > p53 mutation > (liver) cancer

Nov 21, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word cultigen

"a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans; ... the result of artificial selection." -- wiki

Oct 26, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word bamford

Bamford is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, close to the River Derwent.

Oct 6, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word contravenous

I suspect that would be a slightly more useful lexeme. So yes.

Sep 26, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word contravenous

(adj.) opposite a vein
(adj.) - vs. intravenous

Sep 26, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word hydroxyproline

(and elastin? -- conflicting sources)

Sep 11, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word hydroxylysine

(and elastin? -- conflicting sources)

Sep 11, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word hydroxyproline

found exclusively in collagens.

Sep 11, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word hydroxylysine

found exclusively in collagens.

Sep 11, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the user whichbe

Lots of -gen words today! (Which is great, because I've been collecting them for a while)

Aug 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word blackhole

I wouldn't say that black has negative connotations here -- blackholes look black, because they pull light in.

Aug 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word blackhole

(doublepost)

Aug 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word anserine

nothing to do with serine...?

Aug 22, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word banana flambé

"Sometimes when you're kayaking a word gets stuck in your head, and one time banana flambé ... popped into my head. And I don't even like it. But all the way through the race it was 'banana flambé, banana flambé, banana flambé.' Thankfully, it wasn't a very important race." -- Adam van Koeverden, Olympic Gold Medalist

Aug 21, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word almira gulch

Name of townswoman bitten by Toto in the Wizard of Oz (film, 1939).

Has been wandering into my brain on occasion and announcing itself unexpectedly. For years. I finally googled it.

Aug 8, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word kernechtrot

nuclear fast red

Aug 4, 2008

recombinantdna commented on the word nuclear fast red

Kernechtrot

Aug 4, 2008

zo commented on the user recombinantdna

hey nice to meet you :)

Mar 30, 2010