podophthalmia

chained_bear Happy Mirth Sacs!! Dec 18, 2008

reesetee Merry Cart Shims to you too!

*is happy that skip has a short pout cycle* Dec 18, 2008

skipvia Done. Merry Ram Schist to you! *snuggles into moose scarf* Dec 18, 2008

reesetee In your own good time, skip. Sometimes a pout just has to run its course. ;-) Dec 18, 2008

skipvia *trying hard to continue with effective pout, but finding it difficult to ignore the aroma of chocolate and the nice Christmas tree* Dec 18, 2008

reesetee Hey skip! Look at this lovely Christmas tree! Dec 18, 2008

chained_bear *hands over more hot cocoa and a nice scarf with a happy moose design* Dec 18, 2008

skipvia OK...I guess it's not really the treatment. *slinks into corner by self* Dec 18, 2008

chained_bear Oh skipvia. This isn't the wordie treatment. No, Yaybob should fear that.

Fear it, I say.

(Though I notice you did say "mild.") Dec 17, 2008

reesetee Yep, that's where it all started, skip. But is this page really an example of Wordie treatment? I mean, we're not mocking anyone.

Okay, maybe we're mocking the word itself. I can scrute that. Dec 17, 2008

skipvia Yaybob-this is a very mild example of the wordie treatment, a phenomenon of some standing around here; first identified by reesetee on the luncheon discussion as far as I can tell. A more spectacular (and more deliberate) example may be found at greetings. And just about everywhere else, now that I think of it. Dec 17, 2008

reesetee To add to Chained_Bear's reply, you can also add a private note (that no other Wordie will see) by clicking on the link just above the comments. So if you'd rather keep a definition to yourself--or just curse uncontrollably--that's the place to do it. :-) Dec 17, 2008

chained_bear Yaybob: originally those definitions weren't there, and all you got was the word page and whatever comments were left. You are more than welcome to post your definition of choice as a comment, though. It wouldn't make sense to have some WordNet definitions be from WordNet and some from users. Dec 17, 2008

yaybob It's remarkable to return to my computer after several hours away and find all of this discussion by so many people on a topic such as this.

BTW, how does one go about making an addition like the one I made appear as a gray definition beside the word rather than as a comment. I referenced FAQ and found this: "The definitions come from an open-source project called WordNet. If they don't provide a definition, then Wordie doesn't show one. So far, there is no way to add a definition - but you can add it as a comment on the word page." That's got to be an intrabuccal linguisticism again, n'est ce pas?
Dec 17, 2008

reesetee Strange. I've always wanted moveable eyestalks too.

But if I know humankind, we'd ruin it somehow. Before you could blink those eyestalks just once, there'd be a burgeoning market for eyestalk apparel, eyestalk tattoos, eyestalk jewelry, eyestalk makeup....Oh, it would be terrible.

Give me two plain eyestalks any day, though. Dec 17, 2008

chained_bear *ponders*

Would such a development devastate the periscope industry, mayhap? Dec 16, 2008

yarb It makes you wonder why we haven't evolved them yet. I mean, assuming they were fully retractable, would there be any disadvantage to having them?

Surely it's only a matter of time before the first podophthalmic child is born - and that child will dominate his peers and produce podophthalmic progeny. Dec 16, 2008

chained_bear *sigh* Me too. Moveable ones. Dec 16, 2008

yarb I've always wanted eye-stalks. Dec 16, 2008

yaybob An order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda. Dec 16, 2008