tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post6492601295951917936..comments2023-12-03T20:07:04.781+11:00Comments on Lexicon Harlot: OnomatomaniaAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-47174298593271068842009-01-28T20:25:00.000+11:002009-01-28T20:25:00.000+11:00Well, really! *cough*I mean, OF COURSE I'm showing...Well, really! *cough*<BR/><BR/>I mean, OF COURSE I'm showing off. <BR/><BR/>What's the point of pretentiously large words sitting there gathering dust in some old trunk or cardboard box full of half-read over-enthusiastic dictionaries and unread David Flynn poems?<BR/><BR/>"No!" I say! On with the best pin-stripe suit and runners, and flaunt and fly them big words like fighter-kites in an autumn breeze.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I fear that I have contracted a (singular, very small, and soon to disappear) finger-wart from excess perusal of this blog. I must say, I am rather concerned that internet viruses have evolved so quickly and fiercely.Red Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-90550369856319477822009-01-26T12:45:00.000+11:002009-01-26T12:45:00.000+11:00Now you're just showing off, RW.Now you're just showing off, RW.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-50232207822119136072009-01-24T16:16:00.000+11:002009-01-24T16:16:00.000+11:00Warning! Excess use of the word onomatomania can r...Warning! Excess use of the word onomatomania can result in floccinaucinihilipilification, and possibly pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which could make you feel very ill.Red Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744776958733427709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-62700004662572030452009-01-20T13:34:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:34:00.000+11:00Manic Limerick... Hexametromania!Onychotillomania!...Manic Limerick... <BR/><BR/>Hexametromania!<BR/>Onychotillomania! <BR/>Melomania? <BR/>Notomania! <BR/>Trichotillomania!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-29149224909470139602009-01-20T13:10:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:10:00.000+11:00(Onomatopoetic!)(Onomatopoetic!)TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-52355645946055532402009-01-20T13:06:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:06:00.000+11:00(To be sung to the tune of 'One enchanted evening'...(To be sung to the tune of 'One enchanted evening')<BR/><BR/>Onomatomanic! <BR/>Onomatopaeia!<BR/>Cacademomania! <BR/>Rhinotillexomania!<BR/>(etc)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://phrontistery.info/mania.html" REL="nofollow">Link</A>TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-72691408654194491862009-01-20T13:05:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:05:00.000+11:00Onomatomania: n, "obsession with a particular word...Onomatomania: n, "obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness."<BR/><BR/>Say it often enough and it's onomatopoeic with a vengeance.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-24073600586644862082009-01-20T13:03:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:03:00.000+11:00Apocryphal theories of wart acquisition will not b...Apocryphal theories of wart acquisition will not be tolerated on this blog.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-51576941534745462412009-01-20T13:02:00.000+11:002009-01-20T13:02:00.000+11:00Is onamatomania onomatopaeic? Can onomatopaeia be ...Is onamatomania onomatopaeic? Can onomatopaeia be onomatomanic? And is there such a thing as onomatopaeiomania, or onomatonomatopaeimania?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-65751492993229864722009-01-20T12:58:00.000+11:002009-01-20T12:58:00.000+11:00Or am I confusing that with Onanomatomania?Or am I confusing that with Onanomatomania?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-43894950445496436492009-01-20T12:56:00.000+11:002009-01-20T12:56:00.000+11:00Will it make you wartier?Will it make you wartier?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com