[Peace-discuss] Keywords 112818

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Psychobizarros .  hairy snack food of gaslighted maniacs who have one grunch but the eggplant over there.  Tell us it's not over, Aubergine.

On Nov 29, 2018, 10:21 PM, at 10:21 PM, "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
>Tycho-bezoars. 
>
>Pearl-like minerals that accrete around bits of stone, found in the gut
>of Scott Hansen (born 1977), known professionally as Tycho (/ˈtaɪkoʊ/
>TY-koh), an American musician, composer, songwriter and producer. He is
>also known as ISO50 for his photographic and design works. His music is
>a combination of downtempo vintage-style synthesizers and ambient
>melodies. His sound is very organic, often incorporating clips of the
>human element into his songs (e.g. weather broadcasts, simple talking,
>or breathing).
>
>
>> On Nov 29, 2018, at 7:54 AM, E. Wayne Johnson via Peace-discuss
><peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Trichobezoar.  Hair ball.  Found in stomachs of trichotillomaniacs.
>> On Nov 29, 2018, at 8:55 PM, Mildred O'brien via Peace-discuss
><peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>> Dear Ron:
>> 
>> When you've finished defining Keywords in your dictionary, I hope
>someone doesn't give you another one for Christmas.
>> 
>> Midge
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>> Cc: Bill Strutz <bill.strutz at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wed, Nov 28, 2018 1:26 pm
>> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Keywords 112818
>> 
>> Keywords  112818
>> 
>> A review of some terms useful in political analysis & polemics
>> 
>> gaslight
>> What does gaslight mean?
>> We define gaslighting as “to attempt to make (someone) believe that
>he or she is going insane (as by subjecting that person to a series of
>experiences that have no rational explanation).”
>> Where does gaslight come from?
>> The modern sense of gaslighting comes from Gas Light, a play (1938)
>by British writer Patrick Hamilton, subsequently made into British and
>American films entitled Gaslight (1940 and 1944), in which a man
>attempts to trick his wife into believing that she is going insane.
>Used as a verb and verbal noun, gaslighting has been in this figurative
>use since at least 1956.
>>> Also a recent vogue-word (— H.W. Fowler) or “hotword.”  ~ RSz. 
>> 
>> psychotomimetic
>> Definition - of, relating to, involving, or inducing psychotic
>alteration of behavior and personality
>> This word—from psychotic and mimetic (meaning "imitative")—first
>appeared in the 1950s, as mind-altering drugs began catching on with
>the public. The word's unpleasant association with psychosis inspired
>Dr. Humphry Osmond to coin the synonymous psychedelic. That shifted the
>emphasis to examining how the agent might help enlarge the vision or
>explore the mind.
>> The manner by which LSD-25 produces its mental changes is obscure.
>The letters LSD stand for lysergic acid diethylamide. The 25 identifies
>it as the 25th compound in the series. The drug itself is loosely
>classified as “hallucinogenic” or “psychotomimetic.”
>> — Joe Hyams, _The New York Herald Tribune, 8 Nov. 1959
>> 
>> trichotillomania
>> Definition - an abnormal desire to pull out one's hair
>> Trichotillomania comes from combining roots from New Latin (trich,
>meaning “hair,” and mania) and Greek (tillein, meaning “to pull,
>pluck”). The word appears to have come about at the suggestion of a
>French doctor at the end of the 19th century.
>> Trichotillomania.—This name is proposed by M. Hallopeau for a
>condition described by him at the seance of the French Society of
>Dermatology and Syphilography … It is a morbid condition, consisting of
>exacerbations of pruriginous sensations in the hairy parts of the body,
>accompanied by a vesania, that leads the subjects to try to get relief
>by pulling out the hairs, hence the name given above.
>> — American Journal of Insanity (Baltimore, MD), Jul. 1894
>> By 1896 the word was already found defined in medical dictionaries,
>such as George M. Gould’s The Student’s Medical Dictionary (“an
>uncontrollable impulse to pull out one’s hair”).
>> 
>> — Merriam-Webster, online
>> 
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