hi all
i couldn't resist this one!
janet
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verbigeration (vuhr-bij-uh-RAY-shun) noun
Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases.
[From Latin verbigerare, to talk, chat, from verbum word + gerere, to carry
on + -ation.]
"Some words are standard, but with a twist; some are liberated from
patriarchal prejudice and restored to archaic meanings; some are new and
sharp as an ungrateful crone, and a feast for (Mary) Daly familiars.
A sample:
`Abominable snowmen of androcratic academia: freezers and packagers
of learning; chilling throng of frigid fellows, specialists in
verbigeration and refrigeration of knowledge.'"
Audrey DeLaMartre, Bible speaks to fill readers with `holy chutzpah',
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), Nov 1, 1987.
This week's theme: words about words.
Pronunciation:
http://wordsmith.org/words/verbigeration.wav
http://wordsmith.org/words/verbigeration.ram
A.Word.A.Day.
http://wordsmith.org/
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