just to prove a point, my entry for 'periaphonic' is currently invisible. trust me, though, it totally kicks ass on digitalprimate's and is totally sweet as well.

Now what kind of answer is an invivible one?

And you didn't even have the good form to offer a, shall we say, "gift." Jeez, you'd think that little kitty brain would grasp that part by now.

we charmakarmacats have no use for your Earthbound and very primitive "gifts" [s]bribe[/s] we use mind tricks. everyone knows this.

Why do have a sudden compulsion to hit my own hand with my beer bottle...?

DP: It's called drunkeness. It'll pass after you've had a few cups of coffee and some sleep.

Dang it, I came up with another possible definition for "periaphonic" while I was over at my parents' house. But I already submitted a definition.

Can we submit TWO possible difinitions in separate posts?

Sure, try as many times as you like.

Ok, you've got uh... uh...

Um. You had 24 hours plus 15 minutes to submit, and invisible entries don't count.

So now I must choose... Pretty much a toss up for me between gutze and digitalprimate (the others were good too, don't worry)... but since dp already had a go...

The winner is gutze, and it's time for a new word.

skizopartimaelum

skizopartimaelum - skee-zo-party-may-lum

This is a totally made up word. Unlike all other words, which refer to real things in the real world, skizopartimaelum is fake, and as such is an affront to nature. gutze should expect a knock at the door from the officers of the Archivio Segreto Vaticano at any moment...

Stop the whining and start working!

Hey, that *was* my definition!

skizopartimaelum (plural of "skizopartimale"): (n. skī-zoh-par-tī-may-lum); slang term

Slang term used to describe a multitude of a particular type of males on a dance floor. It is implied that such males which are being referred to are perhaps schitzophrenic and their duplicitous personalities frequently emerge while dancing actively in large crowds. Such individuals can often be seen dancing frantically, as though in an attempt to gain attantion, while alone. Limbs (arms and legs) are typically flailed about in an erratic pattern and the eyes are usually closed.

"Skizopartimaelum are fun to watch, but don't get to close- you might get a black eye without meaning to. And whatever you do, don't offer them drinks, matter how much you might be tempted to or how thirsty they might first appear. Sometimes they bite. Avoid at all costs." - Edgar "Mad Cat" Joiner, "The Technical Guide to Techno Dancing" (1998)

Skizopartimaelum

A short-lived Roman resort town, the ruins of which were recently discovered on the south shore of England. According to records found at the site, the resort was founded in the early 11th century and proceeded to have a short if eventful two year run during which it 1) failed spectacularly to attract any business owing to a) the non-resort nature of the British climate from a Roman perspective, b) the lack of hot baths and orgys, and 2) had all the guests it did manage to attract slaughtered in a series of Saxon raids. The resort village of Skizopartimaelum disappeared from history with the last of these raids resulting in the entire place being burnt to the ground and the ashes stomped upon quite thoroughly.

Sorry, Bravus!
I was in my aggressive-paranoid-mood...I´m down to neutral-tolerant again now.

Interesting, funny suggestions so far.

Skizopartimaelum: A conjectured stable isotope of Hasium (Hs 108). Reported first by Dr Prius of the Aapen Institute but never duplicated, the isotope reportedly produced stable pairs of entangled protons that were - again reportedly - used in Prius’ later and somewhat notorious experiments involving cephalopods and particle accelerators.

Skizopartimaelum (Skizo - Part - iMay - Lum)

A rather obscure psychological disorder discovered in early May 1972 and published three months later in the Canadian Psychological Journal.

During late 1971 a rather strange affliction arose amongst lumberjacks in the wood milling regions of Canada. While the origins of the illness are still undiscovered the symptoms are clear - those overcome with this condition spend hours felling trees that do not exist.*

Fortunately the hallucinations are temporary and pass in three to five days.

Unfortunately, in 1971 Canada's logging industry ran on a five day cycle. The fallout from the multi-million dollar disruption brought about the now infamous '6 day cycle'.+


*(At least, not in this physical plane. For the theories of G. van Desant on outerplanar lumberjack activity, consult the index)

+(During this period shares in outerplanar logging stocks soared)

Skizopartimaelum:

The condition experienced by a patient after having had dental surgery, if excessive amounts of anesthetic has been administered. Speech is impaired, as is sensation, but the patient particularly notes that he/she ends up bearing a strong resemblence to Lyle Lovett for upwards of three hours while muscle tissue recovers and the anesthetic dissipates from the body.

And the winner is....: NightShadow!
For the first very amussing and recognizable definition.

Oy! Criminy! The ONLY reason I came up with that "definition" was simply because I was experiencing it at the time- I'd just come home from the dentist (3 fillings, all in the space of an hour... urgh). Cool, I guess.

Anyway... new word... hrm....

Deuridiment

What my colleague intended to write, of course, was Derridament, although the variant spelling seen here is not unknown in continental cicles.

Based in (of course) the poststructuralist philosophy of Jacques Derrida, Derridament is a term for the playful construction of texts rich with allusion and language play. The term itself refers (of course) to Derrida, but also to damnation and merriment. Derrida's name can be parsed as 'de-ridder': rather than stripping text back to denotation and logic ('ridding' it of its rich allusiveness), Derrida loads the text with allusions, play, connections, associations, images, enriching it dramatically. And of course, 'dament's are a girl's best friend.

This post, and indeed this thread, exemplifies perfectly the notion...