Friday, March 31, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Words, Real and Imagined*
A Wordy Archive
9/25/07
autochthony (aw-TOCK-th∂-nee), autochthonous - 1. (psychology) the notion of self-creation rooted in the omnipotent fantasies of the earliest developmental phases. A solipsistic fantasy that the self, the other, and the world are all generated from within. 2. (hard sciences, anthropology, archaeology) denoting an object or condition native or indigenous to a region or part of the body, as in customs of indignous people, rock formations, condition originating and located within a certain place inside a biological system or body. An "autochthonous blood clot" would be a clot discovered at the location it originated. From the Greek auto ("self," "same," "directed from within") and chthon ("earth" or "of the earth.")
(expanded definition!)
9/23/07
Shrinkitude - 1. The aptitude for being a psychotherapist, as in "Her listening skills show some real shrinkitude." 2. The attitude required therein, as in "He sets really firm boundaries--he must have some serious shrinkitude." 3. The bestowing of power onto the therapist by placing him/her/hir onto a pedestal (facetious), i.e. referring to the therapist as "Her Shrinkitude."
*With thanks to the Words of the Week
column at the dspot
9/25/07
autochthony (aw-TOCK-th∂-nee), autochthonous - 1. (psychology) the notion of self-creation rooted in the omnipotent fantasies of the earliest developmental phases. A solipsistic fantasy that the self, the other, and the world are all generated from within. 2. (hard sciences, anthropology, archaeology) denoting an object or condition native or indigenous to a region or part of the body, as in customs of indignous people, rock formations, condition originating and located within a certain place inside a biological system or body. An "autochthonous blood clot" would be a clot discovered at the location it originated. From the Greek auto ("self," "same," "directed from within") and chthon ("earth" or "of the earth.")
(expanded definition!)
9/23/07
Shrinkitude - 1. The aptitude for being a psychotherapist, as in "Her listening skills show some real shrinkitude." 2. The attitude required therein, as in "He sets really firm boundaries--he must have some serious shrinkitude." 3. The bestowing of power onto the therapist by placing him/her/hir onto a pedestal (facetious), i.e. referring to the therapist as "Her Shrinkitude."
*With thanks to the Words of the Week
column at the dspot
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