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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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I created two new words. How do I get them into accepted usage?
There is a type of motion sickness many people have reported since the late 90's that is associated with First Person or Third Person video games.
I have searched and searched for the technical terminology for these conditions but either these conditions are not taken seriously or no one has ever thought to name them.
As a student of health and a gamer these conditions frequently come up in conversation so I thought I would give the world my gift and name them.
Here is the coinage I have started using:
These terms have been constructed much like other medical terms; from words taken from the Latin.
primoris is Latin for "First" and alio is Latin for "Person"
So we have: Primorisaliosis (pronounced pri-mor-is-al-i-o-sis) for the term for first person view motion sickness.
tertius is Latin for "Third" and again alio is "Person" in Latin.
So we have: Tertiusaliosis (pronounced ter-ti-us-al-i-o-sis) for the term for third person view motion sickness.
I added the a shortened form of 'osis' - (sis) because the words already have an 'O' at the ending - This is the closest suffix I could find that would work.
-osis, 1 suffix meaning a "(specified) action, process, or result": homeosis, narcosis, zygosis.
2 suffix meaning "increase in a pathologic condition": calcicosis, psittacosis, varicosis.
Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.
Copyright John Phoenix
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Those are my two words. I think they are good words. They are words that describe a known type of motion sickness that happens to people when they play certain first or third person video games.
How do I get these two words into accepted usage?
Copyright John Phoenix
I have searched and searched for the technical terminology for these conditions but either these conditions are not taken seriously or no one has ever thought to name them.
As a student of health and a gamer these conditions frequently come up in conversation so I thought I would give the world my gift and name them.
Here is the coinage I have started using:
These terms have been constructed much like other medical terms; from words taken from the Latin.
primoris is Latin for "First" and alio is Latin for "Person"
So we have: Primorisaliosis (pronounced pri-mor-is-al-i-o-sis) for the term for first person view motion sickness.
tertius is Latin for "Third" and again alio is "Person" in Latin.
So we have: Tertiusaliosis (pronounced ter-ti-us-al-i-o-sis) for the term for third person view motion sickness.
I added the a shortened form of 'osis' - (sis) because the words already have an 'O' at the ending - This is the closest suffix I could find that would work.
-osis, 1 suffix meaning a "(specified) action, process, or result": homeosis, narcosis, zygosis.
2 suffix meaning "increase in a pathologic condition": calcicosis, psittacosis, varicosis.
Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.
Copyright John Phoenix
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Those are my two words. I think they are good words. They are words that describe a known type of motion sickness that happens to people when they play certain first or third person video games.
How do I get these two words into accepted usage?
Copyright John Phoenix
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Hi; If the sufferer experiences the same symptoms, why do you need two words? What if the victim plays both kinds of games? Would he have both syndromes?
- Hi; If the sufferer experiences the same symptoms, why do you need two words?
- What if the victim plays both kinds of games?
- Would he have both syndromes?
- Your words are fine, but not very intuitive.
- Latinate new words have a handicap these days.
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Hi;
If the sufferer experiences the same symptoms, why do you need two words? What if the victim plays both kinds of games? Would he have both syndromes?
Your words are fine, but not very intuitive. Latinate new words have a handicap these days. Something like "gamer's malaise" has a better chance of surviving in the wild. Here's an interesting article discussing the formation of
If the sufferer experiences the same symptoms, why do you need two words? What if the victim plays both kinds of games? Would he have both syndromes?
Your words are fine, but not very intuitive. Latinate new words have a handicap these days. Something like "gamer's malaise" has a better chance of surviving in the wild. Here's an interesting article discussing the formation of
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Thanks for the input and the links. I made both terms because there are tons of people who only play either first person or third person exclucivly, though the first person symptoms commonly take predominance.
I do not wish gamers to use these terms. (I doubt seriously that many would.)I wish doctors to use them when they diagnose or speak of the person suffering from this ailment.
I do not wish gamers to use these terms. (I doubt seriously that many would.)I wish doctors to use them when they diagnose or speak of the person suffering from this ailment.
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