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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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New word proposed: Stupitome

Meaning the epitome of stupidity.
  

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[/nq] Not clear thst you understand the meaning of "epitome" which is: "A compact or condensed representation of anything". Maybe you meant "apotheosis".

  • [/nq] Not clear thst you understand the meaning of "epitome" which is: "A compact or condensed representation of anything".
  • Maybe you meant "apotheosis".
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On 12/7/03 8:10 PM, in article
[nq:1]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
Not clear thst you understand the meaning of "epitome" which is: "A compact or condensed representation of anything". Maybe you meant "apotheosis".
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[nq:1]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
I propose that the spelling should be changed to "stupitomy", to make it more regular, and so it won't be confused with a "stupid tome".
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[nq:2]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not clear thst you understand the meaning of "epitome" which is: "A compact or condensed representation of anything".[/nq]
Which would render her definition the epitome of epitomitomy.
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[nq:2]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
[nq:1]I propose that the spelling should be changed to "stupitomy", to make it more regular, and so it won't be confused with a "stupid tome".[/nq]
Good one. That way we can all use it instead of the tiresome "my bad".

Oh, how stupitome!
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[nq:1]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
I like it. So, the AUE is the ultimate "stupitome". Or, better still, the ultimate "gayitome".
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[nq:2]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
[nq:1]I propose that the spelling should be changed to "stupitomy", to make it more regular, and so it won't be confused with a "stupid tome".[/nq]
Wouldn't a stupitomy be the opposite of a lobotomy?
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[nq:2]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
[nq:1]I like it. So, the AUE is the ultimate "stupitome". Or, better still, the ultimate "gayitome".[/nq]
Given the average age here, it's more "sockittome".

The format here really is a bit like "Laugh In" with each posting like one of those windows that popped open and someone came out with a one-liner.
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[nq:2]Meaning the epitome of stupidity.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not clear thst you understand the meaning of "epitome" which is: "A compact or condensed representation of anything". Maybe you meant "apotheosis".[/nq]
AHD says it also means

1. A representative or an example of a class or type: ?He is seen . .. as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual? (Paul Kennedy).
M-W
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[nq:2]I propose that the spelling should be changed to "stupitomy", to make it more regular, and so it won't be confused with a "stupid tome".[/nq]
[nq:1]Wouldn't a stupitomy be the opposite of a lobotomy?[/nq]
The opposite of lobotomy is smashotomy.
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Why would you think this an appropriate topic for sci.lang?
Peter T. Daniels (Email Removed)

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