puzzled!
Thursday, February 27, 2003 by Bangkokboy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
we know that antivenom neutralizes venom, and antimatter annihilates matter. so what is a dote, and what would an antidote do if it ever found one?? 
bkb had oral surgery this morning, and the pain relief provided is exquisite.
bkb had oral surgery this morning, and the pain relief provided is exquisite.
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DavidK
Reply #2 Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:56 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:56 PM
If to 'dote' on something is to worship and nourish it, then an 'antidote' would be to attack it or deny it, drive it away... ? Maybe there is something in 'dote' as a root for that word...
Peff
Reply #3 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:12 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:12 PM
I believe (ok, I looked it up) that the word dote comes from an old german word dotten, which means to be foolish....So anitdote might mean against foolishness....
Sure would make sense that someone bitten by a snake whilst playing/teasing it would need an antidote....
Who knows....strange language....
Sure would make sense that someone bitten by a snake whilst playing/teasing it would need an antidote....
Who knows....strange language....
paxx
Reply #4 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:34 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:34 PM
antidote - early 15c., from L. antidotum, from Gk. antidoton "given as a remedy," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give."
Bangkokboy
Reply #5 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:35 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:35 PM
ouch, DavidK! just ask the dentist if he wants you to walk out through his foyer grimacing horribly and holding your jaw. 
Jafo
Reply #6 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:42 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:42 PM
OK, paxx....just who died and gave you my job, hmmm?....
Bangkokboy
Reply #7 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:44 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:44 PM
thanks, paxx. it makes sense if anti was applied to a verbal route er.. root, rather than a noun, even in my current state.
one dead riddle. got Juni's update. now what am i going to do for the rest of the day?
one dead riddle. got Juni's update. now what am i going to do for the rest of the day?
Koasati
Reply #11 Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:44 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:44 PM
I've always wondered why no is ever described as being "chalant"............ as opposed to being "nonchalant". 
JamMeister33
Reply #12 Friday, February 28, 2003 12:06 AM
Reply #12 Friday, February 28, 2003 12:06 AM
Are we going to continue to dote upon this subject....?
Jafo
Reply #13 Friday, February 28, 2003 12:15 AM
Reply #13 Friday, February 28, 2003 12:15 AM
didonai "to give."
I think paxx covered it anyway...
I think paxx covered it anyway...
LazyDawg
Reply #14 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:46 AM
Reply #14 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:46 AM
Agreed Koasati, and is the opposite of "disgruntled", "gruntled"? 
"Oh I am so gruntled today, falalalala!"
"Oh I am so gruntled today, falalalala!"
Weaksid
Reply #15 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:04 AM
Reply #15 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:04 AM
With all of this taking apart words. Why not have a word of the day. Learn a new word and discus it. Then somebody can can do the next word. We could do all words known to man or not known to man. Or just keep it to Computer related terms/words.
paxx
Reply #16 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:58 AM
Reply #16 Friday, February 28, 2003 5:58 AM
Analysing the roots can be amusing. Especially when people start mixing and matching to make new words.
We had the word "homosexual": to be sexually atracted by somebody of the same sex (homo: the same)
And we had "phobic": be afraid of.
Somebody had the brilliant idea to mix them together and make "homophobic". The intention is to describe somebody who hates or is afraid of homosexuals.
But just talking "homo" and leaving "sexual" out, kind of changes the meaning. "Homophobic" should really mean: somebody who is afraid of his peers, or somebody who is afraid of humans.
Not the same.
We had the word "homosexual": to be sexually atracted by somebody of the same sex (homo: the same)
And we had "phobic": be afraid of.
Somebody had the brilliant idea to mix them together and make "homophobic". The intention is to describe somebody who hates or is afraid of homosexuals.
But just talking "homo" and leaving "sexual" out, kind of changes the meaning. "Homophobic" should really mean: somebody who is afraid of his peers, or somebody who is afraid of humans.
Not the same.
Bangkokboy
Reply #17 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:31 PM
Reply #17 Friday, February 28, 2003 2:31 PM
paxx is a sharp exegetist! and i do think Koasati is looking pretty "nochalant" these days. and that's a lot better than looking notalant like most of the rest of us. 
and that's a lot better than looking notalant like most of the rest of us. 
paxx
Reply #19 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:45 PM
Reply #19 Friday, February 28, 2003 3:45 PM
"homogenized" make sense: made all the same (in other words, it's mixed to be very smoth, without chucks of fat floating around)
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:52 PM