Am I The Only One Here

kida

<div class="IPBDescription">who goes nuts over this?</div> I have an asphixiation with words. I go way into the semantics of things and try to memorize every goddamn thing there is via dictionary. It's like I have to know what everything means....

RaVe

Not really. There's a bunch of people in my school who like to do the same thing.

Well, suffice to say you're not alone. Sometimes I'm like that too <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Spooge

Hmm. Well, I'll help you out then.

<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->asphixiation<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
is not a word in the enlish dictionary.

However, asphyxiation is a word. Only, the proper diction is:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->to kill or make unconscious by inadequate oxygen, presence of noxious agents, or other obstruction to normal breathing<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I believe the word you were attempting to use was:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Fixation:
a : a persistent concentration of libidinal energies upon objects characteristic of psychosexual stages of development preceding the genital stage
b : stereotyped behavior (as in response to frustration)
c : an obsessive or unhealthy preoccupation or attachment <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

HTH <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Thansal

yah, I found that kinda amusing also <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

and I argue semantics periodicly...

though I also argue that languages grow and change, thus once sometihng has become common usage, it is then correct <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

kida

be my friend. lol.

Spooge

For someone with your condition, <a href='http://www.m-w.com/' target='_blank'>Merriam-Webster Online</a> is your only real friend <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Gliss

<!--QuoteBegin-Spooge+Aug 20 2004, 07:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spooge @ Aug 20 2004, 07:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> For someone with your condition, <a href='http://www.m-w.com/' target='_blank'>Merriam-Webster Online</a> is your only real friend <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
you win

TychoCelchuuu

<!--QuoteBegin-kida+Aug 20 2004, 11:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Aug 20 2004, 11:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have an asphixiation with words. I go way into the semantics of things and try to memorize every goddamn thing there is via dictionary. It's like I have to know what everything means.... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you can't tell what a word means by the context it's time to stop reading whatever you're reading.

Thansal

well we could tell that he ment fixation, however asphixiation (the closest word to what he put down) is rather humourus in that context <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

especialy as he is talking about a fixation on words, and he got the word fixation wrong <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

its amusing

twoflow

I have to know how every word is spelt.

Mullet

Memorize pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Hey, it's a word.