Aren't Germans the champions of this? They take a sentence and make a word of it? Remember fahrvergnugen? Enjoyment derived from driving?
Frank On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:04 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > MALTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm concerning bad things happening, in particular, > bad things happening to populations. > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:54 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] More distraction > > > > O.K. Not bad. Definition? > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > How about MALTHUSIASM? > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:16 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [FRIAM] More distraction > > > > Has the list noticed the new perfect word for frustrated climatologists > and epidemiologists: Cassandrafreude. This is like labradoodle, another > "portmanteau" word. One definition offered is "the bitter pleasure of > things going wrong in exactly the way you predicted but no one believed you > when it could have made a difference." Any other suggested definitions? > You go, Nick! > > > > > > -- > > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- > > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > > [email protected] <[email protected]> > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > > twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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