Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Yahoo! News - Tom Wolfe wins bad sex award.

An excerpt:

But the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns...

Otorhinolaryngology: The branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat. Also called otolaryngology.

WORD HISTORY: Otorhinolaryngology is the type of medical specialty that drives the layperson to despair, both of pronouncing the word properly and of having any notion of what it means. The words ear, nose, and throat are quite clear, however, and that is what is meant by oto–, rhino–, and laryngo–, which are the forms of Greek ous, “ear,” rhs, “nose,” and larunx, “larynx or upper part of the windpipe,” respectively, when used in combination with other word forms.

3 comments:

Al said...

Uh...

The Hell you say!

Al said...

I can't believe he declined the invitation to the ceremony! After that much obvious effort to win?

Steve Burri said...

Otopterolarngology: Haven't heard Todd say much lately.