tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post6666140801631038160..comments2024-03-08T13:38:56.717+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Sacralgia and KippersM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-4383067201464923582011-10-27T11:32:22.679+01:002011-10-27T11:32:22.679+01:00Mr Pilitoe, you are very right, and I am very emba...Mr Pilitoe, you are very right, and I am very embarrassed. I have gone through removing the stray A that I inserted for some unknown and illiterate reason.<br /><br />Abby, I've been searching and I have not found. I went through every gest- and every jest- in the OED and it wasn't there. Was the word, perhaps, in another language?M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-23205181255024811402011-10-26T14:04:31.710+01:002011-10-26T14:04:31.710+01:00Are you sure it's not 'sacralgia'? The...Are you sure it's not 'sacralgia'? There is, too, a condition called 'proctalgia fugax', which is a fleeting pain in a very specific part of the backside. I was told that by a Naval Doctor (a very specialised specialist).Fred Pilitoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77434139748268876512011-10-26T11:53:45.048+01:002011-10-26T11:53:45.048+01:00So if someone is being sacriligous, they are being...So if someone is being sacriligous, they are being a pain in the backside.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-3044372344062329562011-10-26T08:18:17.988+01:002011-10-26T08:18:17.988+01:00Does that mean that there is such a word as 's...Does that mean that there is such a word as 'sacralagiac'? There must be as there seems to be quite a few about! BTW i have a good friend who is the manager at the local Waterstones, the feelers have been put out but if there is no freebie forthcoming a copy will be purchased with a healthy staff discount..........<br /><br />Laurie -StourbridgeRantBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425410359312882937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-42821499797276840992011-10-25T21:43:16.459+01:002011-10-25T21:43:16.459+01:00I've been trying to find a word. I'm fairl...I've been trying to find a word. I'm fairly sure that it exists, but I've not been able to find it in any dictionaries. I'm not really sure how it's spelled, but I'm fairly confident that it's gesthesthanes or gestestenes or something along those lines. The meaning that I remember: rays of light as they are filtered through tree branches. Is this an actual word, or am I crazy?Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169907846873125981noreply@blogger.com