trying too hard

[Jonathan Lighter]

Son of Scientology.

JL

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> PZ Myers at Pharyngula posted a claim of a new coinage, complete with
> rationale.
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> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/05/scientility.php
> > I was given a proposal for a new word by a fellow named Francois
> > Choquette. It's a tough game trying to get a new coinage accepted, and
> > I doubt that it'll take off…but it's actually a useful word to replace
> > that abomination, "spirituality". So I'll toss Choquette's description
> > out there for the readership to judge.
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> > Scientility
> > ...
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> There's more, of course, but you'll have to click to see the whole thing.
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> VS-)
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