trying too hard

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:31 AM -0400 5/11/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Son of Scientology.
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>JL

Well, the one part of the description that I
agreed with it the prediction that it won't take
off.  It sounds to me much more like what happens
to aging scientists who can't remember their
formulas, and even for that I prefer "scimentia".

LH

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>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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