affluenza

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Oofluenza" comes from being socked in the gut.  Hurts too.

"ALFfluenza" is contracted from alien life forms.

"Effluenza" refers to obsessive use of the word "fuck."   "Orfluenza"
refers to indecision.

"Iffluenza," however, remains merely hypothetical.

JL


On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:52 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
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> > As opposed to offluenza that plagued the French Revolution
> >
> > VS-)
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> Or "arfluenza", an unfortunate side effect of screwing the pooch.  Reminds
> me--*we* talk about screwing the pooch, but what do *dogs* call it?
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> LH
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> > On Dec 17, 2013 7:57 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> >> I nominate "awfluenza," the disease that now plagues all of American
> >> society and culture.
> >>
> >> JL
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> >>> Subject:      Re: affluenza
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> >>> Nevertheless, given the timing and the immediate shitstorm that the
> case
> >>> created, this may be a good WOTY candidate for one of the categories...
> >>> Not likely to win overall...
> >>>
> >>>     VS-)
> >>>
> >>> On 12/12/2013 4:56 PM, David Barnhart wrote:
> >>>> For what it's worth, _affluenza_ appeared as an entry in
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 5.3-4, c1989) /
> >>>>
> >>>> Oxford Dictionary of New Words /
> >>>>
> >>>> Longman Register of New Words /
> >>>>
> >>>> Oxford English Dictionary--Additions Series 3 /
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> David
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