Sunday, May 20, 2007

Posology

Posology is interesting. It's the study of the quantities by which drugs should be administered. (Emphasis on the word "should".) I guess anyone trained in pharmaceutical matters would have felt particularly virtuous with that one. However, as usual, the invented meanings were just as fascinating as the real meaning. Voters chose George's meaning as the winner this time. Well done, George.

9 comments:

Clare said...

Posology is the study of the time it takes to do something 'as soon as poss.'

A skilled posologist can help all manner of projects along by translating such statements into more generally recognised time periods, such as minutes, hours, days and weeks.

See also jiffitrician and momography.

angelfeet said...

Posology is a specialism in floristry, where the practitioner only works on posies for the attendants of brides. It's a very competitive area and spawns a variety of extra training courses, in order to keep up to date with the latest techniques.

Anonymous said...

Posology is a type of philosophy which asserts that all things are possible.

Unknown said...

Posology is what runway vixens study in modeling school.

The Good Woman said...

Posology - the study of stances and expressions most suited to finding a mate. Usually conducted at length in front of mirrors and other reflective surfaces.

lady macleod said...

the art of posting holes. Examples: for a fence, for stacking peanuts or tobacco.

see also: digger, farming, poles

Anonymous said...

Posology is the study of those people who only ever see the positive things in life. You know those people that are constantly asking you if you see the glass as half full or half empty. Anyway, Posologists study those people to see if they can pinpoint the exact thing that makes them so positive. They are hoping to recreate the positive gene so that it can be implanted in all the negative people.

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