Friday, August 03, 2007
Orogenesis
Orogenesis is quite important. It's the process by which mountains are made. Presumably out of mole hills. Could be a useful word in an argument. Lots of word imps joined in with their invented meanings, but the winner on the poll - and one that impressed me a lot - was written by Stephen. Great work, Stephen.
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Orogenesis - this word was coined by the more intellectual press to describe the debut, or first public recognition, of David Beckham.
The gutter press settled for "Golden Balls is here!"
Oooh, a nomination too!!!
Orogenesis - Old rogues nemesis I believe is the answer. Used in settings such as parliament when back benchers refer to the newest person voted in.
It's the moment when, halfway through a discussion, you realise that you've completely lost your thread, and that the amazing idea you had 20 seconds ago will now make no sense whatsoever.
Orogenesis was a religious text telling the story of the Garden of Eden from the viewpoint of the snake. It was one of the books excluded from the Bible, and now survives only in the form of extensive quotations in other documents.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Orogenesis is the name given to the species that preceded that of the snowy white owl. Now extinct, the Orogenesis looked very much like today's owl except that it had a crooked beak (shaped like an r) and one eye that was bigger than the other (usually its right eye was the bigger one.)
Oro - genesis
Orogenesis was the era marked by a massive migration of mexicans and spaniards to California during the gold rush.
Orogenesis refers to the first tribe in Southern Africa who discovered that gold could be worked and made into valuable artifacts.
Orogenesis:
The origins to a dark side in humans, more common in Sith Lords (Star Wars) and anti-heroes such as Punisher or Batman.
Comi-Con 2007 look for it in a city near you!
This one is just a little too obvious. Genesis is of course the birth/creation/beginning of something. And what could oro be but Oreo? Thus: Orogensesis = the creation of the first Oreo cookie.
The unscrewing of it came later.
wunx:
You are, at this very moment, getting a standing ovation by one appreciative Bee! [applause]
Orogenesis (pronoundced eh-'ro -gen-er-sis) is the condition of being made happy by the sight and touch of gold.
The world's most famous sufferer of orogenisis is, without a doubt, Mr T.
Orogenesis is the mental process where you have an idea, but before you write down you forget it; then while trying to remember it, you have another, even better idea..which somehow prompts you to remember the FIRST idea which you then write down, only to discover you have now forgotten the second, better idea.
(or maybe I just think that because of my early-onset senior moment affliction)
Orogenesis was an ancient mystical practice sadly little more than a legend today. Orogenetics were elderly, toothless females probably from early Druid tribes, who were venerated for their peculiar ability to identically replicate any object small enough to be placed in their mouths.
Oops, just realised my def. was too similar to magdalene. Try again:
Orogenesis (n). The creation of boundaries (oro = boundary), particularly in places which should be open to all. For example, fencing off beaches, or the creation of gated communities (though perhaps they're a ploy to keep certain types of people in)
Orogenesis is a book in the Miser's Bible. It tells the story of the origin of money.
Orogenesis is the beginning of teething in babies. Often it begins with a couple of days with a fussy baby, then a sharp prick when you feel their little gums. For some reason, all parents are surprised at discovering orogenesis.
Orogenesis is the social science term for language development.
My officemate's orogenesis clearly had stalled because she always used baby talk when conversing with her boyfriend.
Orogenesis-
The forgetting of where all the erogenous zones are supposed to be...or...the attempt to remember where you've read they're supposed to be...or...
Here? or over there? Or was it up there? Or to the left? Or maybe..yeah, up that way. Or, no no no...it was around the other side...or...?
Orogenesis-A child's progress in penmanship. All the letters are staying within the lines.
The first grade teacher noticed that Mikey's letters were straighter and staying within the lines.
Orogenesis:
The Orogenesis was the day and seven days after scientists discovered the orgons in our body.
Orogenesis - The point in time when Phil Collins entered the world of music and fulfilled his destiny of creating gold records.
Orogenesis is the belief that the Superior Being coughed, and the universe was created from what was coughed out.
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