Friday, November 20, 2009
Enantiomorph
Strangely enough, an enantiomorph is a mirror image - which is kind of close to one of our word imp's meanings but probably only accidentally and it's a good meaning anyway so what the heck! Well done to everyone with working through this long and tricky word. You figured out some great meanings. Top marks went to Holly Dolly who seems to be making a habit of doing well on the poll. Great job.
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An enantiomorph is a person who changes their personality, and their whole demeaner (even changing hair and clothing styles) to match those that they are with...sort of an emotional chameleon. I'm sure we've all known someone who seems to become your twin over time. Funny thing is, instead of being flattered or liking it...we tend to be creeped out and find ways to dump the person once we see ourselves in them.
And thank you! Word Imp, for coming back to us. We sure have fun with this. It's kind of like soduku for us word lovers. It gives us a chance to exercise our brains and indulge in a little healthy competition...and there's a new word to learn every day. Thanks!!
Physical changes that come over people at the south pole (or anywhere in Antartica). It's rare, because most people only stay there one season.
Enantiomorph describes two different things. First, it is what happens when well behaved children appear to become demon possessed over a seemingly immune situation. This often happens in 2-5 year olds, usually in public, when someone accidentally puts ketchup on their burger, or sets them in the wrong seat in the shopping cart. It is an ugly change and can happen in an instant.
Enantiomorph also describes what happens to the faces of the parent's of said children. A very normal nice person can suddenly appear deranged as they try to coax their little beasties out of such rage.
An enantiomorph is a rare phenomenon known to entomologists. It's when an ant mutates into a creature 100 times it's usual size and tramples it's own colony to death.
I’m not sure if Tony Hart – a British artist and cartoonist - is known abroad but he created a wonderful little character called Morph.
Occasionally other characters were introduced into the little Morph television cartoons. Enantiomorph was one of these – his mother’s sister – an aunty of Morph.
:-) Oh how we love Morph...
I think this refers to someone who consistently changes their mind mid-sentence.
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