Word of the day!

[antonyb]

Morning all, just got my "Word of the day" from Dictionary.com and it was Chimera/Chimaera... So I thought I'd share

Word of the Day for Thursday September 16, 2004

chimera ky-MIR-uh, noun:
1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as
having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2. Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous
parts.
3. An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of
the imagination.
4. An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of
diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ
transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.

These "chimeras" can be created because of our
power--derived from the recombinant DNA technology
developed in the early 1970s--to move DNA from one species
to another.
--Bryan Appleyard, [3]Brave New Worlds
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Chimera comes from Latin chimaera, from Greek chimaira
"she-goat, chimera."

References
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670869899/ref%3Dnosim/lexico

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So there you go! Remember to Capitalise you spelling of Chimaera! Id rather be a "A fire-breathing she-monster" than "made up of grotesquely incongruous parts"...

We all feel better for the knowledge dont we?!



>>> Edited by antonyb on Thursday 16th September 09:12

[Jem]

definition number 2 for me...

...as I'm busy correcting how the grotesquely incongrous parts work together...

J

[woody_450]

"An illusion or mental fabrication"

I still can't believe I bought one...

[nztrev]

I love my fire-breathing........Goat

[antonyb]

nztrev said:

I love my fire-breathing........Goat

Nice looking Goat it is too... thats 3 of us on this one thred with the same colour Chimaera! Classy lot, us.

[Jem]

Mine's a gunmental grey mental fabrication - can I join the club?

J

[.Mark]

It's also a place in Turkey that I visited a few weeks ago - although spelt Chimiera. The place where the legend is supposed to have taken place.
It's 1km up a mountain and the rocks literally breath fire an amazing sight!

[slikk]

I have one on me patio.. .. ..

[.Mark]

slikk said:

I have one on me patio.. .. ..

[Jem]

slikk said:

I have one on me patio.. .. ..

Goat?

[deeen]

... grotesquely incongruous parts? Land-rover, ford, vauxhall...

[slikk]

Some of my parts are incongrously gross !

[over_the_hill]

antonyb said:

1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

sounds like the mother-in-law

[madant69]

antonyb said:

An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination.

So that dream I have involving a Czech porn star, a length of washing machine waste-pipe, an empty "Paul Masson" bottle and a paddling pool full of butterscotch angel delight is a Chimaera?

I'm so glad it has a name...

[deeen]

madant69 said:

So that dream I have involving a Czech porn star, a length of washing machine waste-pipe, an empty "Paul Masson" bottle and a paddling pool full of butterscotch angel delight is a Chimaera?

Yes, unless it ever actually happens. It is then correctly termed "medical emergency", I believe.

[antonyb]

[madant69]

deeen said:

Yes, unless it ever actually happens. It is then correctly termed "medical emergency", I believe.

Prague is SO cheap though...

Hmmm, Prague...

[TravelsVeryRapid]

antonyb said:

Morning all, just got my "Word of the day" from Dictionary.com and it was Chimera/Chimaera... So I thought I'd share Word of the Day for Thursday September 16, 2004 chimera ky-MIR-uh, noun: 1. (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. 2. Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous parts. 3. An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination. 4. An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering. These "chimeras" can be created because of our power--derived from the recombinant DNA technology developed in the early 1970s--to move DNA from one species to another. --Bryan Appleyard, [3]Brave New Worlds _________________________________________________________ Chimera comes from Latin chimaera, from Greek chimaira "she-goat, chimera." References <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670869899/ref%3Dnosim/lexico">www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670869899/ref%3Dnosim/lexico</a> _________________________________________________________ So there you go! Remember to Capitalise you spelling of Chimaera! Id rather be a "A fire-breathing she-monster" than "made up of grotesquely incongruous parts"... We all feel better for the knowledge dont we?! >>> Edited by antonyb on Thursday 16th September 09:12

And here is the beastie:


Steve