Hmmm. I always thought it was from two parts- para- approximating "Half", and rectal- approximating, rectal. Ergo, I thought it was to construed as a half-a$$ed guess. As opposed to a WAG James Griffin, Still Another Vlad faN >From: David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> >To: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: Pararectal - A real word? >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:38:14 -0500 > >"Scott Schultz" <scott at cjhunter.com> writes: > > > My nitpick for the day. A couple of people on this list have tossed > > this word around now. From the context, I can figure that it means > > "speculative", "conjectural", "theoretical", etc... > > > > Try as I might, however, I can't find any evidence that this an > > actual word. The dictionaries and thesauri at my disposal don't > > contain it and the web keeps feeding me surgical websites dealing in > > and around certain human orifices. > > > > What is this word and where does it come from? Enquiring minds want > > to know. > >As I remember it, it was made up right here. I think people were too >shy to say "I just pulled this idea out of my ass", and wanted a >cooler way to say it. "Pararectal ideation" works nicely IMHO. >-- >David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> >RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> >Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> ><http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> >Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! hthttp://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/