From Ontogeny Recapulates Phylogeny to Copegeny and Ratogeny

One phrase I learned in the first class in the human development department and forgot how them words were spelled... Ontogeny Recapulates Phylogeny... as per evolutionary theory.

According to the Merrian-Webster Dictionary online:

1. Ontogeny:  The development or course of development especially of an individual organism
2. Phylogeny: The evolution of a genetically related group of organisms as distinguished from the development of the individual organism (ontogeny) 

The "geny" part is associated with genesis...

For instance... what is pathogeny?  That'd be the genesis or development of pathology... illness, disease.

Remember my multiglot?  Since glot is about "tongue, language,"  what would glottology be?  Ya, the genesis of language.

Look at all these words with genies... I decided to create a word or two myself...  

What about copegeny?  The development or the course of development for coping? 8-O

Or, Ratogeny... the development or the course of development of Ratology? 8-O lol

OK... think it is enough for me to create two examples of neologism in a day... words communicable amongs mes, myselfves and Is...  lol

Gone with the wind... pass wind?

This British gentleman was trying to tel me this joke yesterday...

"A guy wants to pass wind in a crowd and he decided to do it when the music was loudest... And he did it but everyone heard it.  Why?"

I didn't have a clue...

"Because he had the headset on."

I still did have a clue until later... when I realizing... his passing wind is my passing gas... 8-O lol

Neurosis 精神官能症

Heard of this term before but never quite understood what it was... 精神官能症.

Then, I heard of it again today...  精神官能症 while still have no idea what the heck it is...

Ended up...  精神官能症 is neurosis la!

Apparently, I know neurosis but not  精神官能症... while Chinese my first language... lol 8-X

帶塞 （shitluck)

I have never heard of the phrase "帶塞" (Dài sāi) in Mandarin my entire life until last year... When asking my mom where this expression might have come front tonight, I realized that she had no clue such an expression exists.

I was once told that the 塞(Sāi) in 帶塞 (Dài sāi) might have come from the word "屎" in Taiwanese, which is pronounced as (Sāi).  In this case, the direct translation of 帶塞 (Dài sāi) would be "carry shit" with 帶 meaning "carry" and 塞, in Taiwanese, meaning "shit."  In other words, when someone is 帶塞,  it means the person is well-endowed with shitluck... or a magnet of sheer bad luck.
However, earlier tonight, I found an interesting posting online where the author, drawing references from ancient Chinese history, tried to make the argument that the expression "帶塞" (Dài sāi) actually came out over 2000 years ago all the way back in the Han dynasty and is related to the tough luck 蘇武 (Su Wu) had when  assigned the task of "帶團出使塞外" (leading the diplomatic team on a mission beyond the Great Wall).  Because of this mission, 蘇武 (Su Wu) endured 19 years of pure suffering.  This is why people considered "帶團出使塞外" (leading the diplomatic team on a mission beyond the Great Wall)--shortened as 帶塞 (Dài sāi) as pure shitluck...  Really interesting argument although I am not quite sure how true it is... lol

How can you use this expression?

Some people dare not watch the ball game because they feel they are very 帶塞 (Dài sāi).

Doxastic

I have been in this doxastic state these past few days... meaning... trying to figure out what doxastic means.

Following are some of the definitions

Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind: Pertaining to belief. Alternatively, also pertaining to states sufficiently like beliefs (thoughts, judgments, opinions, desires, wishes, fears).
Oxford Dictionaries: (Philosophy) Relating to an individual's beliefs.
Collins Dictionary: (logic) of or relating to belief

This word was first used in the 18th century.  According to Wiktionary,  it came from Ancient Greek δοξασία (doxasia, "belief, opinion, conviction").

Why do I find this word interesting?  Because I realized that there are ‘doxasticists’ and ‘anti-doxasticists" who engage in debates on whether my delusional beliefs are beliefs.

Good luck to them... and hope they can get something figured out...

Such as the following...

Marga Reimer. "Only a Philosopher or a Madman: Impractical Delusions in Philosophy and Psychiatry." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 17.4 (2010): 315-328. Project MUSE. Web. 2 Mar. 2013. <http://muse.jhu.edu/>.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_psychiatry_and_psychology/toc/ppp.17.4.html

My multiglot, thy polyglot, my nilglot

When I was chatting with some people over the dinner the other day, I think I used the word "multiglot."

Thought of it just now... did I get the word right?

Ended up, think them people listening to me was feeling wu-sha-sha (霧沙沙) or in a fog... for... my multiglot is thy polyglot.

No neologism... pure mistake la! 8-X

Since it seems like I have expertise in no language... neologism for the day... yours ratprincess is a nilglot (my neologism)... lol

99.9 percent principle

What is the 99.9 percent principle in Ratology?

99.9 percent of the times I have no idea what the heck is coming out of my mouth and I acknowledge it so very profusely in my own writing so far. 8-O lol