[FRIAM] More distraction

[Frank Wimberly]

Aren't Germans the champions of this?  They take a sentence and make a word
of it?  Remember fahrvergnugen?  Enjoyment derived from driving?

Frank

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:04 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> MALTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm concerning  bad things happening, in particular,
> bad things happening to populations.
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2020 2:54 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] More distraction
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> O.K.  Not bad.  Definition?
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> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:34 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> How about MALTHUSIASM?
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> Nick
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Merle Lefkoff
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:16 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* [FRIAM] More distraction
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> Has the list noticed the new perfect word for frustrated climatologists
> and epidemiologists:  Cassandrafreude.  This is like labradoodle, another
> "portmanteau" word.  One definition offered is "the bitter pleasure of
> things going wrong in exactly the way you predicted but no one believed you
> when it could have made a difference."  Any other suggested definitions?
> You go, Nick!
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> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
> President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy
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