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[John Feltham]

G'day folks,

When I opened this msg I was trying to get to a spot in the middle of  
my back!  Honest!.

:-)


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From: "Wordsmith" <wsmith at wordsmith.org>
Date: 2 November 2009 3:25:15 PM AEST
To: wulguru.wantok at Gmail.com
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--acnestis

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There's a word for it

This week's words
acnestis

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Little strokes make a letter and those letters come together to form  
words. We assign meanings to the words. Often they express simple  
ideas: a tree, a rock, water, and so on. Sometimes a word describes a  
more complex idea.

Have you ever found yourself wondering, "Wouldn't it be nice if there  
were a word for it?" Well, there is a word for almost everything under  
the sun. This week we have dug up five words you may not have known  
existed.
acnestis


PRONUNCIATION:
(AK-nist-uhs)

MEANING:
noun: The part of the body where one cannot reach to scratch.

ETYMOLOGY:
 From Greek aknestis (spine), from Ancient Greek knestis (spine,  
cheese-grater).

USAGE:
"In what has to be the longest post-election season in living memory,  
the last five months have felt like an acnestis upon our collective  
soul; like that little patch of skin on our backs that we just can't  
reach to scratch ourselves. It's irritating. It's annoying. It's left  
us reaching and spinning around in circles."
A Wish List to Soothe Our Collective Itch; New Straits Times  
(Malaysia); Aug 5, 2008.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation. - 
Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

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