gregory v. richardson's definitions

cleopatranize

When a woman condescendingly treats a man as if she is his queen.

He finally left her when he felt she would always cleopatranize him and treat him as an inferior.

by Gregory V. Richardson May 22, 2006

sweats

This refers to sweating.

"You've got many sweats," uttered by Tenzin Choegyal (a Tibetan living in Dharmsala, India) while hiking in the Grand Canyon with Gregory V. Richardson on 15 March 2004.

by Gregory V. Richardson March 22, 2004

nomnestic

Characterized by having trouble remembering names.

He was so nomnestic that he couldn't remember the names of his siblings without stopping to think.

by Gregory V. Richardson January 2, 2004

assumosis

This is the disorder of assuming, since "osis" is the prefix in medicine that means "disorder". One might say that assumosis is diffusion of an idea across neural membranes, yours and mine.

Assumosis is one of his greater flaws. He thinks he knows what I think and feel, but his assumptions are far from my truth.

by Gregory V. Richardson November 6, 2008

karplastic

This word describes a person's state of very changable karma. The implication is that the person performs various good and bad actions and is, therefore, not conscious enough to direct actions in a good direction only.

Although he was often a thoughtful person, his occasional impulsive and hurtful actions implied a very karplastic lifestyle.

by Gregory V. Richardson March 24, 2004

hingy

Hingy means "stinky". The word refers to the Asian Indian "hing" which is a very aromatic spice with an earthy and garlic sort of fragrance. The spice is also known as Asafoetida or Devil's Dung.

He hadn't bathed in a week and was very hingy.

by Gregory V. Richardson April 9, 2004

gnosonarcissism

This word is a combination of "gnosis" (knowledge) and "narcissism" (self-centeredness). So, gnosonarcissism is a self-centered view that one's level of knowledge is correct and/or complete despite what others know. This implies a lack of understanding that others might know more in areas of knowledge in either a horizontal way (breadth of knowledge) or a vertical way (depth of knowledge).

Because of his gnosonarcissism, he was unable to believe that the ideas of others could ever be better than his own ideas.

by Gregory V. Richardson July 9, 2006