I believe I have invented this word, and here is my mark :-)
I googled the word today (24th Feb, 2010) and got this:
"Results for: hepatothlon
Your search - hepatothlon - did not match any documents."
An extended drinking session.
First coined in December 2009 as a way of avoiding a Burns' night supper at the Chester Caledonian Society. For those who have ever been to a Burns' 'supper', you will know just how well lubricated it is, and that it can take it's toll on your liver!
In fact, surviving a Burns night requires endurance and a liver function of athletic standards, hence the conjunction of two words...
'hepato' and 'thlon'
Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hēpar (ήπαρ).
The '-thlon' part is also of Greek origin (αθλος athlos (contest)).
Not to be confused with 'heptathlon' which is about as far apart on the fitness stakes from a hepatothlon as possible.
I googled the word today (24th Feb, 2010) and got this:
"Results for: hepatothlon
Your search - hepatothlon - did not match any documents."
An extended drinking session.
First coined in December 2009 as a way of avoiding a Burns' night supper at the Chester Caledonian Society. For those who have ever been to a Burns' 'supper', you will know just how well lubricated it is, and that it can take it's toll on your liver!
In fact, surviving a Burns night requires endurance and a liver function of athletic standards, hence the conjunction of two words...
'hepato' and 'thlon'
Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hēpar (ήπαρ).
The '-thlon' part is also of Greek origin (αθλος athlos (contest)).
Not to be confused with 'heptathlon' which is about as far apart on the fitness stakes from a hepatothlon as possible.
by Astacus February 24, 2010
I'm getting fucking nowhere with this manuscript...let's go bird watching instead of this pathetic waste of time, word botching.
by Astacus May 03, 2015