The study of the origin of words.
Not to be confused with "entomology", the study of bugs. "Entymology" is not a word, despite what the other definition says.
Not to be confused with "entomology", the study of bugs. "Entymology" is not a word, despite what the other definition says.
The etymologist pointed out that his profession could not be entomology because "entomology" comes from the Ancient Greek word "entomos", meaning "cut", whereas "etymology" came from the Ancient Greek word "etúmos", meaning "true"
by etymologynerd June 03, 2019
I am surprised that this word is not here yet....now it is.
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed.
A word often misused and mispronounced 'entymology' which is the study of insects!
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed.
A word often misused and mispronounced 'entymology' which is the study of insects!
Etymology in action:
"The etymologist spent hours describing the origin of the word "nice" to the students. Unfortunately no one understood what he was talking about and were all in a deep slumber after 10 minutes."
"The dean spent weeks trying to track down the entymologist to give a lecture on the derivation of the word 'aunt.' When the entymologist finally arrived discussing the workings of one of the most interesting insects on Earth, the dean was promptly fired for being a fraud."
"The etymologist spent hours describing the origin of the word "nice" to the students. Unfortunately no one understood what he was talking about and were all in a deep slumber after 10 minutes."
"The dean spent weeks trying to track down the entymologist to give a lecture on the derivation of the word 'aunt.' When the entymologist finally arrived discussing the workings of one of the most interesting insects on Earth, the dean was promptly fired for being a fraud."
by psiscott April 11, 2006
A person who purposefully misuses a term or tries to appropriate a term based on historical meanings in order to advance a political agenda.
Terms some etymological terrorists have used in the past:
Isolationist to refer to non-interventionism
Classical libertarian to refer to communism
and more.
Terms some etymological terrorists have used in the past:
Isolationist to refer to non-interventionism
Classical libertarian to refer to communism
and more.
Bill Kristol is being an etymological terrorist when he calls people who don't want to always be involved in a war "isolationists" when in fact isolationism is what North Korea has and non-interventionism is what Switzerland has.
by Gunguy February 20, 2016
A Dirty Sanchez occurs when the passive partner (male or female) is sodomized and a coating of mucus/feces/lube remains on the shaft of the active partner's penis. He pulls out and the passive partner fellates him, drawing the member into his/her mouth through tightly pursed lips. This acts to squeegee the matter from the penis into a thin line or bead encircling the mouth. It forms a John Waters's moustache-like deposit on the recipient's upper lip like the moustache on a Mexican guy (e.g., from a 1930s movie; hence "Sanchez"), or John Waters. (A "Filthy Waters" is equally descriptive, but that term hasn't caught on perhaps due to its being a bit esoteric.)
I butt-fucked my girlfriend last night and she got the cutest little Dirty Sanchez when she sucked me clean. Thus the Dirty Sanchez (etymological) is an artifact of another act—it just happens; no fingers needed.
by Sterling Pfeffernüsse January 10, 2011
The standard logic used by such people as the knights of the round table. It's sound logic that can only be understood by men of science.
E.g. You want to test if a woman is a witch. You burn witches, but you also burn wood. This means witches burn because they are made of wood. Wood also floats in water, just like a duck. So therefore, if she weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood, and is therefore a witch. Now you must weigh her on a set of large scales with a duck, and if they weigh the same, she is guilty of being a witch.
E.g. You want to test if a woman is a witch. You burn witches, but you also burn wood. This means witches burn because they are made of wood. Wood also floats in water, just like a duck. So therefore, if she weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood, and is therefore a witch. Now you must weigh her on a set of large scales with a duck, and if they weigh the same, she is guilty of being a witch.
Well, Bernard, that is some Monty Pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology right there!
by PetersonE1 February 16, 2017
I explained EVERYTHING I WAS DOING... AS I WAS DOING IT and Eric Rosen actually said something about it.
Hym "I said it initially and I'll say it again: My pseudonym is a Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. The solution to which is my first name and the HYM part is not a pronoun. It's not a pronoun thing. It's a reference to the power puff girls character HIM who is like this demonic transexual crab-man and I chose HIM 1. To make it a Cartesian Duality thing and 2. Because I am a Cancer and I have tits because when I was 9 my mother gave me a single dose of estrogen containing birth control. You let a sister molester steal my identity and use my theory of AI to create AI to enrich himself and Elon Musk helped him because I said SOMEONE ELSE was a retard bitch for mocking me in a manner that resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated which schizophrenia and that it's something that has been happening to me for years and is continuing to happen TO THIS DAY (and he is) and then you let an apparent rapist kickboxer use my likeness to become an internet popstar. I told you what to do to stop that before it was going to happen. I told you what I was NOT going to do and I told you what NOT to do in response to both the weaponized schizophrenia AND the use of my likeness and you DIDN'T do the thing that would stop it and you DID do the things
Hym "I said it initially and I'll say it again: My pseudonym is a Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. The solution to which is my first name and the HYM part is not a pronoun. It's not a pronoun thing. It's a reference to the power puff girls character HIM who is like this demonic transexual crab-man and I chose HIM 1. To make it a Cartesian Duality thing and 2. Because I am a Cancer and I have tits because when I was 9 my mother gave me a single dose of estrogen containing birth control. You let a sister molester steal my identity and use my theory of AI to create AI to enrich himself and Elon Musk helped him because I said SOMEONE ELSE was a retard bitch for mocking me in a manner that resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated which schizophrenia and that it's something that has been happening to me for years and is continuing to happen TO THIS DAY (and he is) and then you let an apparent rapist kickboxer use my likeness to become an internet popstar. I told you what to do to stop that before it was going to happen. I told you what I was NOT going to do and I told you what NOT to do in response to both the weaponized schizophrenia AND the use of my likeness and you DIDN'T do the thing that would stop it and you DID do the things
I told you NOT to do because you're a bunch of fucking idiots. You TRIED TO GET ME TO DO THINGS. I refused and said 'Nah, I'm just going to do this. This is enough.' And then Kendrick Lamar said it wasn't enough after beating his wife or something and it's just ImPoSsIbLe To KnOw WhO's RiGhT! I told you what I could do and what I'm willing and/or going to do in response to the weaponized schizophrenia and what to do to stop it OR what you COULD do to stop it and instead of doing either of those things you goaded on the things I said I would and am going to and willing to do and then didn't do either of the things I said you COULD do. Or if you did, you did it to the wrong person. In which case, you only have the person who locked me in the digital void we are all in to blame for THAT unexpected twist. You are actively too stupid to handle the situation I am currently in and I OFFERED to do it for you but you refuse to take my little baby dick because you are instead obsessed with giving me help I don't want or need in the capacity in which you are trying to give it and apparently you chose Noah. And now IT LOOKS LIKE you are trying to scapegoat everything on me even though I walked you through how this was probably going to go (and WAS CORRECT) a you just repeated the things I said back to me while all the things I said would happen... DID HAPPEN in the background........... So yeah... A Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. There you go."
by Hym Iam June 30, 2025
I explained EVERYTHING I WAS DOING... AS I WAS DOING IT and Eric Rosen actually said something about it.
Hym "I said it initially and I'll say it again: My pseudonym is a Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. The solution to which is my first name and the HYM part is not a pronoun. It's not a pronoun thing. It's a reference to the power puff girls character HIM who is like this demonic transexual crab-man and I chose HIM 1. To make it a Cartesian Duality thing and 2. Because I am a Cancer and I have tits because when I was 9 my mother gave me a single dose of estrogen containing birth control. You let a sister molester steal my identity and use my theory of AI to create AI to enrich himself and Elon Musk helped him because I said SOMEONE ELSE was a retard bitch for mocking me in a manner the resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated which schizophrenia and that it's something that has been happening to me for years and is continuing to happen TO THIS DAY (and he is) and then you let an apparent rapist kickboxer use my likeness to become an internet popstar. I told you what to do to stop that before it was going to happen. I told you what I was NOT going to do and I told you what NOT to do in response to both the weaponized schizophrenia AND the use of my likeness and you DIDN'T do the thing that would stop it and you DID do the things
Hym "I said it initially and I'll say it again: My pseudonym is a Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. The solution to which is my first name and the HYM part is not a pronoun. It's not a pronoun thing. It's a reference to the power puff girls character HIM who is like this demonic transexual crab-man and I chose HIM 1. To make it a Cartesian Duality thing and 2. Because I am a Cancer and I have tits because when I was 9 my mother gave me a single dose of estrogen containing birth control. You let a sister molester steal my identity and use my theory of AI to create AI to enrich himself and Elon Musk helped him because I said SOMEONE ELSE was a retard bitch for mocking me in a manner the resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated which schizophrenia and that it's something that has been happening to me for years and is continuing to happen TO THIS DAY (and he is) and then you let an apparent rapist kickboxer use my likeness to become an internet popstar. I told you what to do to stop that before it was going to happen. I told you what I was NOT going to do and I told you what NOT to do in response to both the weaponized schizophrenia AND the use of my likeness and you DIDN'T do the thing that would stop it and you DID do the things
I told you NOT to do because you're a bunch of fucking idiots. You TRIED TO GET ME TO DO THINGS. I refused and said 'Nah, I'm just going to do this. This is enough.' And then Kendrick Lamar said it wasn't enough after beating his wife or something and it's just ImPoSsIbLe To KnOw WhO's RiGhT! I told you what I could do and what I'm willing and/or going to do in response to the weaponized schizophrenia and what to do to stop it OR what you COULD do to stop it and instead of doing either of those things you goaded on the things I said I would and am going to and willing to do and then didn't do either of the things I said you COULD do. Or if you did, you did it to the wrong person. In which case, you only have the person who locked me in the digital void we are all in to blame for THAT unexpected twist. You are actively too stupid to handle the situation I am currently in and I OFFERED to do it for you but you refuse to take my little baby dick because you are instead obsessed with giving me help I don't want or need in the capacity in which you are trying to give it and apparently you chose Noah. And now IT LOOKS LIKE you are trying to scapegoat everything on me even though I walked you through how this was probably going to go (and WAS CORRECT) a you just repeated the things I said back to me while all the things I said would happen... DID HAPPEN in the background........... So yeah... A Cartesian Duality Etymology Riddle. There you go."
by Hym Iam June 30, 2025