etomology

The study of great things

the etomologist stood in awe of his magnificent find!

etomology by bonza bob July 30, 2004

monty pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology 

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.

Well, Bernard, that is some Monty Pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology right there!

monty pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology by PetersonE1 February 16, 2017

etymological terrorist 

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.

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.

etymological terrorist by Gunguy September 6, 2016

emmology 

a religion that believes emma watson is the daughter of god and that she is a goddess that will save humanity.

Emma Watson emmology

emmology by Emissery September 30, 2011

Emmology 

Emmology is a religion that worships Emma Watson as its goddess and creator of all life and that she should be loved unconditionally by all of her followers

Person 1 dude why do u worship emma and claim to be a emmologist she just some hot actress from harry potter
person 2 because i believe she is the creator of all life and a goddess and should be worshiped for allowing us to experience all good things in life
person 1 how can i convert to emmology

Emmology by Emmologist March 1, 2013

Entymology 

The study of words that bug you.

Regina earned her degree in entymology after successfully defending her thesis, titled "Guesstimation at the expresso stand: the impact of misnomers in coffee culture".

Entymology by sigil_vii October 28, 2016

etymology 

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 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."

etymology by psiscott April 27, 2006