CHAT: Head going in spirals (Was: Re: chat: a conlang of my very own :) (was: Re: unsubscribing))

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 02:33:05PM -0400, J Y S Czhang wrote:
[snip]
> but Maggel ::shakes head in mock depression and angst:: makes my poor head go
> in spirals.
[snip]

!!!

That's the exact image in my mind when I coined the following usage of the
word _vyy'i_ in my conlang:

vyy'i   [By:.i]
        Describes feelings of ill-health, severe headache.

The root meaning of _vyy'i_ refers to a whirlpool-like phenomenon in the
Ferochromon universe. The word has acquired a rather negative meaning,
because the Ebisedi use the _vyy'i_ whirlpools as a means of garbage
disposal. The word soon came to be a metaphor for "refuse" or "garbage",
and came to be used as a curse word when directed at people.

In that sense, one could attribute severe headaches to all that trash in
one's head ;-)


T

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