From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15733 invoked by alias); 17 Jan 2006 15:38:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 15725 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Jan 2006 15:38:13 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from host217-40-213-68.in-addr.btopenworld.com (HELO SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM) (217.40.213.68) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:38:11 +0000 Received: from espanola ([192.168.1.110]) by SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:38:09 +0000 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'wondered when he'd get round to mentioning them!'" Subject: RE: once more unto the breech - please try a snapshot so I can release this thing Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:38:00 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <94BF3137C62D3E4CAED7E97F876585F00107561F@pauex2ku08.agere.com> Message-ID: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List X-SW-Source: 2006-q1/txt/msg00070.txt.bz2 Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >>>>> You know, it occurs to me that the english language lacks - >>>>> but could greatly use - a word meaning [...] > >> Ah, but it's not the self-doubt to which I am alluding, but the >> feelings of shame, self-loathing, embarassment, utter hatred of the >> entire universe, and ennui which arise out of an occasion on which >> your actions have been guided by that self-doubt. > > I know it's not quite one word, but perhaps "dubiety anxiety" comes > close? > > -gsw I know it's not quite close, but perhaps "hippopotamus" is one word? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....