Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site teklds.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!davidl From: davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Looking for an oddball word Message-ID: <941@teklds.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 14:02:12 EDT Article-I.D.: teklds.941 Posted: Thu Aug 22 14:02:12 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 05:18:06 EDT Reply-To: davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 17 Is there such a thing as a dictionary that lists words according to their definitions? That's what I need today. My thesaurus is of no help. I'm looking for a word that means "Something patently untrue stated for humorous effect." You know, like "It was so cold that winter that our words froze in our beards and we didn't hear a thing until the Spring thaw." I think this word exists, but I can't recall it and I can't think of any reference work that would help me. I suspect it's one of those Greek-derived words like "strophe" or "antinomy." Please MAIL any responses to me. I don't read this net. Thanks in the proverbial advance, David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!teklds!davidl) [UUCP] (teklds!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet) [ARPA] ** NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS **