Feeling ACEPHALIC today? It's Friday!

What's the word I'm thinking of? Today, it's....

acephalia (noun) acephalic (adjective)

The absence of a head or the absence of a brain

"Comparative anatomy, and acephalic monstrosities among the mammalia and man, furnish incontrovertible proofs of the brain not being the origin of the nervous system at large."
--Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, The Anatomy of the Brain (1826)

Yoko Ono once said, "Consider if it is such a catastrophe to live without your head." She added that it might make it easier to move around, since one's body would be so much lighter. Zen humor aside, I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a state of acephalia. I often live in my head -- the curse or blessing of the introvert, depending on how you look at it. I do have a rich interior life that would be hard to give up.

I wouldn't mind getting rid of the nattering jukebox of stuck records that is sometimes set to forte in my head, though.



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Would you like GHOTI for dinner?

What's the word I'm thinking of? Today it's...

GHOTI (noun)

Alternate spelling of "fish"

"What’s this on the menu?" Jordan asked. "It says 'Ghoti'."

"I think they mean fish," Sheila replied. "The chef is a bit pretentious."

Ghoti can be pronounced like "fish":

gh, pronounced like "f" as in tough;
o, pronounced like "i" as in women; and
ti, pronounced like "sh" as in nation



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