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wouldn't the right term be 'confabulation'?
by nunodonato 10mo ago
wouldn't the right term be 'confabulation'?
- rat9988 10mo agoNo, still too negatively connoted. "Writes" "Predicts" "caricatures" is closer.
- DonHopkins 10mo agoLatin: Extraclaudiposteriorifabricátio Pronunciation: ex-tra-clau-dee-pos-TE-ri-o-ri-fa-bri-KA-tee-o Meaning: "The act of fabricating something by pulling it from one’s posterior." extra- = out of claudi- (from claudere, close/shut) repurposed for “the closed place” posterior- = the backside fabricatio = fabrication, invention German: Poausdenkungsherausziehungsmachwerk Pronunciation: POH-ows-den-kungs-heh-RAUS-tsee-oongs-MAHKH-verk Meaning: "A contrived creation pulled out of the butt by thinking it up." Po = butt Ausdenkungs- = thinking-up Herausziehung = pulling-out Machwerk = contrived creation Klingon: puchvo’vangDI’moHchu’ghach Pronunciation: POOKH-vo vang-DEE-moakh-CHU-ghakh (roll the gh, hit the q hard, and use that throat ch like clearing your bat’leth sinuses) Meaning: "The perfected act of boldly claiming something pulled out from the butt." puch = toilet (a real Klingon word) -vo’ = from vang = act, behave, assert (real root) -DI’ = when (adds timing spice) -moH = cause/make -chu’ = perfectly / clearly / expertly -ghach = turns a verb phrase into a noun (canonical nominalizer)