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Possibly the perfect word to describe our cars?

To: Herald948@aol.com
Subject: Possibly the perfect word to describe our cars?
From: Herald948@aol.com
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:41:14 EST
I got this today from another mailing list I'm on:

> From: Wordsmith <wsmith@wordsmith.org>
> To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org
> Subject: A.Word.A.Day--resistentialism
> 
> resistentialism (ri-zis-TEN-shul-iz-um) noun
> 
>   The theory that inanimate objects demonstrate hostile behavior against us.
> 
> [Coined by humorist Paul Jennings as a blend of the Latin res (thing)
> + French resister (to resist) + existentialism (a kind of philosophy).]

FINALLY, a word to describe what we've all been going through for years with 
our beloved cars! :-)

--Andy Mace, newly confirmed *Resistentialist*

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