To: Ironyman who wrote (22356 ) 11/20/2000 12:44:47 AM From: GC Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 34075 <<<<Things in ink and mass dis.....! and who puts the starch in TT's shorts?> way to go Eric , you made my day I hope its Alex Slang dictionary meaning of Erics Dis.... dis v 1. to insult. Origin: possibly an abbreviation of "disrespect(ing)". ("Are you dissing me?") - n 1. an insult. ("That was a really big dis.") Submitted by Kirsten Andersen, San Diego, CA, USA, 28 -09-97. Clarifications submitted by Carlos Cano, Chicago IL, USA, 23-11-97. geocities.com Definitions Addison's disease (d-snz d-zz) n. A disease caused by partial or total failure of adrenocortical function, which is characterized by a bronzelike pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes, anemia, weakness, and low blood pressure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [After Thomas Addison (1793-1860), British physician.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [After Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German neurologist.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- anaphrodisia (n-fr-dz-, -dzh) n. Decline or absence of sexual desire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Greek want of power to inspire love: an-, without; see a-1 + aphrodisia, sexual pleasures; see aphrodisiac.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- anaphrodisiac (n-fr-dz-k) adj. and n. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aphrodisiac (fr-dz-k, -dz-) adj. Arousing or intensifying sexual desire. n. Something, such as a drug or food, having such an effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Greek aphrodisiakos, from aphrodisia, sexual pleasures, from Aphrodit, Aphrodite.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- aphrodisiacal (-d-z-kl) adj. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- arrondissement (ä-rôds-mä) n. The chief administrative subdivision of a department in France. A municipal subdivision in some large French cities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [French from Old French rounded projection on a wall, from arrondir, arrondiss- to round out: a, to (from Latin ad-); see ad- + rondir, to make round (from rond, round); see round1.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------