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Word of the Day



franknbea
United Kingdom

Word of the Day
 

Good Morning and Happy Saturday Everyone!

Today �s word is: Psithurism

All guesses welcome, the funnier the better.

4 Sep 2010      





Greek Professor
Greece

Good Morning Frank....Everyone...
 
A!..That �s a greek word....Shsss...the teacher will hear us...Big smile

4 Sep 2010     



SueThom
United States

Hm, it does look Greek.   OK, isn �t the 1st part (psi) a letter in the Greek alphabet?  Or is it related to "psych" as in psychology, psychiatrist, etc.? 

And "thurism" is "tourism" spelled incorrectly.

Conclusion:  it �s the study of being a tour guide for mentally disturbed people.  LOL

OK, now I �ve got to go look it up!

4 Sep 2010     



donapeter
Romania

It is a disease like rheumatism. 

4 Sep 2010     



clarinha
Portugal

It sounds like something I do a lot ... psychological tourism, nowadays known ...
 
 as virtual tourism. LOL

4 Sep 2010     



Apodo
Australia

Sounds like a medical condition.
 
Hallucinations caused by a lack of thorium.

4 Sep 2010     



viccxx
Greece

Oh, come on, you should eliminate all Greeks from the competition when you choose these words!! It �s not fair to all the others...

Honestly, I didn �t even know this word was in the English vocabulary...It must be Greek to all of you!
 
 

4 Sep 2010     



mariannina
Italy

Psi is the sound we do in Italian to call someone: ps ps ps
tourism  it �s the action of going around visiting places
psitourism: it is an Italian tourist that is calling someone while visiting something!!! LOL

4 Sep 2010     



mirelli
Brazil

ok..ok..

In portuguese psi sounds like "piscina" wich is swimming pool, sooooo it �s a tourism over the swimming pool!!!!!Beer
 
lol

4 Sep 2010     



martinasvabova
Czech Republic

In Czech psi means dogs. So it might be tourism for dogs.LOL

4 Sep 2010     



Fallen Angel
Portugal

Psi-related to parapsychology
thurism- the same as tourism
 
So psithurism must be: going somewhere in order to have some parapsychological activity

4 Sep 2010     

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