Fw: Ranjit triumphs!

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I was actually thinking about "knock on wood" and I don't know the name for little "warding-off-misfortune" gestures so why not this word?  Does anyone know if there is a word for habitual gestures like that?
-Fran

>Lipoxeny The practice of kissing strangers to avert bad luck in case of accidental invocation of said bad luck.
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>FRAN 0, sorry.
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>This sounds like JJ Cote. Pierre
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>Also clever! I wish I had 2 more pts. to give.  Ranjit
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>Huh? I'm not sure what this means, but I think maybe I can use it as an excuse to kiss attractive women whose acquaintance I haven't made.  "(smmmmooch!) Oh, that was just to ward off the evil spirits, you know, lipoxeny..."  "(slap!)"  Jean-Joseph