[Fictionary] cinchonism: the reckoning

[eLLioTT morEton]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:

> *cinchonism (n.) -- The doctrine that humans, like mermaids or fauns, are
> chimeric, their forequarters and hindquarters belonging to two different
> extinct or undiscovered species.  (< Pierre Adrien Maximilien Jean Baptiste
> de Cinchon, 1657-1715.)
> -Elliott, who got 9 points*

I can't resist the opportunity to pass on a favorite Woody Allen saying: 
``The Great Roe is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the 
body of a lion.  But not the *same* lion.''

Regards,
em