- hyperbaric
- hermetically
Was there a word that you immediately associated or coupled with the above words? Can you think of any other words that might be in a class similar to the two words above -- in that you only hear them used coupled with another specific word?
8 comments:
jordan- I figured out my confusion the other day-
hyperbaric to hyperbolic to metabolic. (hence my biology comment).
Awesome. I am the smartest girl alive.
And I don't have any other examples of single-use words. Lo siento.
I could have just verbally told you all of this, but commenting on your skublog is WAY MORE FUN!
Nope. No idea. Pretty sure I've never heard either of those words.
I love this challenge. I have the feeling there's a bunch of them, but I just can't call any to mind.
I'll think a while and get back to you.
The first words that came into my mind respectively were:
hyberbolic
hermaphrodite
I'm not exactly sure if that was the kind of exercise you wanted me to do.
hyperbaric CHAMBER
hermetically SEALED
Does that work? I just stumbled across your blog and love a good word mystery.
I don't have anything to add, but I'm glad you pointed this post out to me. I would've been so out of the loop!
Jordan - my mother is the Sue listed above. I let her know she was completely confused and I'm hoping she's learned her lesson.
I'm with Sue on this one.
I think the similarity here is that both are highly technical words that have slipped into common usage through a specific device/process. That is to say, a specialist might readily be able to use hyperbaric in a wide-range of contexts, but most folks only know the word from familiarity with a hyperbaric chamber.
But I still can't think of another one.
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