Help me I suffer from "scopophilia" :)

[dhinojosa]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/11/dictionary.words.reut/index.html

New English words just 'lush'

Thursday, August 11, 2005; Posted: 9:11 a.m. EDT (13:11 GMT)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Do chuggers bother you when you want to rock up to a restaurant with your cockapoo to hoover a supersized ruby murray?

Confused? Then you need to refer to the new Oxford Dictionary of English to understand a host of new words that appear for the first time in its latest edition.

Among the new entries are "potty-mouthed" (meaning using or characterized by bad language), "lush" (very good) and "scopophilia" (sexual pleasure derived chiefly from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity).

Some words, such as "demographic" (a particular sector of a population) have become commonplace but only now make it into the dictionary.

They are joined by those emerging from new technology like "phishing" (fraudulently sending e-mails purporting to be from reputable firms to get individuals to reveal personal details).

Many of the new words are simply formed by mixing two others together, such as charity and mugger making "chugger" (someone who approaches passers-by in the street asking for donations for a charity) and "labradoodle" (a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle).

"To suit the pace of our lifestyle today there is a growing tendency to mix words together to make entirely new ones called blends," the dictionary researchers said.

They also said there were now 350 ways of insulting someone -- from "chucklehead" to "muppet" -- ten times more than there were complimentary expressions, while there were 50 words for good-looking women, there were only about 20 for men.

And for those without a dictionary to hand, "rock up" means arrive, "cockapoo" is a mix between a cocker spaniel dog and a poodle, "hoover" means to eat something quickly, and "ruby murray" is rhyming slang for a curry.

[XemaSab]

1. I have scopophilia too...

[Jamastiene]

2. It's okay. You're not alone.

I do too. Being female makes it a sort of rare thing. Or at last most women won't admit to it...

[gmoney]

3. I wouldn't say I've been "suffering" from it, Bob...

It can be quite enjoyable. Especially if you're one of XemaSab's neighbors...

:wow:

[XemaSab]

5. And you have a Leica

Televid APO 77 MM with the 32x wide angle eyepiece.

:D

On edit: The angled model, not the straight model :-)

[gmoney]

7. and you have the cutest

little dimples...

[XemaSab]

8. If I had to choose

between the dimples and the Leica, I'd choose the Leica.

I call it "The Baby."

[gmoney]

9. So, have you ever "spotted" people...

getting busy in the woods when you've been out with your scope?

Or wouldn't you notice? :)

[XemaSab]

10. I haven't

but my former boss led a birding trip for some cub scouts and they found two people going at it...

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

4. I had a cockapoo when I was a kid

his name was Winston. A great dog. I miss him :cry:

[WeRQ4U]

6. One of the judges I work for has a Labradoodle named Teddy.

She is quite the strange lookin' thing. Good dog I guess though. Smart and loyal.