Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Listophelia

Nihilisticism—adherents are often seen in cars, headed to destinations they look like they don't want to reach, cradling aluminum hot beverage cups, swearing at others and listening to mindless banter on commercial radio.

Amorphocism—general free-floating life malaise, characterized by prolonged bouts of self-doubt and inertia.

Microcosia—an inability to think outside of the box.

Megalomaniacism—often called “Ahab’s Syndrome,” a consuming affliction that leads to misguided, unrealistic, never-ending quests for self-aggrandizement, caused by an inflated sense of one's position in the world. Symptoms are exacerbated by severe swelling of the ego and frontal lobe. Research to date has not identified a cure.

Procrastinacea—creating lists of made-up words. Also incurable.