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#91 Trias

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 10:00 AM

Come on; "rev" or "rav" in Hebrew means a Rabbi ; -)
Or in English: rev. short for reverand..

I say:
! ! ! POLL POLL POLL ! ! !

give it to the people.

#92 Da55id

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 12:01 PM

BJ - do you want to do this by poll - or have me select the winner in my own benignly enlightened despotic way?

May I suggest that first there be a poll to select three finalists...then a poll to select among the three. One final rule: the winner must have a full definition with verb/adj/noun variants/parts of speech. This can be constructed post ex facto the original entries.

And did anybody SEE that Mprize broke $1,500,000??? jEEZZ whadayagottadoaroundheretogetnoticed?

#93 Bruce Klein

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 03:52 PM

Ok.. I've accumulated all (hopefully) suggestions:

Achronos
Aevers
Ageless
Agerian
Ageros
Chiranjeevi
Chronology
Chrononauts
Chronozoist
Dorian
Effervescence
Eonios
Epiks
Euzoist
Generation 8
Hyperennials
Infi (infy)
Infinivy
Isoyouth
Juverons
Lifers
Longevinators
Machronauts
Maks
Methusalteens
Millennialists
Mineral
Neochrons
Nuons
Perennials
Pervivians
Phoenixers
Polychronist
Polyzoist
Pristen
Provivos
Prozoist
Rejuvenator
Rejuvenile
Rever (revoir, revi, revir)
Revirate
Revirescent (revs)
Semps
Supergenarian
Supervitalis
Supervivians
Wansui (wan)
Zoist

...I look to create a poll (including short definitions and authors) soon. This poll will be a preliminary stage to determin the 3 to be voted on in the final.

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#94 Infernity

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Posted 12 August 2005 - 10:56 PM

Infi (infy)

Hahaha [lol] I'm so flattered.

Hmmm let me sleep on it.

-Infernity

#95 Da55id

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Posted 04 November 2005 - 06:40 PM

who won? I owe some money to the winner. Was it revirescent (rev etc?)

#96 Bruce Klein

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Posted 04 November 2005 - 06:50 PM

Ah, thanks for the bump, Dave.

I'll put this to a vote soon as we've yet to determine the winner.

#97 caver

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 01:22 AM

Ambrosian (The name Ambrose meaning immortal in Greek)

Cupid convinces Jupiter of his love, and Psyche is allowed to drink ambrosia and become immortal.

am.bro.sian One who is made immortal while retaining youthfulness.

You like?

Full membership eh?

...EDIT...

Oops, ambrosian already has several definitions on Dictionary.com. What's one more eh?

Or maybe...am.bros.ite....am.brote...or am.bro.tos (maintaining the intergrity of the word Ms. Infernity provided in the next post down)

Edited by caver, 05 November 2005 - 04:29 PM.


#98 Infernity

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 01:24 AM

Ambroseian (The name Ambrose meaning immortal in Greek)


No, ambrotos is immortal

Hmm, a thingy about AMBROSIA [legendary food of the gods (Greek Mythology)]-

Ambrosia (Greek) [from ambrotos immortal from a not + mortos or brotos mortal; cf Sanskrit amrita from a not + the verbal root mri to die; Latin immortalus from in not + mors death] In Classical myths variously the food, drink, or unguent of the gods or divine wisdom, connected with nectar; anything that confers or promotes immortality. Equivalent to the Sanskrit amrita and soma and the northern European mead. In a Chinese allegory, the flying Dragon drinks of ambrosia and falls to earth with his host. The laws of evolution entail a so-called curse or fall upon virtually all the hosts of monads frequently called angels, whereby they are cast down to the nether pole and undergo peregrinations in the realms of matter; in the case of many such "fallen angels," this involves imbodiment or incarnation on earth. Man himself at a stage of his evolution experiences a similar "descent" and speeding-up, due to the impulses of the immortal urge within his breast to grow, progress, evolve, and become cognizant of larger reaches of truth. This is evident in the highly mystical Hebrew story of the forbidden Tree and in the various legends pertaining to soma in Hindu literature.

Yet on the upward arc of an evolutionary cycle, partaking of this sacred ambrosial food signifies initiation, the partaking by the initiant in the Mysteries of the "drink" of spiritual immortality. This drink is symbolized by the cup and its contained liquid, but actually is the receiving into the consciousness from the inner nature of the life-giving streams, the draught of everlasting life, or the elixir of life. After partaking of this ambrosial elixir, brought about by lives of selflessness and by final initiation, the adept learns to live in the minor and intermediate spheres of the solar system as a fully self-conscious co-laborer with the gods in their cosmic work. Such are the higher nirmanakayas, true buddhas, etc.


-Infernity

Edited by infernity, 05 November 2005 - 08:03 AM.


#99 caver

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 02:53 AM

Rather, the Greek name Ambrose means immortal. Thanks for the cool info. there Mr./Ms. Infernity

#100 Infernity

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 08:12 AM

Aye.
You're welcome.

-Ms. Infernity ;))

#101 athanatos

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Posted 05 November 2005 - 11:50 PM

Rather, the Greek name Ambrose means immortal. Thanks for the cool info. there Mr./Ms. Infernity


Oh, then what does athanatos mean? Is it a different way of saying immortal? Or just not the name version?

#102 caver

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 02:05 AM

Amborse is a derivation of ambrotos, (meaning immortal) as we have established. Athanatos is a rather arcane word, that from what I could find, may refer to the "apparent immortality of the soul" -Plato

#103 Infernity

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Posted 06 November 2005 - 11:06 AM

what does athanatos mean? Is it a different way of saying immortal? Or just not the name version?


Athanatos-

A conjuring spirit of the planet Mercury. Name of the god used to discover hidden treasure and in the cabala, a spirit invoked on the general citations of Moses, Aaron and Solomon.


-Infernity

#104 Bruce Klein

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Posted 11 November 2005 - 12:38 AM

Please see this topic to pick 1 - 3 terms:

http://www.imminst.o...ST&f=202&t=8478

#105 jaydfox

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 01:18 PM

Hmm, I just thought of a word that I like better than anything else I've been able to come up with:
crescennuate

Here's where I thought of it:
http://www.imminst.o...=pid&pid=104730

Sorry, superannuated is a beautiful word, but It's not a verb.

Well, superannuated isn't a verb, but couldn't it just be a past participle of the verb superannuate?

And if you don't like superannuate, how about crescennuate? Like crescendo, from the latin crescere, to increase. Ennuate, of course, being an alternative to annuate, like from superannuate.



#106 jaydfox

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 01:25 PM

Like crescendo, from the latin crescere, to increase.

Bear in mind, crescendo typically has a positive connotation, such as being a climax, or the best part of a musical number. People often incorrectly consider the peak volume the crescendo, but it's the buildup towards that peak. Regardless of the incorrect usage by the typical layperson, a crescendo (if understood at all) is associated with something positive. That's my hope, anyway.

#107 jaydfox

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 01:27 PM

For a short form, you could Americanize it to cresh. "She's creshing" could simply mean she's increasing in years, like aging without the bad parts.

#108 jaydfox

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Posted 10 April 2006 - 01:28 PM

Also, just by a quick dictionary search, I see creche means a nursery, or perhaps a representation of the nativity. Either form associates with babies, i.e., extreme youthfulness and new life.

#109 Infernity

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Posted 12 April 2006 - 12:39 PM

Superannuated is both a verb and an adjective:




• superannuated [,su·per'an·nu·at·ed || ‚suːpə®tɪdænjʊeɪtɪd]

adj. retired, too old to work; antiquated, no longer useful

• superannuate [su·per·an·nu·ate || ‚suːpər'ænjʊeɪt]

v. retire from service due to age or infirmity; take out of use, discard as old-fashioned or out of date



-Infernity

#110 jaydfox

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Posted 12 April 2006 - 12:48 PM

Interesting, I hadn't found an actual dictionary entry on superannuated.

It's funny (sad, actually) that something that literally means having a lot of years would, by virtue of the culture we live in, already have taken on a connotation of antiquated, no longer useful, too old to work, retired from service, discarded, old-fashioned, out of date, etc.

What a sad, f***ed-up culture we live in...

Perhaps this is a place to get a word like crescennuate into service, that means the same thing literally, but for which we can (hopefully) control the connotation. Revirescence sort of filled this gap, though mainly because the literal meaning already has the positive connotation we're seeking.

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Posted 12 April 2006 - 01:13 PM

Amborse is a derivation of abrotos, (meaning immortal) as we have established. Athanatos is a rather arcane word, that from what I could find, may refer to the "apparent immortality of the soul" -Plato


In Greek "brotos" means mortal. The prefix "a" in abrotos translates to "without" and in this context means without mortality or literally "he who is not mortal". Also in Greek "thanatos" means death. The prefix "a" in athanatos again is translated to mean "without" and is translated to literally mean "he who is without death" or "he who cannot to die" (the feminine is "athanati" and the neuter is "athanato").

Another conceptual variation is the word "apthartos" which literally means "he who is incorruptuble" in the sense of not being able to decay.

Of course we have many other words which also start with the "without" prefix of -a- including "amialos" which literally means without a brain..

#112 jaydfox

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Posted 12 April 2006 - 01:17 PM

Prometheus, how would you say "gaining years" or "gaining time"?

As used here, "gaining" could potentially also be "adding" or "increasing" or "acquiring", in English.

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Posted 12 April 2006 - 01:33 PM

Time is "chronos" (it can also mean "year"), therefore you could use polychronous which literally means lots of time/years or macrochronous which literally means long or extended time/years.

#114 stormheller

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Posted 24 April 2006 - 09:45 PM

LOL, this thread got me thinking about superannuated keratinous phagors from Helliconia, hehehe




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