h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And is there an -ology which deals with the fact that no matter how long you spend drying yourself after a swim or a bath or a shower, there's somehow always a wet bit that you've missed when you get dressed?

Sorry for answering that late.

Of course there's the -ology you have asked for:

It's called Hygroepimenology, from hygros (= wet, humid) and epimonos (= persistent).

Do you think that might be an interesting call for entries to The Guide? "Searching for .... weird sciences" like nomadic urbanism, or prehistoric quantum physics, ...

I think that a call for 'weird sciences' would be an excellent idea Jeremy. And thank you for the -ology. At a guess, I'd say that you're either a Greek scholar, or just have a very good English-Ancient Greek/Ancient Greek-English dictionary

None of both ...

I had (ancient) Greek in school for 3 years. Dictionaries can be found on the net.

I just love to play around with words, languages, phonetics, ...

That's fun and absolutely (mostly) harmless !

Goshoogoshoogosh,

if you are interested in language games, you might perhaps like my entry about medical jargon, found at

http://www.h2g2.com/A380422

I have submitted it to the Peer Review, and it might make it's way into the Edited Guide "with a little help from my friends".

Hmm - gosh - does it bother you that you've admitted to being too incompetent to dry yourself properly?

-Lucinda (who's never had *that* problem, at least)

Not in the least