know your furors quite by accident, i have encountered several latin furor phrases while reading books between laps at the natatorium. here are as many as i could find. if you know of any more, please consider twittering them at me.  furor academicus · the fury of academia furor biographicus · biographers’ fury; it causes biographers to overlook the faults of the people they write about furor criticus · critics’ fury; it causes critics to exaggerate the weaknesses of that which they criticize furor epilepticus  · an attack of intense anger occurring in epilepsy furor loquendi · a rage for speaking furor poeticus · an inspired frenzy in poets furor scribendi · a rage for writing furor teutonicus · the proverbial fierceness of the teutones, or more generally the germanic tribes furor uterinus · womb frenzy; an uncontrollable sexual desire in a woman, now called hypersexuality who knew that there was this longstanding tradition of fury? maybe these writers, poets, academic types, epileptics, etcetry etcetry need to take a chill pill and listen to some jason mraz. __ bonus: how could we discus fury and not the æneid? let us not forget virgil’s furor arma ministrat (rage provides arms, ie. one uses any weapon when enraged).an easter egg: this is a sekrit f-word post aggregated from various dictionaries, non-dictionaries, and conversations with a peete’s coffee barista.previously: know your noms

know your furors

quite by accident, i have encountered several latin furor phrases while reading books between laps at the natatorium. here are as many as i could find. if you know of any more, please consider twittering them at me. 

  • furor academicus · the fury of academia
  • furor biographicus · biographers’ fury; it causes biographers to overlook the faults of the people they write about
  • furor criticus · critics’ fury; it causes critics to exaggerate the weaknesses of that which they criticize
  • furor epilepticus  · an attack of intense anger occurring in epilepsy
  • furor loquendi · a rage for speaking
  • furor poeticus · an inspired frenzy in poets
  • furor scribendi · a rage for writing
  • furor teutonicus · the proverbial fierceness of the teutones, or more generally the germanic tribes
  • furor uterinus · womb frenzy; an uncontrollable sexual desire in a woman, now called hypersexuality

who knew that there was this longstanding tradition of fury? maybe these writers, poets, academic types, epileptics, etcetry etcetry need to take a chill pill and listen to some jason mraz.

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bonus: how could we discus fury and not the æneid? let us not forget virgil’s furor arma ministrat (rage provides arms, ie. one uses any weapon when enraged).
an easter egg: this is a sekrit f-word post aggregated from various dictionaries, non-dictionaries, and conversations with a peete’s coffee barista.
previously: know your noms

April 7, 2010
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