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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:03 AM Oct 2012

Gnofel (warning: possible trigger warning)

"Gno-" from the Latin word "gnosis," most commonly known as being the root word of "knowledge," but also the root word for "noble" or "nobility."

"-fel" from the Latin phrase "felo-de-se," literally meaning "guilty concerning oneself," but colloquially meaning to commit suicide.

"Gnofel:" one who is aware that the most noble act he or she could possibly commit is suicide.

A word for that did not exist in the English language until now, I have coined it for the sole purpose of being able to say the following:




I highly approve of Piers Morgan's decision to be kind and gentle to the gnofel.

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