

Sep 12, 2017 This week’s theme

There’s a word for it



This week’s words

whataboutery

mythomania

tenesmus

xenophobia

kayfabe



Pinocchio Park, Collodi, Italy Photo: Adrian Michael/Wikimedia There’s a word for it A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



mythomania PRONUNCIATION: (mith-uh-MAY-nee-uh)

MEANING: noun: An abnormal tendency to exaggerate or lie.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mythos (myth) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm or craze). Earliest documented use: 1909.

USAGE:

Marie-Renee Lavoie; Mister Roger and Me; Anansi; 2012.



See more usage examples of “I humoured him by listening to his stories about all the grandchildren he probably didn’t have. His mythomania, which both terrified and exasperated me, somehow brought us together.”Marie-Renee Lavoie;; Anansi; 2012.See more usage examples of mythomania in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon 'B', 'A' is most likely a scoundrel. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (12 Sep 1880-1956)





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