WordClub - October 2009   Back

What a strange year, we almost forget to have a meeting, then late in October a quickly convened meeting is arranged. Only a handful of members are able to turn up.
To compound the mystery, no photos are taken.

Member	Word	Meaning
Robin	orrery	a model of the solar system
Barry	irredentist	a person advocating the restoration to their country of any territory formerly belonging to it.
Steve C.	anamnesis	recollection, in particular the remembering of things from a supposed previous existence or in Medicine a patient's account of a medical history.
Simon D.	aprosexia	an abnormal inability to pay attention, characterised by a near-complete indifference to everything.
Trent	avoirdupois	a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries
Andrew T.	notgeld	special money issued primarily in Germany and Austria to deal with economic crisis situations such as a shortage of small change or hyperinflation.

The words were enough to induce carphology or at least demittence and I came within a tenth part of an Ephah of going in search of Olms. However it was as nothing compared to the plight of the irredentist from the Malvinas who sought to influence Lord Orrery ( of model solar system fame)  to intervene as he would have to overcome the peer's inate aprosexia with a convincing anamnesis or at least  a quantity of notgeld of significant avoirdupois.



There were a few supplementary words

Olm	The olm, or proteus (Proteus anguinus), is a blind amphibian endemic to the subterranean waters of caves of the Dinaric karst of southern Europe.
Omer	an ancient Hebrew dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
demitted	resign from (an office or position
carpology	the study of fruits and seeds.
carphology	plucking at the bedclothes by a delirious patient.