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Autochthonous

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au-toch-tho-nous –adj. 1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks, people, folktales.

First word that came to mind (followed by “balderdash” in a near dead heat). I just enjoy its sound and its unwieldy nature. It’s such an unlikely word, and yet quite useful.

Rick Spradlin
Dallas, TX

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3 Responses to “Autochthonous”

  1. Shereen87 on December 4th, 2008 1:26 pm

    I like the word balderdash better. Meaning senseless, stupid or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense

  2. Ross on June 19th, 2009 4:43 pm

    Somehow I got this root word “chthon” associated with ancient evil, like H. P. Lovecraft stories…. probably because the evil monsters in his stories were supposed to have been here before we were, hence they were autochthonous …

  3. Logan on December 2nd, 2009 3:58 pm

    @Ross – The H.P. Lovecraft beast was Cthulhu…not sure they’ve got the same root.

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