P is for PAIZOGONY
Pssst… P-Day promises plenty of possibilities. All you puzzled plotters and pantsers, please practise patience yet playfulness with minimal panic, as you pledge to get those poems, paragraphs and pieces polished, then proceed to press publish. Is your P–post up? No? Get to it. Pronto! Procrastination prohibits progress!
Yóu xì bî mò fãn yì fei huà……..
— is an old Chinese philosophy which refers to somebody who has the innate ability to decipher unusual words.
JUST JOKING.
(you can read the details about this challenge and the competition running throughout the month of April)
The word for Day 16 is—
PAIZOGONY
Ancient bartering system probably dating back to 15 B.C. which is the origin of the modern day buying and selling of goods/services, what we call consumerism.
So that's my definition. What's yours? Post it in the comment box below. Remember you stand to win a prize.
The proper terminology for what is commonly refered to as a "bromance."
Ver fun A to Z theme!
Thanks Nicki! Here's to Italian brotherly love… 🙂
Oh, like Paizan!
Thank you, Nick.
I think Nicki nailed it! Thanks Suze!
I am Positively Pleased with your Post.
Permit me to proclaim: a proper and polite point. Thank you.
To me it sounds like some kind of Rubik's Cube type puzzle that I would be totally unable to solve.
I've never cracked the Rubik Cube! Are they still around?
Hey, Melissa,
Nothing comes to mind for me right this second. Hmmm. Okay… The act of a person who pays themselves on a regualr basis. I'm not talking a gifty from time-to-time, but actually writing yourself our a check for a service you did for … YOURSELF. LOL.
Self-service + self compensation = paizogony? Sounds very appealing. What's the catch?:)
The agony felt after eating too much pie!
Ouch! Agonising pie-eating moments… Whenever I eat steak&kidney pie, I'm going to think of paizogony… 🙂
Procrastination prohibits progress should be plastered all around my house – that way I might get the message!
You seem like such a proactive, go-getter type of person… not a procrastinator… 🙂 Thoigh I suppose we all have our moments…
Perfectly pleased with all your pretty P's!
Now, let's see if the link works now *fingers crossed*
<a href="http://www.playwrightchick.com">Texas Playwright Chick</a>
Hmmmm – it doesn't work on your site, for some reason. It is workin!g on other sites I've visited this morning though….weird, I cut and paste it, so I don't quite understand.
Anyway, happy P day
Thanks Texas Playwright Chick!
Paizogony sounds like the study of countries or pain. 🙂
What about a combination? The study of pain within countries? Levels of pain? Types of pain? Sounds silly. I know. Just babbling on…
Paizogony is when people obsessively draw paisley patterns on everything from cocktail napkins to walls.
Paisley is a pretty pattern. Does this disorder affect artists/painters/illustrators only?
That's so painful. I had Paizogony when I was 16, and I've never forgotten it. I think I came down with it because of test-taking anxiety. I wouldn't wish Paizogony on anyone.
Anxiety-related pain? Where does it strike? Headache? Finger ache? Foot ache? Leg ache? Arm ache?
You're doing fab with all the coordinating words!!
I'd say this one is a board game that requires puzzling amounts of strategy.
Thanks sistah! Board game sounds about right…
A Paisley obsession, in which the person with it, has to wear paisley, buy paisley and think in paisley.
Sounds like a psychologically-based disorder. Wait, I think I suffered with this in my late-20's, during a paisley-crazed fad… sans the "thinking in paisley part"… 🙂
I like yours.
Paizogony: An ailment when the same person get stuck with the bill.
Used in a sentence: The paizogony John felt was indecribile when he realized once again his friends desserted him the bar tab.
I think some people are wired to become paizogony victims! They don't ever learn!
It's a new board game from Milton-Bradley, similar to Monopoly only with corn.
How is the money and property determined? Sounds corny! LOL.
I love your p-paragraph. I think it means animal family groupings.
Thanks Rosalind. Mmm… interesting… I'm at a loss for further words.
This is the building of ships out of french fries. 😛
Sorry hon. My brain is french fried and I've got nothing, but I do like your definition!
Hahahaha! You must have had french fries on the brain at this particular moment. 🙂
lol I swear you deserve a medal for this. I've never seen a paragraph with so many p-words before now.
Thanks Stina. The paragraphs don't always make sense… they're not meant to…
Aha! That's it. Paizogony is a medal bestowed on the creator of senseless alliterative-styled paragraphs.
Your p-paragraph is adorable. I particularly was pleased with the part about procrastination.
Paizogony – When one only wants to eat corn and is prejudiced against any other grain.
Thanks Shell Flower. Paizogonists would have to be corny kinda people… 🙂
Paizogony is sort of hard to explain and it could be nearly impossible to find a dictionary with its original definition. Think of a hounddog polygamist, then think of its opposite. Thus paizogony is when someone refuses to marry, but instead is a diehard singleton who thrives on proving this by flaunting that he/she is single and then blatantly, almost dramatically rejecting anyone who asks them out.
So do you think it's prevalent amongst females? I wonder how many males would be affected by this…
Wow, your p paragraph was a pretty powerful use of the word P.
And you had to make that word up. It's not a real word is it?
All the words are real. The definitions are made up. 🙂
You sure P'd up today, that still sounds bad. And new word for me too.
Hey Mr. Hatt, a tit for a tat, it sure does sound bad, but then you are rad (I got it to rhyme, though not as good as yours…)
I am officially crowning you the Queen of Alliteration – your posts are incredible!
Thank you Kimberly. You are too kind.
Sounds like a shape or math term.
Yes it does. A mixture of polygon + trapezoid + geometry… plus a few other concepts which I cannot remember… 🙂
Paizogony = Piazon + Agony : The pain of having friends!
Piazon is friend in Italian and agony is pain! (he he)
I like your logic. 🙂
It's the art of handpainting polished rock jewelry. 🙂 Happy weekend, Michelle.
I like the sound of this… so creative. I want to do this. You too, Mary. 🙂
Paizogony if the art of selecting the most powerful looking neckties for politicians appearing on television.
Then we'll have plenty of perfectly paizogonized politicians parading in parliament and piles of faux pas… 🙂
Nick wins, hands down.