Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Lemme tell you a little story about Vernorexia...

I love Spring. It's my favorite season. All the trees are becoming green again. Flowers are blooming. Birds actually use the birdhouses. Everyone is getting in a relationship. The world no longer looks bleak and bo-- Wait. Back up. "Everyone is getting in a relationship." Is this because of Spring? Is it coincidence? Nah. It couldn't be. There's something about Spring that gets couples all lovey-dovey. And that, dear friend, is called Vernorexia.

"Vernorexia?  wHaT's ThAt?" I can hear you asking through this screen.
I actually just explained it. If you're having trouble comprehending that:
Vernorexia is a Romantic Mood inspired by the Spring and warm weather and, oddly enough, the color Green.  (Green M&M's, anyone?)

It's actually a great word. Vernorexia comes from Latin, along with a Latinized form of Greek.  Vern- comes from the Latin "Vernus", meaning Spring, or In the Spring. -Exia comes from the kind-of-Latin-kind-of-Greek root "Exien", which means "To be in a condition."
So, I guess, technically, Vernorexia means "A condition caused by Spring", which could be interpreted then as Allergies. Therefore, Lovey-Dovey is the same as Allergies. Science.
 By the way, another word for Vernorexia is Vernalagnia.

2 comments:

  1. In the definition, I assume you meant A condition caused by spring. But I like the word, and girl/boy friends are for loser dweebos.

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  2. Here's a little ditty I read before about vernorexia.

    I always have increased desires
    Whenever I smell autumn fires
    Winter, because it is colder,
    Often makes me a little bit bolder.
    And summer, so sticky and hot,
    Makes my hormones erupt on the spot.
    But in springtime I feel so much sexia,
    For nothing can match vernorexia!
    -Robert Lewdest Springhasprung

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