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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009Is there a single word for olfactory hallucination?
Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? TOF > Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? [single] oops ... TOF >> Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > >[single] oops ... Mindfart?  SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > >> Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > > >[single] oops ... > > Mindfart? Typographic dyslexia TOF > TOF wrote >> >> Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Typographic dyslexia That's two. DC -- >> TOF wrote > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> Typographic dyslexia > That's two. Three ("olfactory") > Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? [single] oops ... TOF If a Freudian slip is a "versprechen", perhaps it should be a "verriechen", as in the case of Anna O. and the cigars. Peter Groves > Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? Not that I know of. I assume "singel" is just a typing error for "single", but "olifactory" is clearly a misspelling of "oflactory" (unless you mean it to be based on a root for elephants, for which the hallucination of pink ones is well known). "Olfactive" is a synonym for "olfactory", in case you wanted one. Most kinds of hallucination are two or more words. For reasons I can't remember, I actually have a list os some of these, although I can't remember ever needing it. I'm sure I copied it from somewhere, but am umable to cite the source(s?). In some cases guessing the meaning works; in others it doesn't. In that list are (where h~ stands for "hallucination") auditory h~ gustatory h~ haptic h~ tactile h~ olfactory h~ visual h~ formed visual h~ unformed visual h~ command h~ hypnagogic h~ hypnopampic h~ kinestheia h~ lilliputian h~ microptic h~ stump h~ extracamine h~ kinetc h~ motor h~ somatic h~ mood-congruent h~ mood-incongurent h~ > I assume "singel" is just a typing error for "single", but "olifactory" > is clearly a misspelling of "oflactory" ... (Giggle) SignatureMark Brader "Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing." Toronto "Doing *anything* is worse than doing nothing!" msb@vex.net -- Lynn & Jay: YES, PRIME MINISTER > Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? Not that I know of. I assume "singel" is just a typing error for "single", but "olifactory" is clearly a misspelling of "olfactory" (unless you mean it to be based on a root for elephants, for which the hallucination of pink ones is well known). "Olfactive" is a synonym for "olfactory", in case you wanted one. Most kinds of hallucination are two or more words. For reasons I can't remember, I actually have a list os some of these, although I can't remember ever needing it. I'm sure I copied it from somewhere, but am umable to cite the source(s?). In some cases guessing the meaning works; in others it doesn't. In that list are (where h~ stands for "hallucination") auditory h~ gustatory h~ haptic h~ tactile h~ olfactory h~ visual h~ formed visual h~ unformed visual h~ command h~ hypnagogic h~ hypnopampic h~ kinestheia h~ lilliputian h~ microptic h~ stump h~ extracamine h~ kinetc h~ motor h~ somatic h~ mood-congruent h~ mood-incongurent h~ >Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? Is there a single (other) word for any kind of hallucination? SignatureJohn >>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > >Is there a single (other) word for any kind of hallucination? Tinnitus and phosphene just occurred to me, but I don't think they're exactly hallucinations. SignatureJohn >>>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >> >>Is there a single (other) word for any kind of hallucination? > >Tinnitus and phosphene just occurred to me, but I don't think they're >exactly hallucinations. Ghost. Mirage. Others might agree with me that both "life" and "politics" are but hallucinations. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England > John O'Flaherty wrote >>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > >Is there a single (other) word for any kind of hallucination? 'Hallucination'. DC -- >Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > >TOF Is this what you are looking for? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination#Olfactory_hallucinations Olfactory hallucinations Phantosmia is the phenomenon of smelling odors that aren't really present. .... Phantosmia is different from parosmia, in which a smell is actually present, but perceived differently from its usual smell. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) BrE filted: >>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Phantosmia is different from parosmia, in which a smell is actually > present, but perceived differently from its usual smell. Nice...I once thought that "hallucination" implied the visual sort (because it seems to have a form of "lux" in it), and wondered what the auditory equivalent might be....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Phantosmia is different from parosmia, in which a smell is actually > present, but perceived differently from its usual smell. It's debatable whether those really answer the original question, though, in that they're medical argot, invented by expressing multiple concepts in a language that allows the separate words to be compounded. The more interesting question is whether there any such terms beyond the inventions of the medical profession. Cheers - Ian >>>Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Cheers - Ian If there were, we'd all know about them. On 31 Dec 2008, Ian Noble wrote >>> Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > expressing multiple concepts in a language that allows the > separate words to be compounded. I disagree: it's not debatable in the least, as there was no implication anywhere in the question that it was about words in common circulation, non-medical terms, or anything other than "a single word" for the phenomenon. The question was a straightforward one ("Does a single word exist for this?"), and the answer is equally straightforward ("Yes: phantosmia"). > The more interesting question > is whether there any such terms beyond the inventions of the > medical profession. "More interesting" to you, perhaps; but not remotely inferable from the question as posed. SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed >On 31 Dec 2008, Ian Noble wrote > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >for this?"), and the answer is equally straightforward ("Yes: >phantosmia"). I used the wording: "Is this what you are looking for?" This left open the possibility that there was another word for the phenomenon. It also left open the possibility that Fran, the OP, meant a different effect: a hallucination caused by a smell. The latter, if it exists, might be a variation on "odour-evoked memory". SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > >On 31 Dec 2008, Ian Noble wrote > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > a hallucination caused by a smell. The latter, if it exists, might be a > variation on "odour-evoked memory". Thanks to all for the contributions here. The term you offered "phantosmia" actually comes closest to what I had in mind. Oddly, what prompted me to start considering this is that while cooking the other day I noted how much I liked the smell of sesame oil, and yet it really doesn't smell much like sesame but (to me) has a rather woody smell, which is more like the "odour-evoked memory". TOF > Oddly, what prompted me to start considering this is that while > cooking the other day I noted how much I liked the smell of sesame > oil, and yet it really doesn't smell much like sesame but (to me) has > a rather woody smell, which is more like the "odour-evoked memory". The stuff I use is pressed from toasted sesame seeds, which is where it gets its distinctive (and delicious, I agree) smell and taste. SignatureDavid > > Oddly, what prompted me to start considering this is that while > > cooking the other day I noted how much I liked the smell of sesame [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The stuff I use is pressed from toasted sesame seeds, which is where it > gets its distinctive (and delicious, I agree) smell and taste. So is mine, or so it is claimed. Fran TOF: > Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? Madeleines? -- B Stahl >TOF: >> Is there a singel word for olifactory hallucination? > >Madeleines? How about smellucination? |
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