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May 27, 2003 06:56
21 yrs ago
English term
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Lac Anien
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"Lac Anien", a pun referring to Jacques Lacan, a psychoanalyst whose writing is particularily opaque. To translate this pun, we need a psychology-related term ending or beginning with the sound "Lake". any ideas??? thank you
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| 3 +1 | Lake Onan |
Teresa Reinhardt
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| 3 +2 | the Freudian lake (or the Jungian lake) ..... |
DGK T-I
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Teresa Reinhardt
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Lake Onan
Pardon my French, but it is an option...
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31 mins
the Freudian lake (or the Jungian lake) .....
More metaphors than terms, but they might fit in
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Note added at 2003-05-27 07:37:36 (GMT)
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some resonance to the general reader - Jung and Freud being so connected in the public imagination with different aspects of psychoanalysis, (in the public\'s mind - Freud: subconscious, sexuality & Oedipus; Jung - mysterious connections ).
Lake as a big pool of ideas in which people swim. If appropriate etaphor could be extended by making the lake \"soupy\" (non-transparent).
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Note added at 2003-05-27 07:39:09 (GMT)
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~ the \'etaphor\' is a mistyped metaphor !
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Note added at 2003-05-27 08:08:13 (GMT) Post-grading
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OR:
\"Lake Arcane\"
arcane - adjective requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Latin arcanus secret, hidden, from arcere to shut up, keep safe]
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Note added at 2003-05-27 08:09:06 (GMT) Post-grading
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OR:
\"Lake Arcane\"
arcane - adjective requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Latin arcanus secret, hidden, from arcere to shut up, keep safe]
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Note added at 2003-05-27 07:37:36 (GMT)
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some resonance to the general reader - Jung and Freud being so connected in the public imagination with different aspects of psychoanalysis, (in the public\'s mind - Freud: subconscious, sexuality & Oedipus; Jung - mysterious connections ).
Lake as a big pool of ideas in which people swim. If appropriate etaphor could be extended by making the lake \"soupy\" (non-transparent).
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Note added at 2003-05-27 07:39:09 (GMT)
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~ the \'etaphor\' is a mistyped metaphor !
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Note added at 2003-05-27 08:08:13 (GMT) Post-grading
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OR:
\"Lake Arcane\"
arcane - adjective requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Latin arcanus secret, hidden, from arcere to shut up, keep safe]
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Note added at 2003-05-27 08:09:06 (GMT) Post-grading
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OR:
\"Lake Arcane\"
arcane - adjective requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric
[ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: from Latin arcanus secret, hidden, from arcere to shut up, keep safe]
Peer comment(s):
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airmailrpl
: Lake Arcane
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Thank you :-)
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Yolanda Broad
: Lake Arcane - this fits the Lacanian context a lot better than "Lake Onan," which has a meaning limited to masturbation.
77 days
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Yolanda :-) how very kind ~
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