Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 17, 2011

Great word, Wiley. Thanks…………….Dare you to invent a character named Bing♫…..

That’s a great one!

A new word to describe my room mate. Thanks.

(Ah say, that boy’s as sharp as a bowling ball).

There was a woman that worked as a landlord’s assistant at an apartment complex I used to live at. No one knew the word “Anoesis” at that time, so we all just called her “waste of space”.I would have guessed this one if I just had a little more time for it!

Inspiring his readership to exert a little effort – apt fate

C’mon, anyone familiar with Noetics would’ve gotten this.

Wow, that $1000 bucks was as safe as if it were in a bank.

Oh, sorryNevermind.

Anoesis is derived from the Greek word noesis meaning reason or intellect and the prefix a- meaning not. “Boy, does that shoe fit the horse.”

I think that Wiley has a new “Mrs. Byrnes 365 Day-Calendar” and was just dying for a chance to use it. Sophomanic would have been a good choice, too.

Love it. Great word, so appropriately used.

Anoesis = clewless

If I wanted an education, I would do a crossword puzzle. I just like a laugh in the morning. Tough to carry a dictionary on the subway.

an·o·e·sis   [an-oh-ee-sis]nouna state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.

This is just crazy!

Well, I read this on my computer, so I could Google it. Looked like “ANDESIS”, though, which apparently isn’t a word, and I had to go back and check it again, by which time it was too late even to smile. Timing is important, and if you have to take a break to look up a word, it spoils it.

Self-diagnosing yesterday, were we? ;-D

Okay, Wiley. Yesterday I suggested Clueless, and all you did was translate it to Greek. Where’s my check?

Wiley, that is absolutly wizard!!!

Sounds like Click and Clack: unencumbered by the thought process.

@ Silent BobBut not everyone takes an anoetic approach to the comics.

He coulda just named any Republican presidential wannabe, but this is more elegant.

Oh, and Dave Drum … clewless …. that would only have fit if Eddie had a sailboat.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anoesis

Thus saith the moghal Pub : “Name the boat ; ‘PAH-FECT ANOESIS’.

[an-oh-ee-sis] Show IPAnouna state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.

Calvin N, thanks for the pronunciation guide: doing more reading than intelligent conversation, I tend to mispronounce a lot.

Damn, might help if I ‘load the rest of the comments’ before I post! Calvin beat me to it by 2 hours. :D

A little while back there was a cute LA Times crossword that had a AA Milne quotation: Have you ever stopped to think, then forgot to start again?

I don’t get it…

wow, many comments for explanation of anoesis. my friend from Maine is always saying “I know this” so I figured that is how its spelt; ahnosis. Thanks all!

I wonder if I could get that on my license plate.

Not to belabor the LA Times crosswords, but NonSequitur was one of the answers in today’s puzzle.

Finally: a single word that describes a typical Fox News viewer!

I still think “clueless” is way easier to say….But what do I know.

try being married to someone who is in the constant state of…(sigh)

Great way to insult someone without his/her knowledge.

Maybe it just means ‘gut feel only’ analysis. Nothing in the definition says that cognitive processing would improve or even preserve the sensation and emotion value.

anoesis describes Eddie Pah-fectly

Describes my teenager “pahfectly”!

There is no listing for andesis – but andesit means gray flat rock..seems appropiate..Anoesis is absence of thought – equally good…MVP who never misses a morning

Knowing what it means now really makes the comic funnier. Very appropriate word.

I read ten definitions online, and I still don’t comprehend the concept. Good thing I wasn’t a psyche major!(Could failure to comprehend the definition of “anoesis” be considered ironic?)(And why doesn’t spell check recognize “anoesis”?? For shame!)

That ‘o’ looked more like a ‘d’ to me . . . so I was so confused! Thanks Destiny23!

Wiley, why do you draw him with a head….he don’t got….

anoesis: a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.Otherwise known as a woman’s state of mind when she goes shopping with her man’s hard earned money.

Yeah, anoesis is Cap’n Eddy in one word. Come to think of it, that’s also politicians, bankers, and corporate execs in one word. At least the part about no thinking; I’m becoming convinced the latter three are sociopaths to a one and thus can’t feel emotion.

Huh? I’m in a state of anoesis.

Great word. dictionary.com – lousy site. So many ads, no wonder its free.

But that’s the same name Capt’n Eddie came up with yesterday. He just used the English translation!

Thanks for the help, gang! My Webster’s College Dictionary didn’t have it. Shame on Miriam’s descendants!

I can’t find a darned thing for “Andesis.” What’s the gag?

Ouch! Time travel hurts my head.

Ten years later, this word perfectly characterizes many political and social responses to current issues, ranging from election results, to economic policies, to crowd control in unrest situation, to covid-19 mask/vaccination programs

So there.