Am I a Prion?

[AuntBee]

How bout Priusiast? (Prius + enthusist) .... or Priusian

[cgraham]

Originally posted by galaxee@Jan 14 2006, 11:06 PM
prions do tend to aggregate....

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Cool, Galaxie, now you are getting into the _weird_ properties of Prions, and their human counterparts.


Slortz, re Priuscenti: it's clever. However Cognoscenti: "A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur" In the OP I meant "Prius Fan" to imply a Prius owner or wannabe. Cognoscenti does not imply ownership.

However I would not argue that there are probably few Priuscenti who are not owners or waiting to be one. The term might better be applied to Senior Posters.

AuntBee - how about Prithuser?

Inspired by other posts I thought of:

Priowner
Prioner
Prisoner (of your Prius infatuation), pronounced Pri-zoner (are we in the zone, or
what?)
Priciest. (No incest jokes, please).

Let imagination soar!

C

[AuntBee]

CGraham--I like "Priowner." Hey does anyone out there know the origin of or why they named it "Prius?" (There's usually some story behind car names... I was a Mazda owner for over ten years before I knew it was named after a Hindu god (Ahura Mazda). Just wondering...

[Sho-Bud]

Driver of a Prius: Prionaut

[Jack 06]

Originally posted by AuntBee@Jan 16 2006, 10:26 PM
CGraham--I like "Priowner."  Hey does anyone out there know the origin of or why they named it "Prius?"  (There's usually some story behind car names... I was a Mazda owner for over ten years before I knew it was named after a Hindu god (Ahura Mazda).    Just wondering...

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"to go before"

[Bill Merchant]

And a salute to Albert Hofmann, who just turned 100, on his finding the lysergic version first.

[cgraham]

Originally posted by Bill Merchant@Jan 17 2006, 01:12 AM
And a salute to Albert Hofmann, who just turned 100, on his finding the lysergic version first.

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It took a little research to make sense of THAT one. I mixed with the wrong crowd, in the 60's I guess.

You are evidently still using, Bill!

[Bill Merchant]

Originally posted by cgraham@Jan 17 2006, 07:08 AM
It took a little research to make sense of THAT one. I mixed with the wrong crowd, in the 60's I guess.

You are evidently still using, Bill! 

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Actually, no. Prions affect the central nervous system too, though.

[cgraham]

Originally posted by Bill Merchant@Jan 22 2006, 01:31 PM
Actually, no. Prions affect the central nervous system too, though.

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Right!

Prius owners tend to be pretty heady about their great vehicle. Prion is a metaphor for that condition.

C