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Word of the Day for Sunday, August 8, 2010fantod \FAN-tod\, noun: 1. A state of extreme nervousness or restlessness (usually expressed in the plural.) "Well, as your grandmother says, there's no use getting in a fantod about it," my mother said. " Such a fantod over what was, essentially, a pimple on Nanny's posterior. Fantod is of obscure origin, apparently a derivation from fantique which is in turn a possible alteration of fantigue, a combination of "fantasy" and "fatigue." | |||||||||
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  What is it called when a person is "speaking in tongues?"A person who has what is known as "the gift of tongues" is usually in the midst of religious ecstasy, trance, or delirium. The speaker - and often witnesses too - believe that they are being possessed by a supernatural spirit or channeling the language of a deity or divine being. Experts call this phenomenon glossolalia, a Greek compound... | |||||||||
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