Epistenaut

A voyager or traveler of knowledge, understanding and learning. Aka, an academic, scholar, or other knowledge-seeking individual. Comes from the Greek episteme--meaning knowledge, and the also Greek nautes--meaning sailor. Similar (and inspired by) astronaut. (From the Greek astron--star, and nautes--sailor, (again).

A much better term for a geek or bookworm.

Appropriate for resumes and embroidered pillows.

Not to be confused with pistenaut, which means sailor of urine. Comes from... well.

"Dude, your (sic) a geek!" -Boring, average individual
"No. I'm an epistenaut." -Epistenaut

"I AM AN EPISTENAUT!!!" -Epistenaut practicing katharsis during finals week.

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Extreme Hand-Holding

1. noun: Any act of cuddling beyond normal, chill holding hands. This can include full-contact cuddling, kissing, making out, or sex. It is often used to deter nosy friends, (see example 1.) when they want to know more about your relationship than they should.

2. noun: A rare case is actually when a couple is holding hands--and nothing else--but has manage to warp it into something incredibly sexual. Interesting to watch. This form of extreme hand-holding should perhaps be it's own fetish.

"Hey! What did you and _____ do last night??" -Nosy Friend
"Nothing much, a little extreme hand-holding." -Friend in Relationship
(Conversation ends, nosy friend thwarted)

DuDe!!1! Look at those two! I had no idea you could get THAT into holding hands.... extreme hand-holding ftw.

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