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Nechama Chaya ([personal profile] med_cat) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2015-07-31 05:48 am
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Friday word: Mogigraphia

Mogigraphia (n.):

1. also known as cheirospasm, chirospasm and graphospasm – writer’s cramp; hand cramps.
2. having creative difficulty in writing.

Etymology: From Greek mogis (with difficulty) + graph (writing).



(pic via Writer's Circle FB pg; definition from victoriousvocabulary Tumblr ["A Lackadaisical Lexicon for Laggard Logophiles"])

[identity profile] wildflower399.livejournal.com 2015-07-31 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
My goodness, I have had this almost daily for decades (I write for a living). Now I finally have a word for it! Thanks! :-D