Originally this had been the index page of the section with the title General Information Pages. It seemed a bit wordy and I wasn't really sure that the information would be particularly general.
I'd wondered about Confabulation. It seemed to be just about the right word to describe what's here and the pages linked to it.
con·fab·u·late
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(kən-fāb'yə-lāt') To talk casually; chat. [Latin cōnfābulārī, cōnfābulāt- : com-, com- + fābulārī, |
Sadly,there is a second and very specific definition. Used in psychiatry and psychology:
Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications
that one believes to be facts.
Psychiatry The replacement of a gap in a person's memory
by a falsification that he or she believes to be true.
This rather put me off using it. But Colloquy has an unusually short spelling - considering it has three syllables! - and a colloquium seems an interesting way to swap ideas. And, of course, it's a lot shorter than is General Information Pages.
The above definition is based on an entry at Dictionary.com. The current entry for Confabulation can be seen at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confabulation. THe site's definition of Colloquy can be seen at
The same site defines Colloquy this way:
noun, plural -quies.
a conversational exchange; dialogue.
a conference.
and
a conversation, especially a formal one.
a written dialogue.
Origin:
1555-65; L colloquium colloquium
Related forms:
col-lo-quist, noun
Which makes me a colloquist, I guess!
