hockogrockle
Sep. 5th, 2007 07:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordhockogrockle - n., a non-existent disease.
Specifically, one that quacks in the 17th and 18th century claimed to be able to cure. Less obscure is the marthambles, another existentially challenged condition, now known through Patrick O'Brian's use; details here and posts linked therefrom.
---L.
Specifically, one that quacks in the 17th and 18th century claimed to be able to cure. Less obscure is the marthambles, another existentially challenged condition, now known through Patrick O'Brian's use; details here and posts linked therefrom.
---L.
