Xoxkitkat enlightens readers on the use of wacky words.

The other day I was given an assignment requiring me to find 3 words using the Latin root, anthrop. Boring! Nevertheless, I commenced on my tedious journey into the world of words. "Anthropology. Anthropoid. Anthropocentric. Gee, what fun," I sarcastically thought to myself. Then I came across the word galeanthropy, the delusion that one is a cat. I burst out in laughter at the absurdity of the word, realizing that somebody must have actually witnessed a case of galeanthropy and needed to come up with a word for it. My personal discovery of this word invoked my curiosity, so I began a search for even more peculiar sounding words, and I would like to share some of my findings with you.

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Kittieme struggles with losing her cool.

Everyone is faced with different hardships. Some people have trouble staying positive in negative situations. Others are trialed by depression, and lack of motivation. There are also those who have bad tempers. They have difficulties controlling the anger they feel inside. Sometimes they thrash out on people they care about and end up feeling awful about it. Bad tempers can ruin relationships, create distances with people you care about, and even frighten some people. Trust me, I know.

I am unfortunately very guilty of having a bad temper. When people like me get upset, we first become angry, and then feel sad later. When we are really angry, we might yell at those we care about when they upset us. That's what happened today. My mom and I got in a disagreement about something that I was doing at school and I blew up. As I am writing this I feel simply awful for what I said. I didn't throw out any insults, but the way I fought verbally with her replays in my mind. I want to run up to my mother and tell her how sorry I am now, but she's busy at work while I'm left in enormous guilt.

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