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Re:Coding Horror: Paul Graham's Participatory Narcissism by bayareaguy on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @01:24AM (#145461)
Paul Graham's writing is radically aphatic

What does that mean? No online dictionary I regularly use lists "aphatic". Google turns up a geology term here[1] with a different spelling.

[1] - http://www.greengonzo.com/dictionary/Aphantec.html

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Re:Coding Horror: Paul Graham's Participatory Narcissism by gruseom on Tuesday March 25, 2008 @11:27AM (#145761)
I made up "aphatic" to mean "not phatic", by analogy with "aphasia".
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