Word: hypochondria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rubbing table before every game. He had no injuries and few complaints in 1942 and his batting average that year skidded to a feeble .262. Next year his aches & pains, real and imaginary, were up to standard and his average soared to .328. Trying to explain his hypochondria, Luke says: "You get a little thing here & there, up & down, something that don't look so bad at first, and first thing you know it's really bad. I just don't take any chances. We got a lot of good trainers around here and I like...
Dailey's boss insists that Dailey's motorcycle is an incorrigible piece of machinery suffering from perpetual hypochondria. It seems to need some new "indispensable" gadget every other week. To Dailey, however, it is the instrument with which he makes a living and nothing is too good for it. As a result, its own maker would have a hard time recognizing his product...
...major theme is the exploitation of Japan's national hypochondria. Says one leaflet: "Water lines and electricity will be destroyed by bombs. Food will become scarce. Thus, you will weaken and become sick. . . . With every bombing the country becomes more unclean, and it is more difficult to control disease. Put an end to this needless suffering. Demand that the militarists who started this war bring...
Sirs: I worked with Ernie for five years on the Washington News, and I can testify to his wondrous hypochondria. The standing office gag was to ask Ernie every hour on the hour how he felt. He had only one reply through the years: "Terrible!" And I believe the kid meant it. He always looked it. Congratulations. A really wonderful piece. LEONARD HALL New York City...