Message-ID: <17785580.1075846821722.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:03:00 -0700 (PDT) From: wsmith@wordsmith.org To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org Subject: A.Word.A.Day--empty nest syndrome Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Wordsmith X-To: linguaphile@wordsmith.org X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Susan_Scott_Dec2000_June2001_2\Notes Folders\Wordsmith X-Origin: SCOTT-S X-FileName: sscott5.nsf empty nest syndrome (EMP-tee nest SIN-drom) noun A depressed state felt by some parents after their children have left home. "Meanwhile, _Home Improvement_ is going to be suffering empty nest syndrome. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who plays middle son Randy on the sitcom, will leave to focus on his education, the 16-year-old actor's publicist said yesterday." People Watch, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Aug 5, 1998. This week's theme: syndromes, paradoxes, laws, and principles. ............................................................................. I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances. -Don Herold Looking for a word previously featured in AWAD? An alphabetical index is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html . For the chronological archives, visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html. Send mail to wsmith@wordsmith.org to get archives by email. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/empty_nest_syndrome.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/empty_nest_syndrome.ram