Is "psionic" an accepted word in standard English?

[JEL]

The OED definition is, and I quote in full:

Pertaining to or involving ‘psi’.

Interesting. IIRC, the word is a combination of "psi" + "electronic" in the same way "bionic" is "bio" + "electronic."

 

[Tom Cashel]

psi is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Hail Eris!), and also "parapsychological psychic phenomena or powers," according to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed.).

 

[thundershot]

Hell, years ago, I used to wonder why the word "teleport" kept coming up as an error in my spellcheckers when I wrote stories, and then went to look it up in the dictionary, and lo and behold, TELEPORT was not in there! Not sure if eventually got added in the last couple years, but it really threw me for a loop..


Chris

 

[Vindicator]

THAC0 an acronym, To Hit Armor Class Zero

I was trying to be funny.

 

[Krieg]

Psionics is, in fact, a made up word.

Care to give me an example of a word that is not in fact a made up word?

 

[Gez]

Yes there are. They're called onomatopoeia. For example, "to sing" is a made-up verb. "To mew" isn't, it's mimickry.

 

[ecliptic]

i know this too.

but when i heard people pronouncing it.. it wigged me out. it is like kids nowadays saying: LoL

Pronouncing THAC0 is no different then someone pronouncing any other acronym such as HAZMAT or the countless military ones. It is alot easier to say "Thaco", then it is to say "To Hit Armor Class Zero".

 

[Dirigible]

but when i heard people pronouncing it.. it wigged me out. it is like kids nowadays saying: LoL

So, did you used to pronounce it 'tee aitch ay see zero'?

 

[Ashwyn]

Yes there are. They're called onomatopoeia. For example, "to sing" is a made-up verb. "To mew" isn't, it's mimickry.

They're still made up.

 

[tarchon]

They're still made up.

But of what?