Sometimes we reinvent the wheel and think it was our idea….
I grew up in the 60’s. So it may not surprise you to know that many years ago I “inhaled”. (I have exhaled also many times since then.)
So In what must have been 1966, after “inhaling”, I was thinking. (I’ve also done that many times since.)
I thought, “Hmmm there’s the word “psyche” for “mind”. And then hmmmm….there’s the word “ology” meaning “the study of.”
Then I thought, “Wow. Wouldn’t this be a great word – one that combined these two – “psyche” and “ology?”
And I told my friend, Bill Cervetti, “Dig this, Bill. I’ve just come up with this incredible new word, “Pscyhe-ology.” It combines “psyche” for mind with “ology” for study of. It would mean you know the study of the mind!
And he said, ”Dave, that’s already a word!
I said, “WHAT!?”
And then it dawned on me. And I said “YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!” Psychology! Too much!”
