Originally Posted by whaywardj
"Prong in the brainstem." Have to remember that one. Have no idea what it means, but it sounds cool.
Pithed: from answers.com:
tr.v., pithed, pith·ing, piths.
To sever or destroy the spinal cord of, usually by inserting a needle into the vertebral canal.
Commonly done to frogs in science dissections to "anethetize" the poor beast so its functioning organs can be studied.
"feeling pithed" is a colloq. term for feeling braindead/tired, at least in Britain.
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