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    "To fathom hell or soar angelic, Just take a pinch of ____________." With the next and last word in this short poem, a new word was coined. What is this word and who was the coiner?

    Question #59807. Asked by my_baby_love. (Oct 06 05 6:02 AM)


    lanfranco

    		Psychedelic. Coined by Humphry Osmond in a poetic exchange with Aldous Huxley:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic

    Oct 06 05, 6:17 AM
    my_baby_love

    		Excellent! Soar angelic!

    Oct 06 05, 8:12 AM

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