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chopstickology en · NOUN

Etymology

From chopstick + -ology.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, uncountable) The art of using chopsticks.
    • I am not, however, writing about food, though I think I have gone from a B.S. to a Ph.D. in chopstickology. 1986, Samuel L. Lewis, SufiVision and Initiation: Meetings with Remarkable Beings, page 111:
    • A friend gave me a quick tutorial in Chopstickology and that was all I needed. 2007 March 23, Shawnda, “Quick Kung Pao Chicken”, in The Brewer and the Baker:
    • One of the more difficult aspects of chopstickology is how to get over the embarrassment of dropping something. 1994, Fred Schneiter, Getting Along with the Chinese, Hamamatsu: Heian International, page 104: