typtology means the supposed science or theory of the rapping sounds produced by spirits at a séance. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “typtology” is a great word
TYPTOLOGY — [Noun] The theory and practice of interpreting coded rapping sounds attributed to discarnate spirits during a séance. From Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, "to strike") + -logy ("study of"). Unlike "spiritualism," which denotes the broad religious movement, or "telegraphy," the contemporaneous system for earthly electrical messages, typtology is a narrow, mechanistic grammar of the paranormal. It is the hopeful, hollow knock from beneath the table, the patient counting of beats by a rapt circle of mourners, and the desperate arithmetic converting random percussion into alphabetic messages—a futile attempt to impose syntax on silence, built entirely on the hope that absence is just a failure to listen.
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- The supposed science or theory of the rapping sounds produced by spirits at a séance.