# Presentience **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180 "2013-12-25T22:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/21 "2013-12-27T13:17:37Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Presentience: [1] knowing your intentions ahead of time. Back to the OP… **Present-ience** : [2] knowing your presents before you unwrap them. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/22 "2013-12-27T13:26:09Z")
Presentimental 1. Nostalgic for what’s happening right now 2. Feeling all _mooshy_ about gifts ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/23 "2013-12-27T15:58:05Z")
Premental: at the threshold. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/24 "2013-12-27T16:09:09Z")
His Preminence: Cardinal-to-be ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/25 "2013-12-28T05:57:17Z")
Pentecostidae: Any of various species of land-dwelling blowfish. [Cite.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15121231&postcount=39) > [@Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/39): > > > [@Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656/26): > > > > Nope. Poison is pretty rare among healthy vertebrates. Offhand I can only think of Tetraodontidae as being deadly poisonous, but having Pentecostals enjoy a fugu dinner as a show of faith kinda doesn’t have the same panache as snake handling. > > Don’t eat the Pentecostidae! Very bad for you. (ETA: Don’t let them bite you either.) > > [sup](Pentecostidae: Land-dwelling blowfish?)[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/26 "2013-12-28T17:03:05Z")
Prereminiscence - fond memories of your hopes for the way things might turn out. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/27 "2013-12-28T19:32:07Z")
perisentience _n_ The state of believing oneself to be the actress who played Roz on _Frasier_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/28 "2013-12-28T20:00:41Z")
Peri O’Dontist: best damn dentist in all of Kilkenny County. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/29 "2013-12-28T20:24:39Z")
Perspiritation: sweating whisky. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180/30 "2013-12-28T20:39:18Z")
Periseverance- constant rumination about the last paycheck you’ll get at the job you’re about to quit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presentience/677180.md?page=1)