Egopods are animals whose legs resemble those of goats. Egópodo is also an old-fashioned word in botany; corresponds to a genus of plants of the apiaceae family.
These plants generally represent a torment for gardeners, since they spread throughout the land in which they are found..
When the leaves are still young, it can be used as a salad. Some types resemble the well-known “dandelions”, due to the size of their stem and the white of their leaves. The difference is that they do not fly when you blow them.
These last two are a perfect example of what is a polysemic word or with multiple definitions..
However, the story with this word does not stop there. It turns out that many people used or use it to refer to an egomaniac or over-ego person.
In the Mexican comedy series, Ludovico P. Luche, the protagonist's wife calls him an egopod, confusing the term with an egomaniac..
This has made the word very difficult to define with the naked eye, since the various meanings create uncertainty about the existence of the word..
In Zaragoza, Spain, a very successful work of art was made. In this he referred to an Egópod as an inner monster, which represented the fear of himself and the fear of not being accepted by society.
It is not known how this conclusion was reached, but it could well be speculated that the goat legs were associated with the physical figure that some place on the devil..
The word, if used today, is possibly wrong. It is somewhat complicated, taking into account that in order to know the real definition you have to search in a dictionary of the Complutense University of Madrid.
Pages as important as the RAE (Royal Spanish Academy), do not include the definition between their lines.
People, not being able to find it in conventional dictionaries, will think that it is a word created by habit, or that it is simply an invention of society.
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