6 August 2002 - bathology

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2002 : 6 August 2002

The Pathos of Bathos
Or, Four Score and Seven Years Ago, It Was Teatime
Or, Lost in the Thicket of the Sticky Wicket

Bathology may be a pathology, but it is not related to batology, or battology, or battology.

clue:

batology - The study of brambles.
battology - Pointless repetition.