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Nov. 3rd, 2006

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A new entry for the lexicon

You've got your eros, your philos, and your agape.

And then there's toyota. As in, "I love what you do for me!" It's a pretty impersonal kind of love, fed by a continuous stream of good deeds bestowed by the love object on the one who toyota-loves him or her. Person A toyota-loves person B because B is so nice to A. It's nothing special about B.

It's a useful concept that I've had in my personal love-type inventory for years. Now if I say it, you'll know what I'm talking about.