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[linnea]

... the time they do it in Pulp Fiction, that is "cool?"
That is terrifying. That is not cool.

also, that was adrenaline.

Epi is also spelled adrenalin, adrenaline, etc.

[oball]

You have to admit that adrenaline sounds much cooler.  Nobody talks about something exciting giving them an epinephrine rush.

[theinevitable]

oh, wow, I think if I had thought it through I would have figured it out.

but that's because I have too much faith in myself being able to figure out Facts just by thinking. you know... without knowing the facts.

[Golfhaus]

oh, wow, I think if I had thought it through I would have figured it out.

but that's because I have too much faith in myself being able to figure out Facts just by thinking. you know... without knowing the facts.

That will serve you well in twenty years when you make it to the White House.

[linnea]

You have to admit that adrenaline sounds much cooler.  Nobody talks about something exciting giving them an epinephrine rush.

Epi is used more in a medical context, it's Greek for "on (epi-) the kidneys (nephros-)" which is where your little adrenal glands are perched. Adrenalin means the same thing, but in Latin. Nephrologists are physicians who specialize in kidney related disorders, which is why I remember epinephrine.

[theinevitable]

proof that I am REQUIRED to be a language dork forever (especially for the next several years):
But why do they both end in "ine"? Is that an ending common to both languages (I doubt this), or is this an example of that thing I hate (possibly called a Portmanteau? but that term is not specific enough) where they put together latinate and greek(ate? grecian?) roots. Hmm, what -is- that called? I should spend 2 hours looking for that term on wikipedia.

[oball]

Epi is used more in a medical context

In the US, maybe.  Pretty much everywhere else calls it adrenaline.