SFGirl
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Re: Good words
I definitely get fratchy when my desk is blutterbunged.
Sherry
P.S. My husband's going to lose it when I drop those into conversation.
--- Reading: Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
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2/25/2005, 8:49 pm
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SFGirl
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Re: Good words
Farrago fe-rah'go, n (Latin farrago, mixed fodder, from far, grain)
A confused mass of objects or people; any disordered mixture.
--- Reading: Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow
Writing: short story: Of Snow-Jewelled Hills and Ice
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3/18/2005, 12:52 pm
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nuanc
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bricolage - something created using a mix of whatever happens to be available.
--- READING: Not Wanted on the Voyage, Timothy Findlay
WRITING: a love story (planning stage)
PROPPING UP: Being Practically Creative
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SFGirl
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Re: Good words
phrontistery {FRON-tis-te-ri}, n. a thinking-place
Sherry
--- Reading: Low Port ed. by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Rewriting: short story: The Price of Roses
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4/22/2005, 11:18 pm
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Callipygian:- adj. "Having well shaped buttocks"
- if ever there were a word that deserved to be shared
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6/24/2005, 3:35 pm
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SFGirl
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Re: Good words
I learned a new word the other day:
euhemeristic - A theory attributing the origin of the gods to the deification of historical heroes.
Don't know when I'll use it, but I found it interesting...
Sherry
--- Reading: Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
Rewriting: One's Aspect To The Sun (novel)
Editing: Winter Unwitched (short story)
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Re: Good words
Now this is a good one:
Typetive
typ·e·tive [ tai pEh tihv ]
adjective
inclined to excessive writing: tending to write readily and at length
also
- typ·e·tive·ly adverb
- typ·e·tive·ness noun
Usage note: typetive, a general and fairly neutral word for somebody who writes a lot, especially as a matter of disposition
--- Reading: Celtika by Robert Holdstock
Rewriting: One's Aspect To The Sun (novel)
Writing: The Book of All Fictive Things http://fictivethings.blogspot.com
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quote: TheRabidWalnut wrote:
Callipygian:- adj. "Having well shaped buttocks"
If someone said, "my lover is callipygian" I'd probably think they meant a citizen of an obscure country.
spelunk - verb. "to explore a cave for recreational reasons"
It's also used by outdoor enthusiasts as a slang for sex.
--- Writing: a short story called 'Vanishing'
Reading: The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco
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Onomatopeia and soliloquoy...
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Backburner: Scion and Ratface; The Rose and the Sword (books); Seekers (comic book series)
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5/15/2006, 5:59 am
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Re: Good words
I've had to look up a few words in the course of reading these Terry Griggs books--which I don't mind in the least. For instance, I didn't know that a "hagoday" is what you call one of those ornate carved door knockers, you know, the kind with a lion's head or other animal.
Now I forget the others...must think...
Sherry
--- Reading: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Writing: editing One's Aspect to The Sun
Drawing: Spring Flowers
Listening: This Week in Science podcast (www.twis.org)
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5/22/2006, 6:04 pm
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