Struthious
Posted by: foxrafer on: July 9, 2010
struthious
\STROO-thee-us\ | adjective
1 : of or relating to the ostriches and related birds
The ostrich genus is Struthio and its binomial name is Struthio camelus so struthious seems like a logical word. I can be quite struthious at times, sticking my head in the sand, although I understand that’s actually an ostrich myth.
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Congeries
Posted by: foxrafer on: July 8, 2010
congeries
\KAHN-juh-reez\ | noun
1 : aggregation, collection
New word for me; not sure if it’s ever something I would use. It makes me think it should be the name of a nation of people (The Congeries have one of the highest voter turnouts in the region.) Maybe I could use it for the name of an alien race in a story.
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Mondegreen
Posted by: foxrafer on: February 1, 2010
mondegreen
\MON-di-green\ | noun
1 : a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard
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Flout
Posted by: foxrafer on: June 14, 2009
flout
\FLOUT\ | verb
1 : to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
2 : to indulge in scornful behavior
The Republicans are making contemptuous scornful behavior a way of life. It doesn’t matter what Obama says, they’re going to stand for the exact opposite and go out of their way to actively try and make whatever he’s proposing fail. They don’t care what happens to the country, as long as they can turn public opinion against the President it will make them happy. They need to be strung up by their thumbs and dipped in hot tar until their screams can be heard in Reykjavik. That’s not exactly what this word is all about, not precisely; the more exact meaning would be insisting that the conservative asshats be flouted because of their despicable behavior. But I’d rather they be dipped in hot tar; flouting is too kind for these morons.
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Vignette
Posted by: foxrafer on: June 8, 2009
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vignette
\vin-YET\ | noun
1 : a running ornament or design (as of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) on a page
2a : a picture (as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
2b : the pictorial part of a postage stamp
3a : a short descriptive literary sketch
3b : a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie)
The only meanings of this word I ever knew before were the last two. I kind of really love that the picture on a stamp is a vignette, and I love the “shades off gradually into the surrounding paper” one too. I don’t know why but I feel a story in there somewhere, an artist who does nothing but vignettes.
I’m a writer (if you can call me that) who writes nothing but vignettes. I’ve had a couple of ideas for stories with actual plots and chapters but I can’t seem to make them work. I’m a scene girl it seems, through and through. I guess there’s nothing wrong with that, but it’d be nice to write a full story and that you could even think vaguely about getting published.
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Ephemeral
Posted by: foxrafer on: June 5, 2009
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