Words II · 25 February 2009
I’ve been reminded to update my word inventory. Here’s the going attraction-revulsion index. (Last year.)
Likes:
Arriviste, Apocryphal, Alterity, Apposite, Aporia
Bayesian, Bellweather, Beseige, Brass Tacks, Blowtorch
Cantankerous, Cavalcade, Caterwaul, Crack (adj.), Coracle, Crux
Dreck, Desultory, Dawdler, Dulcimer, Discretion, Divination
Eschaton, Epigraph
Forecaster, Field, Fosforo, Fathom
Good God
Hidebound, Halcyon, Heresiology
Inane, Ignite, Innumeracy, In the offing
Jasmine
Kairotic moment
Lay-about, Legerdemain, Laminate, Leverage, Lance
Nepenthe, Nonce (for the), Nary
Mercury, Meta, Moving wall
Onslaught, Operator, Oxide
Plutoid, Psychodrama, Pageantry, Poisson
Quay, Quell, Querent
Razor, Risible
Satyr, Sequence, Shit-heel, Sprezzatura, Sluice, System
Tarmac, Tether
Uluka
Volent, Via voce, Veronal, Vesuvian
Wraith, Wrest, Weasel word, Watershed
Zero hour, Zang
Dislikes:
Bastard, Racy, Vending machine
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Good god. Leveraging this list to come up with something not apocryphal is difficult if not fathomable to construct. The eschatologist in me is waiting for the epoch to end. But, alas, I cannot forecast nor divine what happens next, but I hope we return to our halcyon days instead of the universe igniting in a flash of light or nothingness. It’s quite quixotic (and perhaps inane, but I digress too much). Alas, I do not have enough legerdemain to continue this dreck of mine (maybe I never had any; many have told me via voce that I cannot wrest attention from the many because in the offing I used too many weasel words, sigh). But I can only assume that an onslaught that I cannot quell is oh so near.
Posted by: jeff · Feb 26, 05:49 AM · #
Admittedly, I might have aestheticized the apocalpyse. I thought it was all statistics and alchemy until you pointed that out.
More revealing than I had intended….
But in addition to fire, there are water and maybe earth as well.
Posted by: (0v0) · Feb 26, 12:05 PM · #
I’ve been itching to put ‘gaum’ (verb) to use. It means exactly as it sounds, and that makes for a pretty good word.
Posted by: Carl · Feb 26, 12:31 PM · #
Most loved at the moment, two French words: Alors. Pronounced with a sigh. Also, moulu (ground, as in coffee)
Most hated: pro-active (and I used it the other day, too. good god.)
Posted by: joy · Feb 26, 01:15 PM · #
French sounds vowely to me. Nice.
Another list for this season:
The list of songs that I sing after pranayama while getting dressed for work, if nobody is listening *
Canta no llores
Rocky Mountain Suite
Scarborough fair
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
The tide is high
Hey Jude
Nicaraguita
Sloop John B
* Pranayama makes me sing afterwards. From, it seems, a combination of big lungs and happiness.
Posted by: (0v0) · Feb 26, 10:31 PM · #
* Pranayama makes me sing afterwards. From, it seems, a combination of big lungs and happiness.
! :D
Posted by: joy · Feb 27, 04:52 AM · #
Did someone once call you a racy bastard? Fess up!
Posted by: cody · Feb 27, 03:50 PM · #
A racy bastard who shook a malfunctioning vending machine just a little too hard?
Posted by: Carl · Feb 27, 03:55 PM · #
Racy. Used to mean crazy, wild, salt-of-the earth. For me, it connotes “race music” and the idea that wild craziness belongs to some feral other. Am I the only one who cringes here?
The OED says first usage was 17th century to describe those crazy Italians. So it’s not from the U.S.-based black-white racist continuum, but it does feel like an unconscious expression of it to me.
Bastard. But what if the guy I just called that actually didn’t have a relationship with his father? Too harsh.
Vending machine. This should be self-explanatory.
Posted by: (0v0) · Feb 27, 09:34 PM · #
Oh, I get it. It’s sort of like how I dig Thievery Corporation. Their chillout dub style is cool but I also think their name totally kicks ass.
Posted by: Carl · Mar 2, 04:13 PM · #