Inside the blimp
A little imp.
Inside myself
A tiny elf.
And inside you
Is there one too?
Apocrypha of MTC
(The Children's Hour)
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- Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Elf
- Replies: 12
- Views: 52182
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:33 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Magus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10655
Re: Magus
According to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers , "A closing BCE or BC year is given in full (2590–2550 BCE)." This example does not directly address the question, but does place the earlier date and larger number first. Now we can all breathe easier. P.S. About the film adapt...
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Affluenza
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6068
Re: Affluenza
Interesting about the Italian word, Audiendus. China is well on its way to a bad case of affluenza. I will call it "affluchinza," and you can say you were there at the creation. (Wow!) In a recent poll China ranked as the most materialistic nation in the world, far outstripping (>300%) in ...
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:17 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Superfluous
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7009
Re: Superfluous
Among the many gems in the Maxims of Jurisprudence in the California Code, "Superfluity does not vitiate" stands out. Essentially this maxim means means superfluous words do not invalidate or vitiate a statute.
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dwindle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15257
Re: Dwindle
Thomas Hardy...had written, "The ship smalled in the distance." The ship Hardy described was transiting "the offing:" Definition of OFFING 1 : the part of the deep sea seen from the shore 2 : the near or foreseeable future <in the offing> See offing defined for English-language ...
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:54 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dwindle
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15257
Re: Dwindle
Doc points out, and other authorities agree, frequentative verbs express repeated--not continuous action. Yet in actual practice frequentatives sometimes do express continuous action. Take the idiom "Time dwindles," or "Time dwindles down," for instance. "Time" is not a...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:37 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Googly
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15653
Re: Googly
Or perhaps a double twisting one and a half gainer followed by a compound-complex fracture?
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Googly
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15653
Re: Googly
In response to Perry's question I found the following explanation online: Origin of the name "Google" From time to time I read or hear stories of the origin of the search engine and company name "Google" that are incorrect, which prompts me to write this brief account, based on m...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: MONDEGREEN
- Replies: 29
- Views: 83225
Re: MONDEGREEN
Mondegreens are delightful mistakes which cannot be contrived anymore than the spontanity of a rainbow or a laugh can be recreated.
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Compunction
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33733
Re: Compunction
gailr Shakespeare's a trove We need not prove For every line Bejeweled fine Is proof enough Fair lady. Apocrypha of MTC Thanks for the sonnet and the inspiration, gailr. I hadn't read this one before. It's a beauty, worth quoting in full: SONNET 151 Love is too young to know what conscience is; Yet ...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:18 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Selfie
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24563
Re: Selfie
It was a selfless act, then.
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Selfie
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24563
Re: Selfie
"Selfie" goes global:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.afp.com%2Fcorrespondent%2F%3Fpost%2FSelfie&tbnid=aV7ecXG83x4YjM:&docid=K81I3kBXSzZpcM What seemed like an innocent enough subject for online discussion has suddenly stepped front and center on the intern...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:10 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Compunction
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33733
Re: Compunction
Compunction is sometimes known as "coward's conscience." From Richard II: "the worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!" Act I, Scene 3 "i did but dream.o coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!" Act V, Scene 3 "Conscience is but a word that cowards use / Dev...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Kith
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4359
Re: Kith
Lest kith be kithless , kithless (not comparable) (obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family, kith hath kin. Related Words cuddle kith kithe couth selcouth Compiled from Dictionary.com. Then there's homonymic kithara , not kin, but kith. kithara http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 12:53 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Klutz
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22224
Re: Klutz
Welcome back to the cyber fold, bamaboy.