(noun) the action or habit of estimating something as worthless
I've had it with the floccinaucinihilipilification of linguistic standards!
01 October 2010
30 September 2010
dzo
"Dzo, a deer, a female deer..." recited Tracey as she pointed to different animals in the antelope enclosure.
Dzo
n. a hybrid of a cow and a yak.
"Ah got me what ah like to call a business plan," said Jebediah, squinting into the sun. "Ah'm gonna breed me a cow and a yak and use the milk to make some cheese. I'll make a killin' at them namby-pamby food markets the city folk like wastin' their loot on."
"It's called a dzo," said Richard, pushing his spectacles up his nose.
"What you say?"
"A cross between a cow and a yak. It's called a dzo. You'll be making dzo cheese."
Jebediah rolled his eyes. "All right, Mr Smarty Pants. If you say dzo."
"Ah got me what ah like to call a business plan," said Jebediah, squinting into the sun. "Ah'm gonna breed me a cow and a yak and use the milk to make some cheese. I'll make a killin' at them namby-pamby food markets the city folk like wastin' their loot on."
"It's called a dzo," said Richard, pushing his spectacles up his nose.
"What you say?"
"A cross between a cow and a yak. It's called a dzo. You'll be making dzo cheese."
Jebediah rolled his eyes. "All right, Mr Smarty Pants. If you say dzo."
28 September 2010
derecognize
With a bloodcurdling scream, wildly swinging the oversized axe, Larry stormed at Draagnar. The dark wizard blinked in surprise, once, twice, and then, with a gesture of contempt, derecognized Larry.
Larry, in mid-stride and still screaming, disappeared in a vortex of orange and turquoise smoke accompanied by a brief sound like that of tearing silk.
Larry, in mid-stride and still screaming, disappeared in a vortex of orange and turquoise smoke accompanied by a brief sound like that of tearing silk.
derecognize
withdraw recognition from.
"Ooh - there's that rat exboyfriend of mine," Pippa squealed, as she pointed to a figure across the road.
"Careful, he's looking," warned Daphne, as Pippa derecognized the rat and stared in his direction with nary a flicker of recognition.
27 September 2010
resistentialism
(noun) the apparently perverse or spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects
As he rushed down the stairs, Toby's shoelaces conspired to trip him up, unleashing a veritable orgy of resistentialism. His briefcase raced him down two flights, occasionally getting in a cheap shot at his head. Somewhere along the way it burst open and released a squadron of vengeful possessions. A squashed pen ruined his shirt. Car keys clawed at his face. He later found two staples in his thigh. His cellphone rocketed through the banister and smashed a flower vase below, drenching and shorting out the wall socket where his notebook was plugged in while charging and downloading email. The report he's been working on the whole weekend unbound itself, swarmed into the living room and tried to hide in every little cranny it could find. Some of the pages alighted in the puddle left by the broken vase. Nearly at the bottom, he met Mary, ascending with her mug of morning coffee and a slice of toast. The briefcase made a last desperate leap for the mug and his wallet went for the toast.
As he rushed down the stairs, Toby's shoelaces conspired to trip him up, unleashing a veritable orgy of resistentialism. His briefcase raced him down two flights, occasionally getting in a cheap shot at his head. Somewhere along the way it burst open and released a squadron of vengeful possessions. A squashed pen ruined his shirt. Car keys clawed at his face. He later found two staples in his thigh. His cellphone rocketed through the banister and smashed a flower vase below, drenching and shorting out the wall socket where his notebook was plugged in while charging and downloading email. The report he's been working on the whole weekend unbound itself, swarmed into the living room and tried to hide in every little cranny it could find. Some of the pages alighted in the puddle left by the broken vase. Nearly at the bottom, he met Mary, ascending with her mug of morning coffee and a slice of toast. The briefcase made a last desperate leap for the mug and his wallet went for the toast.
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