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Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words...
2001-04-26 - 11:16 a.m.

still sick, sort of. Allergies beating me down. My voice sounds like the love child of Barry White and a frog. Head all stuffy. started a new G63, bag sleeve houp for Alan last night. I'm doing it in black linen, that I originally bought for my Maleficent Houppelande that I never got around to making. Wendy wants me to make Alan some purple clothing. It might look good, but black so suits his idiom, really.

So, in lieu of actually using my brain today, I'll just update all the cool new words Wendy has sent me to expand your vocabulary. It's good for you, trust me...

bricolage ree-koh-LAHZH; brih-, noun: Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.

This is a good word to describe many of the camps you'll see at Pennsic. Just a hodgepodge of whatever they had laying around. Also a good word for Stone soup.

galvanic gal-VAN-ik, adjective: 1. Of, pertaining to, or producing a direct current of electricity, especially when produced chemically. 2. Affecting or affected as if by an electric shock; startling; shocking. 3. Stimulating; energizing.

Interesting tidbit: Galvanic is from Luigi Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity. Like Galvanized steel, but can be used in other terms. Ex: Her poems are galvanic and animated, they really make you feel her torture.

feckless FEK-lis, adjective: 1. Ineffective; having no real worth or purpose. 2. Worthless; irresponsible; generally incompetent and ineffectual.

Ex: What does it matter all the rules of combat we implement if the feckless marshals do nothing to police. Or, she was the most feckless person when the camp needed setting up, lounging about in the shade, complaining of the heat.

cadge KAJ, transitive verb: To beg or obtain by begging; to sponge.
intransitive verb: To beg; to sponge.

Ex: We'll have to cadge a dinner invitation at Royal this Pennsic to cut down food court expenses. Or, her slovenly nature and her tendancy to cadge rides and spare change made her a burden to her friends.

o�le�ag�i�nous (l-j-ns) adj.: 1.Of or relating to oil. 2.Falsely or smugly earnest; unctuous: oleaginous flattery. See Synonyms at unctuous.

Ex: "Crayons, those oleaginous deliverers of joy" Also, his oleaginous nature earned him the name of "Mr. Schmarmy".

That's it folks!

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