super-labmaven has looked up 25 words, created 5 lists, listed 48 words, written 15 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 9 words.
super-labmaven has looked up 25 words, created 5 lists, listed 48 words, written 15 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 9 words.
super-labmaven commented on the word solace of salt air
sadly, from TV; Heroes
Oct 31, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word the heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit
Ulysses, James Joyce
Oct 31, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word misnymic
adjective
negative association with a name related to dislike or negative interactions with a person of the same name
formerly, nymogy
I didn't give much thought to creating this word. Don't we all have negative associations with certain names because of certain people we dislike? A particular set of sounds (i.e., a name) is forever negatively tainted because of our associations with a person of that name. I want to find a word to describe a sort of counterpart, but not an opposite: there are several names in literature that I love, but do not like the associated characters (Tamora and Regan, in particular).
Oct 31, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word palooka
from YourDictionary.com:
noun
Slang: a clumsy or oafish fellow, esp. an inept athlete
Oct 27, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word abeyance
"'No essay upon sleep, however brief, is considered complete without some reference to those remarkable states of the mind (or of the brain) when the will is in abeyance and the consciousness is awake . . . "
from The Literature And Curiosities Of Dreams, by Frank Seafield; Partial Activity Of Nervous Centres. Arthur E. Durham.
Oct 25, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word solace
"Solace of salt air" (from Heroes, a TV show, but I love that phrase)
"The Earth is large. Large enough that you think you can hide from anything. From Fate. From God. If only you found a place far enough away. So you run. To the edge of the Earth. Where all is safe again. Quiet, and warm. The solace of salt air. The peace of danger left behind. The luxury of grief. And maybe, for a moment, you believe you have escaped."
Oct 25, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word recalcitrant
"Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain."
- Gerald Brenan
Oct 25, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word bouleversement
"Bouleversement de toute ma personne." -Marcel Proust, A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu
Oct 25, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word reveltude
noun: state of reveling in one's solitude; glad to be alone
Oct 22, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word nymogy
I didn't give much thought to creating this word. Don't we all have negative associations with certain names because of certain people we dislike? A particular set of sounds (i.e., a name) is forever negatively tainted because of our associations with a person of that name. I want to find a word to describe a sort of counterpart, but not an opposite: there are several names in literature that I love, but do not like the associated characters (Tamora and Regan, in particular).
Oct 3, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word prandial
A post-prandial nap is always an excellent idea.
Prandial: of or relating to a meal
Mar 21, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word salitter
I love this description:
http://thefirstmorning.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/salitter/
Feb 28, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word lugubrious
dbmag9 - I LOVE your comment. I will never think of lugubrious the same way, which is the point, right?
Feb 28, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word oublience
ADJECTIVE - oublient
Feb 28, 2009
super-labmaven commented on the word oublience
NOUN - refers to the feeling one has that one has forgotten something, either something to do, to take (pack), or a significant event
Feb 28, 2009