Definitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #1 – Snide
Snide 1. adj. It latches onto nouns like butter latches tinily onto the pitted face of toast. As in, “Television is snide, because it better hides the difficulties of living.” As in, “I was sincere,...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #2 – Community
Community 1. n. A clean, white lasso. It has red strips at one end, circumscribing the cylinder of knit, marked like a talisman. As in, “You’re thirsty because you’re afraid of your neighbors, and you...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #3 – Write
Write 1. v. To make visible; to call into being. As in, “I would have been older than you, but you were written first.” As in, “I would have been here on time, but amphetamines were written into my...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #4 – Touch
Touch 1. adv. At a great distance. As if by magic. As in, “I communicated touch, and it was never enough.” As in, “Our technology operates touch.” 2. adj. Realer-than-real. Like talking to someone you...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #5 – Submission
Submission n. Euphemistically, a “procurer” or agent employed exclusively for the currying of goodwill and / or renumeration. Said agent is only awarded the status of a submission should he or...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #6 – Dark
Dark v., intrans. 1. To utter a loud, harsh cry after filling one’s lungs with reflected moonlight, the panic of moth wings, or some similarly poetic (i.e., identified with the penumbral) material. Ex....
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #7 – O’clock
O’clock adv. 1. of, by, or according to an “old-timey” feeling. Ex. A Sunday’s supper, chiming o’clock. 2. reminiscent of the limited dimensionality upon which the use of objects depends, that...
View ArticleDefinitions to words in danger of falling out of the vocabulary #8 – Converse
Converse v., i. 1. to labor in such a way as to make a livelihood out of what, under conventional circumstances, would be a leisure activity. 2. you don’t know, or you don’t say what that you know, or...
View ArticleFounding documents #7: The glassy taste of clichés
[Definitions] Janice Lee Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:32 AM To: eric lindley Cc: Joe Milazzo , “[out of nothing]” <shelling.peanuts@gmail.com> let’s do it! On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:31 AM, eric...
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