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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,...

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Definitions 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...

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Definitions 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...

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Definitions 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...

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Definitions 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...

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Definitions 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....

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Definitions 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...

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Definitions 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...

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Founding 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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