Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Newsflash

Freed Adjectivers wave to onlookers as they leave their prison.

FINALLY FREE

Blogland, North America
March 31st, 2009

A small crowd of onlookers applauded today as the imprisoned Latinate adjectives were freed. Negotiations between JAPE and Blogland authorities continue and are expected to last far into the night. The status of constrained 'which' clauses is believed to be under consideration. Sources confirm that the matter of metaphors has been abridged too far.
The fate of Mary G is still unclear at this time.

The word 'nonplussed' comes to you via Sarah at Slouching Past Forty. Although her Word of the Day list is actually on Facebook, I do not know how to get you there to see the gems she comes up with and so I am sending you to her blog as it is just as much fun.

I figured I had better put the credit in because she's down there in the comments section, snarling.
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9 comments:

  1. LothWednesday, April 01, 2009 3:43:00 am

    "The matter of metaphors has been abridged too far"! I love you! (And crepuscular is one of my favourite words)

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  2. ydWednesday, April 01, 2009 11:26:00 am

    I had to look up 'refulgent'. Obviously, my education was lacking ....

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  3. kayerjWednesday, April 01, 2009 12:02:00 pm

    but where or where is Mary?

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  4. Woman in a WindowWednesday, April 01, 2009 4:29:00 pm

    This is blogging, Mary. I din thinck we had to be scmart.

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  5. SWednesday, April 01, 2009 8:34:00 pm

    hey! you used my adjectives! some credit, please? :)

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  6. SWednesday, April 01, 2009 10:04:00 pm

    actually, mary, you won't believe this, but i've been doing word of the day on twitter for maybe two months now and have featured both refulgent and crepuscular as well (mad will verify). weird, eh?

    great minds?

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  7. SWednesday, April 01, 2009 10:07:00 pm

    and here's a link to all of my words of the day. for completeness' sake. ;)

    http://search.twitter.com/search?max_id=1435360409&page=1&q=slouchy+%23wordoftheday

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  8. MadWednesday, April 01, 2009 11:23:00 pm

    It looks as if you've got Slouchy's #. Those adjectives are no doubt on a plane right at this very moment, returning to her sweet loving arms.

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  9. MARY GThursday, April 02, 2009 9:21:00 am

    Slouchy and Mad: Damn that's funny. I don't Twitter, or I would have stolen all of them. You know the saying? Two minds with but a single thought are usually known as............. halfwits.
    I wondered what organization was behind the kidnapping.
    ROFL?

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