To post a story you must follow these guidelines that provide a slight framework unless of course you're not into that. The story should involve the following:
One character should be named Martin Chuzzlewit.
At least ten words from the list here should be used.
One scene should occur in a barber shop where customers can order food and eat while they have their hair cut.
There should be a missing briefcase full of nude photos of F Scott Fitzgerald.
The deadline for entry is non-existant and the prize is insubstantial. They can be of any genre you want, from horror to satyre to (I hope someone takes this one) erotic science fiction. They can be any length as well. Maybe if we hire some large men we can get some of the more Redcloud inclined people among us to make this another feature like the legendary My Fool is a Crock literary movement.
The word list lies beneath.
Miasma: refering to bad air or a cloud of unhealthy gas.
Ubiquitous: meaning to be everywhere at once.
Squiggly: Meaning to have squiggles, or to feel as if one is squiggling.
Dastardly: Do people even use this word anymore? It means fiendish and cowardly.
Constitution: It used to refer to one's health. I think I shall have to use it more often I recall Paul used it once in his ten dollar haircut article and it was delightful.
Good Heavens!: Not so much a word as an expression but I still likes it.
Corporeal - being of this world
ethereal. - being not material
Boffo, wizard, spiffy, keen - Dated terms that translate to today's interjection and compliment "cool".
seducted: to be allured into capture, and unlawful physical removal from location.
controll: same as control but the extra "l" make it seem a little more so...
kablammo: extreemly significant in its overwelmingness...
(i.e.it was like, kablammo) 'blam' is used for less intense situations.
brrrrrrrr: 1. it's cold or shes hot
"flustrated" - flustered AND frustrated
confuzzled - A cross betwixt confused and puzzled, and it just sounds so endearingly silly.
hypmotize: like hypnotize but a little mo potent.
Indubitably: Without a doubt.
Conflate: It means basically to blow up (not explode, but enlarge) a criminal. Actually, it means to merge or meld together two separate things. I just think it's a really useful word that sounds cool.
craptastic, craptacular, etc.: adj. for anything so terrible it's entertaining...
Fantacrap: a combination of crap and fantasy
Spam: its just a great word, or an onomonopoea
Brilliant - I never hear anyone around me say this. At all. I once said this to someone and their response was basically "This is the South, nobody says 'brilliant!'" I use this for everything I like. Repeatedly.
Eh - Usually accompanied by a head-tilt and arched eyebrow.
Smeg - I've been saying this ever since I first started watching Red Dwarf.
Utter(ly) - Usually said twice for further effect.
Mad - At some point, I started saying this all the time instead of crazy, nuts, or other words like that. I blame the Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter.
Shpadoinkle - Do I really need to explain?
But still! - I like saying this when I go off about something, suddenly change my tone and/or thought on the topic, then rush back to it.
Woot/wootage/woo-tage/Huzzah and woot! - Several variations of one celebratory exclamation.
Nifty/niftiness/Of The Nifty - I've been saying this every since I started reading Sluggy Freelance.
Random/randomness - Where would I be without it?
Muchly - Just because.
Effulgent - I don't actually use it, but the rampant fangirl in me just won't let it go (any Spike fan will understand this).
Secominute - Kind of like saying "just a second" or "just a minute," only somewhere in-between.
Miracle of Miracles, Nightmare of Nightmares - That means I'm not sure if it's a very good thing or a very bad thing, or it’s something really bad that wasn't likely to happen. So far I've only actually used it once, but I really like how it sounds.
Puffins/Puffins are Supreme Because, let's face it, they just are
Chips are Good...I like Chips I used to say this all the time whenever there was an awkward silence
Only on Tuesdays I usually use this as an answer to a question to which it doesn't make sense. Say its Friday, and somebody asks 'do you always talk like that'. It's funny to watch their expressions.
Phrasz/Ptaa/Orange words of no meaning that I say at random intervals to annoy people. Well, orange has two meanings, but I don't use it to mean either of them.
Bah! My way of dismissing something that I don't like
Meyh Similar to Bah! but less angry, more bored/I don't care.
Wibble - For lack of anything better to say.
BOX! - I type this in the largest available font and "scream" it every time there's a lull in the conversation when I'm IMing one of my friends. She cracks up every time.
Toy Soldiars: Not a term I use, but its what my roommate keeps referring to my wargaming minatures as. I've threatened Graham on him, but still he doesn't take them seriously.
Snakebite: 45% lager, 45% cider, 10% blackcurrent squash/cordial/concentrate (delete as you call it). My standard pint of choice.
Night of the Beans: A ritual I created on another forum, where every sentence uttered must incorporate the word "bean" or "beans". The more inappropriate the better. I was quoting a Garfield cartoon when it started...
Peebles (noun): An invention of a ladyfriend of mine, little geometric-shaped creatures with antenna and smily faces.
trabies- is the name of a disease that I invented
crazy- means crazy
This post has been edited by J m HofMarN: 05 December 2004 - 02:23 AM