dictionary

John Witherspoon: America needs to “tighten it’s tongue.”

• gaberlunzie : a poor guest who can’t pay for his entertainment

• terpsichorean : related to dancing

I still don’t think people realize how reading the dictionary and immersing yourself in language can be, 1) inherently fun, and 2) good for a writer. I get funny, ranged reactions when I mention this new hobby to people.

• nebulous : misty, foggy, cloudy, formless

• moksha. : not escapism, but to transcend mundane loops

• kairos : opportune moment, a fleeting turning point

• faith : on the right course, not “belief”

• prophet : one who corrects the course of culture, not “future seer”

Social media thwarts us from expanding our vocabulary. You get algorithmically punished for using words that aren’t familiar. Why is this? It is a “demotic force” that is throttling our language and our expression.

For $1,000, you can buy the 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary. What’s the case to have this physical instead of using the website?

Dictionary dump (unformatted): a/an : “A was modified from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the eagle. In Hebrew it was an ox, and in Greek it was a “symbol of a bad AUGURY in the sacrifices.” The distinction between a/an happened around the 1300s. aardvark : South African “earth pig” aaron’s serpent : “something so powerful as to swallow up mi

phonetic flair — wondering if there’s a word for when musicians change the pronunciation of words to improve the melody or match rhymes (ie: this girl is on fiyah.”) Pop-stars do it. Punk-stars do it. Music is a natural medium to mutate language.

Goon Cave : like a home office, but strictly for masturbation. This is one of the weirdest slang terms I’ve come across (from the Intrinsic Podcast). It gets into the Goon Cave (overly masculine) vs. the Longhouse (overly feminine). Even saw a post called, “Escaping Plato’s Goon Cave.” It’s a word for a subculture that glorifies porn. The definitio

capriccio (n.) : a free-form work of art that comes from the imagination and defies formal conventions. Rules are bent for the sake of expression. It comes from a non-rational spirit of urgency and frenzy. In music, it could refer to experimental pieces that break key or time. In painting, it refers to “fantasy scapes” where ruins, landscapes, and