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[elanorgardner]

I humbly submit two terms for your consideration.

Word/Term: Dribble

Meaning: A new form, akin to the drabble but more restrictive (if you can imagine!) A dribble must be exactly 55 words -- starting with a line of 10 words, then a line of 9 words, then 8 words, then 7 words, and so on. Like this:

10 word line
9 word line
8 word line
7 word line
6 word line
5 word line
4 word line
3 word line
2 word line
1 word line

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The best dribbles appear to be those with completed "thoughts" -- phrases or sentences -- for each line, although there is, understandably, some fudging.

Original Fandom(s), If Known: Lord of the Rings (RPS and FPS). The form appears to have been invented by ismenin here and then to have taken off in the fandom, popping up everywhere. There are many examples, but here is a Gen one in addition to Ismenin's original RPS one.

Word/Term: Double Dribble aka Drool or Drubble (I made up the word Drool for the LotR FPS fandom, since it seems an appropriate label for the form in that context, but I believe that Ismenin has called it a Drubble.)

Meaning: A reflective version of the dribble -- doubled and inverted. It takes the original dribble and reversing it -- going back up again to 10 words for a total of 110 words. Like this:

10 word line
9 word line
8 word line
7 word line
6 word line
5 word line
4 word line
3 word line
2 word line
1 word line
1 word line
2 word line
3 word line
4 word line
5 word line
6 word line
7 word line
8 word line
9 word line
10 word line

Original Fandom(s), If Known: Lord of the Rings (RPS and FPS). I believe that ladysunrope actually wrote the first one, but ismenin mentioned the possible doubling of the form. Again there are many examples, but here and here are two of the first.

Thanks for your consideration.