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I'll admit it, I was REALLY nervous to post my j2_everafter fic yesterday. Mostly because everyone else seems to be rocking the "reimagining" so I didn’t think the whole sequel thing would go over well. People seem to like it though, so yay!
For those of you who watched Lost last night, what did you see? ;) http://www.themosaiccollective.com
And now, because another month is gone...
Japeworth - ridiculous (Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1874)
Oof - A slang term for money (Phrases and Names: Their Origins and Meanings, 1906)
Miscasualty - An unlucky accident (Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830)
Pure quill - A strange synonym for "the real thing," the very essence of an argument (Americanisms Old and New, 1889)
Maffle - To stammer, stutter (Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874)
His-self - Himself is incorrect. (Anecdotes of the English Language, 1803)
Precisian - One who is rigidly exact in the observance of rules (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850) [oddly, one of the few entries the Word spellcheck didn't flag]
Corvette - 1) A young sodomite (Vocabula Amatoria: A French-English Glossary of Words, Phrases, and Allusions Occurring in the Works of Rabelais, Voltaire…and Others, 1896); 2) A large ship for traffic (Dictionary of English Etymology, 1878) [different much?]
Esotery - Mystery, secrecy (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850)
Sun-dance - A customer was formerly in vogue of rising early on Easter-day to see the sun "dance" (Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855)
Calk - To calculate, reckon (Student's Pastime, 1896)
Convertine - Inclined to be converted (New English Dictionary, 1893)
Catchpole - A long device used by the law-officer to apprehend criminals (Book of Days, 1864)
Botheler - Peasant, shepherd (Dictionary of the First, or Oldest Words in the English Language, 1863)
Strawberry friend - A moocher (Down in the Holler, 1953)
Blowth - Bloom or blossom (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850)
Drear - Dismal, gloomy, distressful (Dictionary of the English Language, 1884)
Adam's wine - A cant phrase for water as a beverage (Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808)
Circudrie - Arrogance, conceit (Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855)
Nose-riders - Spectacles (New English Dictionary, 1908)
Airdrawn - Imaginary (Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion, 1854)
Summer's story - "By summer's story, Shakespeare seems to have meant some gay fiction." (Plays of William Shakespeare, 1778)
Phlogiston - A chymical name for an imaginary substance thought to be a constituent part of all inflammable bodies (Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion, 1845)
Seasurrounded - Encircled by the sea (New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, 1813)
Drabloch - Refuse, trash (Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808)
Slart - To sprinkle or splash water upon (Dialect of Leeds, 1862)
For those of you who watched Lost last night, what did you see? ;) http://www.themosaiccollective.com
And now, because another month is gone...
Japeworth - ridiculous (Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1874)
Oof - A slang term for money (Phrases and Names: Their Origins and Meanings, 1906)
Miscasualty - An unlucky accident (Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830)
Pure quill - A strange synonym for "the real thing," the very essence of an argument (Americanisms Old and New, 1889)
Maffle - To stammer, stutter (Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874)
His-self - Himself is incorrect. (Anecdotes of the English Language, 1803)
Precisian - One who is rigidly exact in the observance of rules (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850) [oddly, one of the few entries the Word spellcheck didn't flag]
Corvette - 1) A young sodomite (Vocabula Amatoria: A French-English Glossary of Words, Phrases, and Allusions Occurring in the Works of Rabelais, Voltaire…and Others, 1896); 2) A large ship for traffic (Dictionary of English Etymology, 1878) [different much?]
Esotery - Mystery, secrecy (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850)
Sun-dance - A customer was formerly in vogue of rising early on Easter-day to see the sun "dance" (Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855)
Calk - To calculate, reckon (Student's Pastime, 1896)
Convertine - Inclined to be converted (New English Dictionary, 1893)
Catchpole - A long device used by the law-officer to apprehend criminals (Book of Days, 1864)
Botheler - Peasant, shepherd (Dictionary of the First, or Oldest Words in the English Language, 1863)
Strawberry friend - A moocher (Down in the Holler, 1953)
Blowth - Bloom or blossom (Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, 1850)
Drear - Dismal, gloomy, distressful (Dictionary of the English Language, 1884)
Adam's wine - A cant phrase for water as a beverage (Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808)
Circudrie - Arrogance, conceit (Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 1855)
Nose-riders - Spectacles (New English Dictionary, 1908)
Airdrawn - Imaginary (Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion, 1854)
Summer's story - "By summer's story, Shakespeare seems to have meant some gay fiction." (Plays of William Shakespeare, 1778)
Phlogiston - A chymical name for an imaginary substance thought to be a constituent part of all inflammable bodies (Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion, 1845)
Seasurrounded - Encircled by the sea (New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, 1813)
Drabloch - Refuse, trash (Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808)
Slart - To sprinkle or splash water upon (Dialect of Leeds, 1862)