Seersucker (noun)
seersucker [ seer-suhk-er ]

noun
1. a plainwoven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.

Origin: 1715-25; < Hindi sīrsakar < Persian shīr o shakar literally, milk and sugar

Example SentencesWhen most people think of “Matlock,” they envision a burly, white- ( Read more... )

No words for me Saturday; I had some catching up to do with the fam after getting home from a trip. But I expect some time to work on my WIP Sunday! Meantime, will pass the baton to  Agdhani - good luck with your challenge day!

Retrospection (noun)
retrospection [ re-truh-spek-shuhn ]

noun
1. the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
2. a survey of past events or experiences.

Related Words
alteration, amendment, improvement, modification, reconsideration, reexamination, review

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Origin: First recorded in 1625-35; ( Read more... )

I have closed the poll as there was a clear six challenges chosen for 2025!

They are:
- Bingo
- Color
- Original fic
- Pool Party
- Rare Pairs
- Songfic

So a couple of ol' faves in there, but excitingly, a couple of different ones too!

I had a few volunteers to run challenges, which is awesome, so thank you skargasm,flipflop_diva, and Dreamy for volunteering! Please let me know ( Read more... )

I knew I was up for this last week on the existing schedule, but I still managed to forget to post yesterday! Anyway, I'm here now, so let's go!

I have 20 random prompts - either one word or a short phrase - and they're yours for the taking! Give me a number or numbers and I'll give you the corresponding prompt. Otherwise, ask for something random ( Read more... )

Comment here with the count you can reach in the month (remember to factor in holidays, finals, road trips, pajama days, hangovers, etc). I will check in with you once a week to make sure you are on schedule, to push you if you aren't, and to shake pompoms at you if you are (Well, I'll probably shake pompoms at you either way ( Read more... )

Fabulous February

Comment here and we'll put you on the list! It's as simple as stepping up when your name is called and doing your utmost to meet your own daily word count (whatever that may be). When you finish, write a small bragging post and call up the next contestant!

Be accountable for one day!

Got a later start than I hoped but managed 225 words toward a
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Meant to post this yesterday but my laptop had a update required to do. I managed to get a little over 2k written which is a big win for me as my writing has been a little slow.

Off to you CMK418 I hope you have a great day.

Phub (verb)
phub [ fuhb ]

verb (used with object), phubbed, phubbing.
1. to ignore (a person or one's surroundings) when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device: Hey, are you phubbing me?

verb (used without object), phubbed, phubbing.
2. to ignore a person or one's surroundings in this way.

Origin: First ( Read more... )