nosocomial \nah-suh-KOH-mee-ul\ adjective
Meaning: acquired or occurring in a hospital
The truth of the matter is that none of us will live forever, but most of us will die outside of a hospital. Perhaps a nursing home, or ground up in a car. What killed Susan was certainly nosocomial, but she wasn't a patient, or stay long enough to actually be killed by it within those antiseptic painted walls. She met him while she was visiting a friend, and he picked up the infection that would kill her while he was getting stitches. She was just unlucky, they said. He was lucky he'd not caught it too. Jack didn't feel lucky.
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Thursday, 6 May 2010
spelunker \spih-LUNK-er\ noun
Meaning : one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves
"What's that?"
"I said, I'm going to have to climb back round the other way."
"Okay, so, should I wait here?"
"Sure. I'll only be a few minutes."
Jenny had never wanted to be here. It was wet and dark. Her socks were sticking to her feet, and she could feel mud in the bottom of her shoes. That's what she got for dating a spelunker, she thought.
Meaning : one who makes a hobby of exploring and studying caves
"What's that?"
"I said, I'm going to have to climb back round the other way."
"Okay, so, should I wait here?"
"Sure. I'll only be a few minutes."
Jenny had never wanted to be here. It was wet and dark. Her socks were sticking to her feet, and she could feel mud in the bottom of her shoes. That's what she got for dating a spelunker, she thought.
pianistic \pee-uh-NISS-tik\ adjective
Meaning
*1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the piano
2 : skilled in or well adapted to piano playing
The rhythmic motion he possessed sent me into exquisite ecstasies. Every part of him seemed to beat up and down my body in a pianistic pattern, so that the complex orgasmic feelings became arousing symphonies in my head. He conducted with his baton so that every element of my orchestra was unable to resist. Climax after climax came, with only slight moments to breath in between them. I gasped.
Meaning
*1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of the piano
2 : skilled in or well adapted to piano playing
The rhythmic motion he possessed sent me into exquisite ecstasies. Every part of him seemed to beat up and down my body in a pianistic pattern, so that the complex orgasmic feelings became arousing symphonies in my head. He conducted with his baton so that every element of my orchestra was unable to resist. Climax after climax came, with only slight moments to breath in between them. I gasped.
artifice \AHR-tuh-fus\ noun
Meaning
1 a : clever or artful skill : ingenuity b : an ingenious device or expedient
*2 a : an artful stratagem : trick b : false or insincere behavior
The clip fell, brushing the side of the table, and lodging itself firmly in the pile of the carpet. No one would see it again for forty years. The artifice of the clever slip was that now it would be impossible for anyone to understand what had happened here, so important was the evidence to the crime. Whether she had done it by accident, or an unconscious decision, was not clear. But it would keep her out of jail.
Meaning
1 a : clever or artful skill : ingenuity b : an ingenious device or expedient
*2 a : an artful stratagem : trick b : false or insincere behavior
The clip fell, brushing the side of the table, and lodging itself firmly in the pile of the carpet. No one would see it again for forty years. The artifice of the clever slip was that now it would be impossible for anyone to understand what had happened here, so important was the evidence to the crime. Whether she had done it by accident, or an unconscious decision, was not clear. But it would keep her out of jail.
sarcasm \SAHR-kaz-um\ noun
Meaning
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 *a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm
"What can one say of the death of love, other than that its presence will be sorely missed. We will however move on from this, and achieve greater things in the days ahead." The President's voice rang out from the loud speaker with a rustling.
Since June 24th, several hundred human emotions and means of interaction had been eradicated. Some had disappeared through specific government interventions, but most had disappeared simply through a lack of use. On Monday tolerance had been lost, on Tuesday it had been sarcasm. And today went love.
Meaning
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 *a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm
"What can one say of the death of love, other than that its presence will be sorely missed. We will however move on from this, and achieve greater things in the days ahead." The President's voice rang out from the loud speaker with a rustling.
Since June 24th, several hundred human emotions and means of interaction had been eradicated. Some had disappeared through specific government interventions, but most had disappeared simply through a lack of use. On Monday tolerance had been lost, on Tuesday it had been sarcasm. And today went love.
repine \rih-PYNE\ verb
Meaning
1 : to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
*2 : to long for something
My face burned. I hated being there, and wanted to be out of it. But there I sat, going through every motion, trapped into it, like a ball rolling down a hill. I repined for my freedom, but persisted, a conscious prisoner to my own belief that I must stay. Somehow that motion was what made it bearable, the continual changes, moment to moment, consistently creating fresh air within the hot, hostile environment I found myself in. Errors were made, corrected, forgotten. Fresh tasks always coming up, never letting up. I felt like I was struggling through a waterpipe, struggling on, desperately waiting the release of fresh air. To stop would mean to drown.
Meaning
1 : to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
*2 : to long for something
My face burned. I hated being there, and wanted to be out of it. But there I sat, going through every motion, trapped into it, like a ball rolling down a hill. I repined for my freedom, but persisted, a conscious prisoner to my own belief that I must stay. Somehow that motion was what made it bearable, the continual changes, moment to moment, consistently creating fresh air within the hot, hostile environment I found myself in. Errors were made, corrected, forgotten. Fresh tasks always coming up, never letting up. I felt like I was struggling through a waterpipe, struggling on, desperately waiting the release of fresh air. To stop would mean to drown.
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
omnium-gatherum \ahm-nee-um-GA-thuh-rum\ noun
Meaning: a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons)
Mr Mayhew's bag was full of nothing, a huge omnium-gatherum of useless objects and ephemera, the likes of which you could pick up in a charity shop for ten pence a piece. He had never meant to have so much, but couldn't stop himself buying things. Everything individually was a beauty to him, though together he saw they were a confusing mess. The truth was that ever since his wife had died, Mr Mayhew was not entirely sure how he was getting from one moment to the next. Everything seemed to be an impulse, and each impulse seemed irreconcilable the moment after it had happened.
Meaning: a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons)
Mr Mayhew's bag was full of nothing, a huge omnium-gatherum of useless objects and ephemera, the likes of which you could pick up in a charity shop for ten pence a piece. He had never meant to have so much, but couldn't stop himself buying things. Everything individually was a beauty to him, though together he saw they were a confusing mess. The truth was that ever since his wife had died, Mr Mayhew was not entirely sure how he was getting from one moment to the next. Everything seemed to be an impulse, and each impulse seemed irreconcilable the moment after it had happened.
tousle \TOW-zul\ verb
Meaning: dishevel, rumple
You lay in the small cot he'd put you in. Your eyes glared out into the dark room, hoping that if they opened wider they might be able to discern something. Your nostrils smelt various cleaning fluids, which were giving you a head ache. Your wrists felt the sticky tape he'd twisted around them.
You close your eyes, and try to think about something, anything but this, this room. You struggle to ignore everything your senses are telling you.
The door clicks. You open your eyes slightly. You don't want him to know you are watching. You hear his feet tread across the floor. You see the glint of his boot, caught by the sliver of light from the door. He leans over you.
"Better now?" He tousles your hair. You begin to throw up, but can't, because your mouth is taped shut. The vomit sits in your mouth, and the stomach acids burn at your tongue and gums.
Meaning: dishevel, rumple
You lay in the small cot he'd put you in. Your eyes glared out into the dark room, hoping that if they opened wider they might be able to discern something. Your nostrils smelt various cleaning fluids, which were giving you a head ache. Your wrists felt the sticky tape he'd twisted around them.
You close your eyes, and try to think about something, anything but this, this room. You struggle to ignore everything your senses are telling you.
The door clicks. You open your eyes slightly. You don't want him to know you are watching. You hear his feet tread across the floor. You see the glint of his boot, caught by the sliver of light from the door. He leans over you.
"Better now?" He tousles your hair. You begin to throw up, but can't, because your mouth is taped shut. The vomit sits in your mouth, and the stomach acids burn at your tongue and gums.
frowsy \FROW-zee\ adjective
Meaning
1 : musty, stale
*2 : having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance
My husband stepped into the room, his feet dragging over the parquet. I could tell he didn't want to be here, but here he was. Ever since I'd caught him with his best friend, he'd been like this. It was as though he expected me to end it - though he'd clearly already done that little task - but I had to be the one to say the words. The selfish cunt wanted me to be the villain of the piece, the one who hammered the final nail in the coffin.
"Harry's coming over later."
"Fuck Harry. I forgot, you already did. Do you want more sprouts than that?" He hates sprouts, but I'd put them on his plate anyway.
Normally when I got home from work I slumped. Chucked on my pajama bottoms, and enjoyed every last comfort. But ever since I'd found them, I'd been making a huge effort not to look frowsy. I wasn't going to be the villain, or the victim here.
Meaning
1 : musty, stale
*2 : having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance
My husband stepped into the room, his feet dragging over the parquet. I could tell he didn't want to be here, but here he was. Ever since I'd caught him with his best friend, he'd been like this. It was as though he expected me to end it - though he'd clearly already done that little task - but I had to be the one to say the words. The selfish cunt wanted me to be the villain of the piece, the one who hammered the final nail in the coffin.
"Harry's coming over later."
"Fuck Harry. I forgot, you already did. Do you want more sprouts than that?" He hates sprouts, but I'd put them on his plate anyway.
Normally when I got home from work I slumped. Chucked on my pajama bottoms, and enjoyed every last comfort. But ever since I'd found them, I'd been making a huge effort not to look frowsy. I wasn't going to be the villain, or the victim here.
hawthorn \HAW-thorn\ noun
Meaning: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs or smalltrees of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white orpink fragrant flowers, and small red fruits
The finger slipped and went hurtly downwards, falling like a jumper from a plane. The air was no match for the crushing weight of it, parting like cars allowing an ambulance through. The sharp red cross of the ambulance, the lively red of the hawthorn berry, the succulent red of the blood, which came out of the hole pierced by the thorn. It came out like hostages from a terrorist assault: at first nervous, tentative, before spilling over and over, so glad of its escape.
Meaning: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs or smalltrees of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white orpink fragrant flowers, and small red fruits
The finger slipped and went hurtly downwards, falling like a jumper from a plane. The air was no match for the crushing weight of it, parting like cars allowing an ambulance through. The sharp red cross of the ambulance, the lively red of the hawthorn berry, the succulent red of the blood, which came out of the hole pierced by the thorn. It came out like hostages from a terrorist assault: at first nervous, tentative, before spilling over and over, so glad of its escape.
alacrity \uh-LAK-ruh-tee\ noun
Meaning: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
Jessica's hand flew with such alacrity, Mike wondered whether she'd truthfully never acted before. Certainly the slap was perfectly timed, and hit the mark with such precision the sound seemed to resonate for some seconds afterward. Could it be possible that this was her first porn video?
Meaning: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
Jessica's hand flew with such alacrity, Mike wondered whether she'd truthfully never acted before. Certainly the slap was perfectly timed, and hit the mark with such precision the sound seemed to resonate for some seconds afterward. Could it be possible that this was her first porn video?
paean \PEE-un\ noun
Meaning
1 : a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
*2 : a work that praises or honors its subject : encomium, tribute
'Was this it?' she wondered. The knarled object in front of her bore a striking resemblance a crushed frisbee, yet they called it art, and they called her a genius for it. But she could think of far better paeans than this. Children perhaps, or a foundation. Then she wondered, 'What does any of us really leave behind?' It's certainly impossible to leave something that can't be destroyed the moment we're no longer here to protect it.
Meaning
1 : a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
*2 : a work that praises or honors its subject : encomium, tribute
'Was this it?' she wondered. The knarled object in front of her bore a striking resemblance a crushed frisbee, yet they called it art, and they called her a genius for it. But she could think of far better paeans than this. Children perhaps, or a foundation. Then she wondered, 'What does any of us really leave behind?' It's certainly impossible to leave something that can't be destroyed the moment we're no longer here to protect it.
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