Inky Petrel
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12/18/2013
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I could have sworn I saw a thread like this somewhere before, but I can't find it, so I'm starting another one.
This is a thread in which to celebrate and enthuse over the delightful language in Fallen London! One of the things I love most about this world is that it often sends me searching for the meaning of a new word. Usually more than one or two a day. I LOVE learning them (even though I invariably forget them again in about an hour) and they are always such delicious, gnawable words.
Gnawable is a word, even though the spellcheck refuses to admit it. Amusingly, it also objects to "spellcheck", but I digress.
New (or very, very old) words are exciting! I'm sure I can't be the only one who enjoys stumbling across them. What new thing has delighted you today?
(I hate to include this, but I feel I must: Please, do not mock anyone for posting a new word you already knew the meaning of. Your disdain will not make you look clever. Rather, share in their delight! ♥)
I'll start
Today I was delighted by:
"syncretic animism" (click them for definitions)
After I found the definitions, I spent a delightful hour or so following interesting related threads through wikipedia. I traveled through religions, and naming traditions, and ended up in the fairytale section. ♥
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Jenson Shepherd
Posts: 44
12/19/2013
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Sackville wrote:
The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.
Next time we're asked for merchandising ideas - a quote of the day calender where every quote is from Mr. Pages.
Wish I'd thought of that earlier.
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/18/2013
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Karaeir wrote:
Blackleaf wrote:
Sackville wrote:
The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.
The text for getting Mr.Pages as the "Snow remover" master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.
It's amazing. I just got it today. I actually hoped to get Mr Fires, as he is my favourite Master, but Pages is fine in this case. I don't think I'll ever learn how to pronounce "purificaceous", and I'm usually very good at pronouncing strange things.
...That is truly spectacular. Such a magnificent snarl of linguistic contortions. Mr Pages is truly the most fabuloquacious master.
And I think I know how to pronounce purificaceous. Try 'purification' mixed with 'efficacious.' Although etymological examination indicates that it means... resembling pure cheese.
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Alexander Feld, the mad, damned, lord of seekers.
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mayexist
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12/21/2013
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This passage is in my opinion one of the most Alexesque (Kennedian?), featuring an unsusual not-quite-simile and an adjective density of 13.6% :
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The path is dark. You might be safe, but who could walk between the stipes of these myceliad colossi without an instinctive shiver of mammalian unease? A gossamer-vaned spore the size of a dog's eye settles on your shoulder. It bursts as you brush it off. Filthy thing! But there, through the fungal haze. The lights of the cottage.
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Sackville
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12/18/2013
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The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/18/2013
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Threnody. Esquivalience. Coruscate. Lagniappe. Ophidian.
So many delicious words. Such, dare I say, magnumient tomeration?
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I filch hidden things from hidden places, to hide once more in my dark cabinet of curiosities
Alexander Feld, the mad, damned, lord of seekers.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
12/18/2013
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Alexander Feld wrote:
Threnody. Esquivalience. Coruscate. Lagniappe. Ophidian.
So many delicious words. Such, dare I say, magnumient tomeration?
And the best part is that most of these words are actual words, and not mere "fabularities" of the Masters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coruscate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagniappe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidian
In some ways the most interesting case is "esquivaliance", which is a real-world fake word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquivalience
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Ewan C.
Posts: 675
12/25/2013
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"You can't tell whether it's your writing. You don't often write on beds."
Glorious. Merry Festivus, one and all, and thankyou to FailBetter!
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Nathanael S. Wells
Posts: 80
12/25/2013
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I like the names of the two most well-known paths between Surface and Neath: the Cumaean Canal and the Travertine Spiral.
Both were named for sibyls (liminal seers) of Greco-Roman myth: the Sibyl of Cumae and the Sibyl of Tibur (today known as Tivoli).
And they're such lovely names, too.
edited by Nathanael S. Wells on 12/25/2013
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KestrelGirl
Posts: 138
11/2/2015
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Nice necro, lol.
But I do love that the Professor of Antiquarian Esquivalience is an expert in the ancient art of avoiding one's duties.
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Proud owner of the Neathy Informer, a newspaper dedicated to the truth.
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Kukapetal
Posts: 1449
11/2/2015
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I hit somebody with my "knoblolly" once. Wondering what on earth that was, I googled it...and laughed when I saw the first hit was another Fallen Londoner wondering the exact same thing.
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Arlong
Posts: 27
11/2/2015
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If I had to choose, my favourite would definitely be 'Empyrean Redolence'.
Unless we're including Sunless Sea as well, in which case it would be 'Fulgent Impeller' instead.
Also learned a handful of vocabulary in relating to fabrics, thanks to the rag trade items category.
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Varanasi, an Invisible Eminence who desires the magnificent treasures of the South.
Ingolstadt, an Extraordinary Mind who yearns the ultimate secrets of the North.
Reykjavik, a Persuasive lotus-eater who craves the greatest delights of the West.
Malacca, a Dangerous swashbuckler who seeks the grand adventures of the East.
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jonanlsh
Posts: 14
12/19/2013
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Obstacudent. I'd love to acquire tomes of eldritch vocabulary within FL. Uncanny Incunabulums were the first top-tier items I processed, so they're also precious to me. My One Brass Ring too, though its my presciousssssss for other reasons~
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hwoosh
Posts: 104
12/19/2013
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I think my favourite is "Foul chiropterophage!"
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Blackleaf
Posts: 552
12/18/2013
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Ive found that im now using the words Nadir and Irrigo way to much. "Literate hooligan" is also high on my list.
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Same goes for Sparring,Loitering,Suppers and Games of chess! Sure I'll accept them occasionaly but I wont help you grind them most of the time.
But calling cards are highly welcome! (Got too much influence for cards at the moment. Sorry!)
Character profile can be found here: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Blackleaf
Ware serpents and know spires.
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Saharan
Posts: 247
12/21/2013
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Plenipotentiary. The way it rolls off the tongue is just marvellous. Although, I must agree that Mr. Pages' etymoillogical phraseology is most amusing at times.
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theodor_gylden
Posts: 117
12/18/2013
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Cryptophilology remains dear to my heart.
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Storylet: http://theodor-gylden.dreamwidth.org/11160.html
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Lemexis
Posts: 155
11/2/2015
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And now the next time someone google's it, they will laugh when they see that the first hit is someone who laughed when he saw that the first hit was someone else wondering the same thing.
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
11/2/2015
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As far as Mr Pages is concerned, I am convinced he is a descendant of Mrs Malaprop.
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Alexander Feld
Posts: 348
12/28/2013
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theodor_gylden wrote:
'Dramatalogical ontologeography' has come to my attention.
Careful saying that, you don't want to sprain your tongue.
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I filch hidden things from hidden places, to hide once more in my dark cabinet of curiosities
Alexander Feld, the mad, damned, lord of seekers.
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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/28/2013
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Mr Sacks had me googling "concrudescent" today. Sadly, it appears to be only partially related to a word in this world, "recrudescent" and I am uncertain exactly what the slight alteration does to the definition, so exactly what a concrudescent Mr Sacks might be remains a mystery to me.
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Ewan C.
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1/10/2014
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"The walls are beginning to blear." It *could* just be a typo, but I like it..
(from use of a bejewelled lens while dining in my pleasure-spire..)
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Martial Canterel
Posts: 40
1/11/2014
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It might not be quite as fancy as other words in London, but I like the sound of the Truthbreaker Turbine.
Edit: Also, Cryptospelunking
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Blackleaf
Posts: 552
12/18/2013
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Sackville wrote:
The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.
The text for getting Mr.Pages as the "Snow remover" master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.
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No cats or investigations of photographers please.
Same goes for Sparring,Loitering,Suppers and Games of chess! Sure I'll accept them occasionaly but I wont help you grind them most of the time.
But calling cards are highly welcome! (Got too much influence for cards at the moment. Sorry!)
Character profile can be found here: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Blackleaf
Ware serpents and know spires.
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Karaeir
Posts: 90
12/18/2013
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Blackleaf wrote:
Sackville wrote:
The real words are okay, but Mr. Pages adorattractable vocabulocutions are some of my favorite parts of the game.
The text for getting Mr.Pages as the "Snow remover" master is pure comedy gold. Sadly its apperently really rare.
It's amazing. I just got it today. I actually hoped to get Mr Fires, as he is my favourite Master, but Pages is fine in this case. I don't think I'll ever learn how to pronounce "purificaceous", and I'm usually very good at pronouncing strange things.
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Social actions welcome, except for SMEN and Affluent Photographer.
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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/18/2013
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That is absolutely wonderful  *rolls in the delicious wordplay as though it were autumn leaves*
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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/19/2013
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Found another one that's new to me: Lorgnette. I never knew the proper name for those
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Scarlet Fenwick
Posts: 56
12/20/2013
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Today I got "intemperate mountebankery" in the "a disgraceful spectacle" card
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KatarinaNavane
Posts: 462
12/20/2013
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Too lazy to find the original thread, but I'm the one who started it.
Also learned "coruscating" "palimpsest" and "oubliette" on top of the ones Alexander Feld already mentioned.
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My art page (much of which is dark, Victorian, and/or full of tentacles): http://www.facebook.com/demonkittydesigns
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Scarlet Fenwick
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12/20/2013
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Antimacassar too. That's just ridiculous.
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http://crimsoncoquette.wordpress.com----The Gallery of the Bazaarine
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