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. ♥
edited by Inky Petrel on 12/18/2013
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Alexander Feld
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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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Catherine Raymond
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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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Inky Petrel
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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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babelfishwars
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12/18/2013
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I've bookmarked this post, so you must now fill it with tigrine glory. MUST.
Even simple things: vitrified sheen
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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!)
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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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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
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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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Blackleaf
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12/18/2013
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Check Karaeirs profile then. Pages is quite awesome. He's the somewhat cynical,neutral and generarly not dickish master.
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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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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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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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theodor_gylden
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12/18/2013
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Cryptophilology remains dear to my heart.
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jonanlsh
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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
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12/19/2013
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I think my favourite is "Foul chiropterophage!"
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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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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
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12/20/2013
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Today I got "intemperate mountebankery" in the "a disgraceful spectacle" card
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KatarinaNavane
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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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Inky Petrel
Posts: 370
12/20/2013
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KatarinaNavane wrote:
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.
Ah! I thought I'd seen one! I do hope you don't mind me starting it again. ♥
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Rook Crofton
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12/20/2013
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Cheers to both KatarinaNavane and InkyPetrel for starting these word threads.
My words: catafalque, marmoreal, whatever that word that means the outermost layer of a mushroom is, and everything having to do with Victorian transportation, like "sedan chair," "hansom," "phaeton."
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