Archive for December, 2007
panegyric
pan·e·gyr·ic
n.
1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
2. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.
[Latin panēgyricus, from Greek panēgurikos (logos), (speech) at a public assembly, panegyric, from panēguris, public assembly : pan-, pan- + aguris, assembly, marketplace.]
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Moopocalypse 101
What is a cow’s favorite holiday?
Moo Years Day.
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galaxteroid
a galaxy arching out of modulexi controuseron over the period of twenty two peons.
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(unnecessarily) stained
“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness”
- Samuel Beckett
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unaesthetic (in the extreme)
“Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to justify”
- Francis Picabia
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Moopocalypse 100
What’s a cow’s favourite boardgame?
Moo-nopoly.
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flyting
Flyting is a contest of insults, often conducted in verse.
In Norse and Germanic cultures, flytings are used as either a prelude to battle or as a form of combat in their own right. The exchange is regular, if not ritualized, and the insults usually center on accusations of cowardice or sexual impropriety or perversion. Several [...]
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