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Dragon*Con 2012
2012 Dragon*Con memberships are on sale on the Dragoncon site. Price goes up after Friday. "2012 Memberships are available for $60.00 until midnight on Friday, September 16th, afterwhich the price will be $70.00. Memberships are available for purchase via the Dragon*Con Store." (I'm assuming that's midnight EASTERN.) -
word of the day
enervate (en'ər vāt')
To deprive of strength, force, or vigor; to weaken physically, mentally, or morally; to devitalize or debilitate.
The air of the place, so fresh in the spring and early summer, was stagnant and enervating now. Its heavy scents weighed upon them, and at mid-day the landscape seemed lying in a swoon.
From Thomas Hardy's Tess ( Read more... ) -
With All Due Respect, by MajorSamFan
Title: With All Due Respect Author: majorsamfan Word Count: 5,837 Rating: PG (for theme) Pairings: None / gen Spoilers/Warnings: None Season: Sam's a Major, Jack's a Colonel and Daniel's there, not Jones - Probably around Season 4 or 5 although Season 7 isn't out of the question. Beta: The truly awesomesauce and amazing (usually words I reserve for ( Read more... ) -
Massive friends purge
Doing a major friends purge today just to make LJ manageable with less interwebz time available. If I deleted you but you want to be added back, just send a PM. I based it on what my mentalpausal brain could remember in terms of with whom I've interacted this year or know personally. I couldhave gotten a little heavy handed...no offense intended ( Read more... ) -
word of the day
inimical
(i nim'i kəl)
Hostile, unfriendly, or like an enemy; adverse, unfavorable
To carry, [Ralph] must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire.
From William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
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word of the day
I'm hoping I haven't used this one before...
ex·co·ri·ate
verb \ek-ˈskȯr-ē-ˌāt\
ex·co·ri·at·edex·co·ri·at·ing
Definition of EXCORIATE
transitive verb
1: to wear off the skin of : abrade
2: to censure scathingly
- ex·co·ri·a·tion \(ˌ)ek-ˌskȯr-ē-ˈā-shən\ noun
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word of the day
ver·tig·i·nous
adj \(ˌ)vər-ˈti-jə-nəs\
Definition of VERTIGINOUS
1a : characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness b : inclined to frequent and often pointless change : inconstant
2: causing or tending to cause dizziness vertiginous heights>
3: marked by turning : rotary vertiginous motion of the earth>
- ver·tig·i·nous·ly adverb
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ex·e·cra·ble
adj \ˈek-si-krə-bəl\
Definition of EXECRABLE
1: deserving to be execrated : detestable
2: very bad : wretched
- ex·e·cra·ble·ness noun
- ex·e·cra·bly \-blē\ adverb
Examples of EXECRABLE
- Living conditions in the slums were execrable.
- execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors>
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word of the day
overweening (ō'vər wēn'iŋ)
Arrogant or excessively proud; exaggerated or excessive.
Some take the broad road of overweening ambition; others that of mean and servile flattery; others that of deceitful hypocrisy, and some that of true religion; but I, led by my star, follow the narrow path of knight-errantry.
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word of the day
tac·i·turn
adj \ˈta-sə-ˌtərn\
Definition of TACITURN
: temperamentally disinclined to talk
- tac·i·tur·ni·ty \ˌta-sə-ˈtər-nə-tē\ noun
Examples of TACITURN
- a somewhat taciturn young man
- taciturn man, he almost never initiates a conversation>
- I went on speech strike … remaining defiantly taciturn through a procession of speech therapists and ( Read more... )