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Because [personal profile] ayoub made me think about it, and because I've always had a not-so-secret desire to be a lexicographer, I pose the following question:

If there were to be a dictionary of [personal profile] gnomi-isms, what words would it contain?

Off the top of my head, I can think of:

-- Splorp (that which inspired this line of thought)
-- Narf
-- Thingy
-- Obnox
-- Enpenguinate

Additional [personal profile] gnomi-isms:
-- Horfles (suggested by [personal profile] mabfan)
-- Procrastisurfing (suggested by [personal profile] tsuki_no_bara)
-- Snackquisition (suggested by [profile] beths_stanley)
-- Pornucopia (suggested by [profile] beths_stanley)

But then I get stuck. I know there are many words in my idiolect that are specifically [personal profile] gnomi-isms, but I have no idea what they are. So I bring it to you. What should go in the Dictionary of [personal profile] gnomi-isms?

Date: 2008-05-16 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gnomi.livejournal.com
I'll cop to "snackquisition" and "pornucopia" (though that second, I found out subsequently, is nowhere near unique to my idiolect). "Wifm" was perpetrated upon me at a meeting at work. "Obnoxia" is the noun form of "obnox." :-) I'll add the first two, for sure, though.

Date: 2008-05-19 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jonbaker.livejournal.com
The latter is rather close to a terrible Piers Anthony novel. Actually, there are many terrible Piers Anthony novels (Chthon springs to mind, as do many of the Xanth novels), but this one stands out (Pornocopia). IIRC, it is a paean to an excretion of uncircumcised men.

Bleah.

On a cheerier note, maybe there should be a Pohl/Anthony crossover, "Beyond the Blue Adept Horizon"?


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