vascilating? (sp)
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Vortex - Feb 17, 2009 12:15:01 pm PST #1260 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Dana - Feb 17, 2009 12:16:42 pm PST #1261 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
wavering? wobbling? ululating? vibrating?
Barb - Feb 17, 2009 12:20:20 pm PST #1262 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Okay, context, line from manuscript:
And as if the house wasn't spectacular enough, the stage on which it sat—burnt orange horizon meeting the vast, blue-gray expanse of the Pacific, white-capped waves sweeping in with a subdued roar before disappearing with a muffled crash.
I don't like using both subdued and muffled and it's subdued that's making me nuts because that's not really the word I want. I want a word for the rising and falling sounds of the surf when you're standing at a distance.
AUGH.
ETA: Hec, is "tiki" usually capitalized or not?
tommyrot - Feb 17, 2009 12:21:02 pm PST #1263 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Okay hivemind, what do you think would be the auditory equivalent of "undulating"?
Are you looking for musical terms like vibrato and tremolo?
Although "vibratoing" or "tremoloing" don't sound like words, do they? But they do produce many google results....
Dana - Feb 17, 2009 12:25:16 pm PST #1264 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sussurating?
Atropa - Feb 17, 2009 12:28:25 pm PST #1265 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
sussurating?
That's what sprang to mind for me.
Scrappy - Feb 17, 2009 12:40:18 pm PST #1266 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
murmuring
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2009 12:41:38 pm PST #1267 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man, car insurance is so weird. Now that I actually have to get more than just liability coverage, I've checked the rates of most of the top companies, and Geico is by far the cheapest. It beats Progressive and Allstate by $100 and Esurance and 21st Century by $300. For the same coverage! It's so bizarre.
Ginger - Feb 17, 2009 12:42:54 pm PST #1268 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Undulating can apply to sound. Rolling? Rhythmical? Tintinnabulating?
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2009 12:47:19 pm PST #1269 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Of the bells, bells, bells!