Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?

Angel ,'Time Bomb'


We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good  

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:04:35 am PST #472 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

really? I had never heard it till William said it.(And I don't mean that in a Bitchy "It didn't count till you, baby" way.)


DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:06:57 am PST #473 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So you're saying there's a connection between Spike and Roger Angell?

Spike's a big closet baseball fan.

really? I had never heard it till William said it

I guess the point in either case is that it's a bit precious as a word. "Brilliant" would probably suffice.

Which is not to say that precious words don't have their own merits. You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.


erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:30 am PST #474 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, when your starting phrase is "bulge in 't.' your poem has some other problems, poor guy.


Steph L. - Jan 13, 2004 11:10:40 am PST #475 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

You'll have to pry "effloresce" and "deliquesce" from my cold, stiff fingers.

I think you just like words that end in -esce.


DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:04 am PST #476 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I think you just like words that end in -esce.

That's not true. They don't have to end in -esce, just contain it. Like "quintessence." See, it's a very snooty word. Klassy with K. Also a good song by Squeeze.


erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:12:54 am PST #477 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Not all of them. Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.


DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:13:46 am PST #478 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Just guessing, but I doubt "detumesce" is a favorite.

It's not the kind of word that guys like to even contemplate, much less hear.


erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:17:21 am PST #479 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

So I understand. It's not like Voldemort, though.


DavidS - Jan 13, 2004 11:23:39 am PST #480 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It's not like Voldemort, though.

Heh. I would think "impotence" might get the Voldemort treatment.

"Don't say that word! I just had too much to drink. I've been very stressed at work lately! It's not...you know....That word."


erikaj - Jan 13, 2004 11:58:58 am PST #481 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Yeah. Well, spending so much time writing as Munch, I've acquired a new respect for The Penis, and the people that have them. Freud was still wrong, though. Y'all can keep 'em.