Fearing cacodemonomania from jettatura, the acersecomic leptosome set off a biblioclasm of his scripturient neogenesis on ktenology, unwittingly bringing about hamartia.
July 25, 2012 4:32 AM Subscribe
From "Ne sutor ultra crepidam", presumably - 'the cobbler doesn't go beyond shoes' more or less.
Is 'welter' an unusual word?
Nice stuff.
posted by Segundus at 4:54 AM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
Is 'welter' an unusual word?
Nice stuff.
posted by Segundus at 4:54 AM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
Great drawings! But I would agree that welter isn't an unusual word. Or at least, it's the only one I knew.
posted by Jehan at 5:01 AM on July 25, 2012
posted by Jehan at 5:01 AM on July 25, 2012
I clicked expecting yet another bunch of hipster "I have a copy of Illustrator" minimalist posters. What I found was delightful, very well-done and thoughtful. Great find!
posted by Thorzdad at 5:01 AM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by Thorzdad at 5:01 AM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
Very cool. But I wish there were phonetic spellings so I don't have to guess on pronunciation.
posted by zardoz at 5:23 AM on July 25, 2012
posted by zardoz at 5:23 AM on July 25, 2012
Gorgonize is such a beautiful word.
Fanfaronade is actually pretty common in Spanish (fanfarronear, fanfarrón). Who would have thought English had it, also.
posted by Tarumba at 5:50 AM on July 25, 2012
Fanfaronade is actually pretty common in Spanish (fanfarronear, fanfarrón). Who would have thought English had it, also.
posted by Tarumba at 5:50 AM on July 25, 2012
Quockerwodger
A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy which briefly became a political insult.
What better time than now to revive this one!
posted by TedW at 6:14 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy which briefly became a political insult.
What better time than now to revive this one!
posted by TedW at 6:14 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
But not "ultracrepidarian". I am so using that one at the first opportunity.
You should ask for it to be added as a flag for AskMe
posted by TedW at 6:16 AM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
You should ask for it to be added as a flag for AskMe
posted by TedW at 6:16 AM on July 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
Metafilter: scripturient welter
posted by gruchall at 6:24 AM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by gruchall at 6:24 AM on July 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
I clicked expecting yet another bunch of hipster "I have a copy of Illustrator" minimalist posters.
Well, that's the next thread up. Except with Photoshop.
posted by Mezentian at 6:39 AM on July 25, 2012
Well, that's the next thread up. Except with Photoshop.
posted by Mezentian at 6:39 AM on July 25, 2012
Those were beautiful. And such wonderful words.
I have whole weeks where I'm a bit yonderly; now I know what to call it.
posted by MrVisible at 7:02 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
I have whole weeks where I'm a bit yonderly; now I know what to call it.
posted by MrVisible at 7:02 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
I love these. I want them all framed and hung in my house. Especially Ostentiferous.
posted by MsVader at 8:48 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by MsVader at 8:48 AM on July 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
Very nice. I ran across enantiodromia for the first time last week, in John Perry Barlow’s introduction to a business book about the Grateful Dead. Hamartia, neogenesis, welter, and zugzwang are quite familiar, too, but now acersecomic, ktenology, quockerwodger, and ultracrepidarian have become my new favorites.
posted by LeLiLo at 4:15 PM on July 26, 2012
posted by LeLiLo at 4:15 PM on July 26, 2012
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