Word Porn and Sensory Overload
18
April
It’s Friday! Word Porn Day!
So this Friday is especially necessary right about now. My weekly habit (bad Amy!) of slowly pushing things to the end of the week meant a hellaciously busy yesterday. My cat’s decided she wants to be a dog, and as such has been nibbling on my work folders, notepads, and paper towel rolls all week. I’ve been working my unsteely buns off inside, while it’s been gorgeous and warm outside. And I’ve been sleeping crappy, since my partner in crime has been absent most of the week for a work trip.
Fridays are time for that to change. It’s all about the simple pleasures today. Taking a break, and enjoying a Friday cocktail on my porch in relatively warm weather. Watching my cat dive into the concrete on said porch like it’s heaven incarnate. And greeting that swell guy when he gets home.
Let’s go with those simple, sensory pleasures. Some words are just fun to say. They taste so good when they hit the lips. So let’s do some tasty fun wordy porn.
Fugacious
Oh boy! Just like its cousin in cuss words, this one allows you to put some oomph in that first syllable. The meaning, as so many word porn specimens do, surprised me. Fugacious means lasting a short time. Sentence, please!
“’Well that was surprisingly fugacious,’ Lisa said as she put her clothes back on. Robert beamed at the unfamiliar word, convinced it was a compliment to his prowess.”
Tourbillion
Oh, I know, I know! (hand raised in the air, jumping out my seat) This has to refer to a new method of measuring the federal deficit or the hits to the economy, beyond millions and billions and trillions…right? Oh. Actually, the multisyllabic joy that is tourbillion means a vortex, especially of a whirlwind or whirlpool. Hmm. Maybe I wasn’t that far off.
“After watching the economy sink deeper and deeper into a tourbillion, all the presidential candidates shocked the nation when they simultaneously withdrew their bids for the presidency. ‘It’s fucked, and I’m too old for this shit,’ said John McCain, as Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and even Ralph Nader nodded.”
Eupeptic
This is a fun one to roll off the tongue, but as a gal with a bum stomach, it can sound a little too close to the old pink Pepto potion that was my friend before I got stronger stuff. But no! Nothing here about agony or embarrassment, my friends. Eupeptic means cheerful, or optimistic. A lovely one to end on.
“The entire city of Chicago as one looked to the sky this week, surprised that the glowing orb above them actually emitted heat, and eupeptic at the thought that winter might be nearing an end.”
Good times. Hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for a Friday rant.
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1. Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing | April 18th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Sweet! Now I have another word besides “morass” to describe the brain stew that I’ve been stirring for the past few weeks! I didn’t have coffee this time, luckily, for the comments regarding tourbillion.
You’ve been pent up the past few days. A minirant yesterday, a microrant herein…I can’t wait to see what you unleash on later. Why, oh why, has Amy been so pent up :p?
(Sidebar: You mentioned this a few weeks ago, but ever notice that despite a wide pool of words to exclaim, we come back to Awesome! and Sweet!? WTH?)
2. Amy | April 18th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
@Charlie - I KNOW. It’s disappointing to me that I continually fall back on awesome and sweet, even though very awesome and sweet words. I need to internalize my own word porn.
And why have i been pent up? Good question. One thing I’ve discovered this week with my lovely roommate and partner gone is this: if I still lived by myself (which I did and enjoyed for many years) I would go nuts. Working at home by myself, and being alone at night by myself is enough to make a gal a little schizo. Never realized how much I depended on my man for a little human conversation at the end of a very insular day!
3. Charlie Gilkey | Productive Flourishing | April 18th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I had a feeling it had to do with J being gone. Perhaps for different reasons, though.
Maybe next week’s porn could be words besides Sweet and Awesome to use in their place? Check off Oustanding, Excellent, and Amazing, too.
A challenge, methinks?
4. Amy | April 18th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
@Charlie Oh my goodness, a challenge!! I’ll have to prep all week. But hells yeah, I’m up for it.
5. Janice Cartier | April 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
LOVE this. You paint with words. Seriously.
Perfect use for a Friday. Thanks.
Jan
6. Amy | April 18th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
@Janice - Hi Janice, and welcome! So glad to have you here, and to see your eye candy of a website. Lovely stuff.