WORD CHALLENGE

[deelaundry]

A v.v. awesome friend of mine is running a v.v. awesome word-use challenge this summer, based on 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know. Some of these I don't know, and some I do, and a bunch of them I've already used in fics. If you can name a word from the list below and the fic I've used it in, I'll give you a present. DK what it is yet -- probably a drabble.

'Scuse me for now, I'll be in my bunk with dictionary.com, getting familiar with the words I don't know.

001. aesthetic 002. alchemy 003. allegory 004. anachronism 005. anathema
006. bailiwick 007. beleaguered 008. bromide 009. cappuccino 010. caprice
011. caribou 012. chiasmus 013. chortle 014. coccyx 015. crescendo
016. cruciverbalist 017. desultory 018. detritus 019. didgeridoo 020. ebullient
021. echelon 022. egregious 023. ephemeral 024. epicure 025. ersatz
026. facetious 027. fecundity 028. focaccia 029. fusty 030. gemütlichkeit
031. glossolalia 032. gossamer 033. gravamen 034. halcyon 035. hiatus
036. humuhumunukunukuapuaa 037. iconoclast 038. insouciant 039. interloper 040. internecine
041. inveigle 042. jeremiad 043. juxtaposition 044. koan 045. laconic
046. lagniappe 047. leprechaun 048. litotes 049. lucubrate 050. magnanimous
051. maharajah 052. malapropism 053. meretricious 054. mesmerize 055. meticulous
056. milieu 057. mitochondrion 058. nemesis 059. nictitate 060. nostrum
061. nudnik 062. obloquy 063. obstreperous 064. oxymoron 065. palaver
066. pejorative 067. precarious 068. prestidigitation 069. preternatural 070. quark
071. quixotic 072. redolent 073. repugnant 074. rubric 075. sangfroid
076. sarcophagus 077. schwa 078. serendipity 079. sesquipedalian 080. shaman
081. sinecure 082. snakebit 083. soporific 084. succotash 085. susurration
086. syzygy 087. tantalize 088. theory 089. timbre 090. troglodyte
091. ullage 092. umlaut 093. vicissitude 094. visceral 095. voluptuous
096. wassail 097. xerophyte 098. yogh 099. Zeitgeist 100. zenith

PS. REMIX REDUX. That's both a hint for one of the words above, and a shout of jubilation because sign-ups for Remix Redux '09 is open!

Comments

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I don't know what "sinecure" and "ullage" mean but I know most of those other words.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Very awesome! Words are so cool; I love learning new ones. I used to know "sinecure" but have forgotten : (

[zulu.livejournal.com]

A job with lots of prestige but very little actual effectiveness!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

gemütlichkeit?

[zulu.livejournal.com]

Hey! That's beyond my scope; I only know the English ones.

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Who indeed? I would've named names but wasn't sure if it'd be acceptable.

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

LOL acceptable to who, me? Link people to it if you want. I think it's awesome that you think it's awesome and that people are already making sentences. :3333333

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Love this!!!! There should be a challenge to use all these words in one fic, that would be cool!

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

I thought of that, and it would be quite epic, but I fear I would be unable to appropriately reward someone for something like that :x

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

I'd love to give it a try though, really. Would there need to be a reward? Just enthusiastic reactions (if deserved) would be nice too, right? Maybe we (whoever 'we' is in this setting) should try to get this going!!

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

I'll add it to the challenge, mind if I namedrop you since you prodded me along? ;P Okay I already did it and namedropped you, let me know if that annoys you. (I feel I need to have a reward since it's my challenge and I offered a reward for the sentences.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Of course that doesn't annoy me, it's flattering!! I printed the list with the words, I'll start brooding on a fic... Meanwhile, can I add you as a friend?

[nuclearfootball.livejournal.com]

:D

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Cool! Added you back! ♥!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

OMG, do it, Hib!!! I would help you or beta if you want.

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

Oh, would you??? That would be awesome, thanks!! I'll get on it asap. I already printed the list with the words. I should have plenty of time after surgery!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'd be happy to. This'll be a fun challenge for you!

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

First 124 words of this fic are already written, and 2 of the 100 words to work into it are already in. Having great fun with this! Thanks so much for being willing to do beta!!

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Hee! I bet I could get about half of them in a House fic, since House is such an intelligent guy with varied interests. All 100 might be hard, depending on how long the fic was. :D

[hibernia1.livejournal.com]

*bounces* I think I'm gonna try just for my own pleasure!

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

Obstreperous! Around the World and Back Again (http://deelaundry.livejournal.com/44985.html)!

His head, his heart, his stomach, and his dick are all at peace – well, his dick’s a little obstreperous, but not too bad, considering the circumstances.

Fantastic excuse to read that again. I claim... something...

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Yep! Hee hee hee. You definitely get the first present.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Oh that's fun to look for words in your fic! I even remember reading some of those but not where they came from O_O *goes to search*

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Hint: gemütlichkeit isn't one of them! Hee hee hee.

I ♥ words so much.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

argh I ran out of time to search :( but I did get to reread the Wilson!sex abuse story which is one of my favorites so it was made of win XD

Curious -- do you ever plan to write more in that little universe?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Which Wilson sex abuse story? The one with the incest, or the one where he was abusing & having sex with House?

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Incest... there's one where he's abusing and having sex with House O_O You wrote that? -- I missed that one-- can you link?

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Leave in Quiet (http://deelaundry.livejournal.com/38389.html) -- it also has a couple of sequels, noted in the header.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

OH I remember that now :) oo that's disturbing I forgot you had written it :)

Sorry for spam -- So Have you thought about writing a sequel or another story in the same universe as Milk, silk, a bedspread or a quilt?

And for Words in a staffroom: No, House doesn’t have a single pejorative word for the boys’ required gym shorts.

[purridot.livejournal.com]

*tickles you* Sometimes Greek and Latin come in very handy, I tell you! (Emphasis on "sometimes.").

You are the very model of gemütlichkeit, though :D

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Ee hee, why am I getting tickled?

Oh, never mind, I don't care why. *tickles you back*

Awww, thank you for the compliment. You, too, you know!

[galaxygirl76.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that list is making my poor head hurt. Are you sure those are words ;)

ooh, I recognize focaccia, go me and my bakery job lol.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Heh, heh, aren't they crazy? I am mesmerized by the list.

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Alison is a quick study: "She is certain she would also know how to finish his pleasure in the shortest time, although she has no intention of testing this theory."

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about that one. Heh! Can you think of a prize you'd like?

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

All the story ideas I can think of I want to do myself, feel queer about asking for, or would take a couple thousand words at the very least, so how about some House/Wilson gemütlichkeit?

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

You have definitely used humuhumunukunukuapuaa before but I can't remember exactly which fic it was..............

;P

(Just googled it, and it's a Hawaiian trigger fish.)

I plan to do some sentences with the words later (and also some visiting of dictionary.com :D )

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

Haven't used "humuhumunukunukuapuaa" but I have used "ukulele"! Maybe I can send House and Wilson to Hawaii...

XD

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

Suitable icon is suitable, lol

I can imagine that House would keep annoying Wilson by asking him what [insert long Hawaiian name/word] meant...