Friday, November 11, 2011

Aa: Acrimonious (Arguement)


Define a Word

Of an angry, pungent, and bitter nature.


Cocktail Party Banter

Don't be so acrimonious it kills the festive mood.


Literary Context


 Down on the main deck, the gunner was serving out small arms, and loading cartridges into a couple of spare clips. Down on the main deck, the gunner was serving out small arms, and there was an acrimonious argument because everybody wanted a chopper and there weren't enough choppers to go around. Oscar went over to the ladder head and shouted down at them.

Piper, H. Beam (2009-07-27). The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus (Kindle Locations 4137-4139). Unknown. Kindle Edition.



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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Tt: Theosophist


Defined Word

any number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations.


Cocktail Party Banter

George is a Theophosist in that he does not prescribe to any known organized religious orders, but he prays often to his house-hold god Visa, the God of unending debt through shinny things.


Word in Context

was a Theosophist prayer to the Spirit Guides, and I remembered that Cesrio Vieira was a Theosophist. Well, maybe there really were Spirit Guides. If there were, we'd all be finding out before long.

Piper, H. Beam (2009-07-27). The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus (Kindle Locations 3659-3660). Unknown. Kindle Edition.


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Monday, November 7, 2011

Hh: Haberdashery





Definition


A place where a man can buy clothing befitting a gentleman.


Cocktail Party Banter


Did you get that cap at the Haberdashery?



Word in Literature


He had a sudden whim for a cap and bought one the haberdashery, a conservative bluish-grey cap of soft English wool. 

Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr Ripley. London: Vintage, 1999. Print. page 33

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