Having held forth at length about wild creatures as disparate as sloths and cockroaches, I have realized that something akin to manic obsession creeps into my thoughts when I try to make a point.
Today I will make an effort to relate human experience to humans. To quote Jonathan Kellerman form an old thriller he wrote: “anthropology is voyeurism” (I hope my memory got that right). Although I don’t spend my waking hours trying to see as much as I can of the naked human form, I do watch my children closely, and learn lots from their behaviour. I observe people, but do get involved, so I’m not really an anthropologist. Or a voyeur.
Hey! today is your chance to appear live on this blog! If you can bear the shared burden of fame and attention, you could be a featured guest.
As I was buying books for the shop today, I had a conversation about dictionaries. Every year new words crop up, and are deemed sufficiently significant to warrant an entry in the latest editions of dictionaries. The sales rep threw in the word ‘bootylicious’ as an example, saying that everyone uses it nowadays. I hastily corrected her, saying that rarely does the word bootylicious cross my lips…
I thought to myself… Hmmm… I could do better than that. I could coin whole phres, sentences and booklets. But the challenge is this: Can you come up with a new word, one that helps us to express who we are, where we are or what we are? Can you? Of course you can.
Leave your word, followed by a short definition in the comments, and the highly qualified panel of expert (me) will choose a favourite. I will then write an entire entry dedicated to you. Your name will go out to the nations, as one whose fame shall endure for as long as you float around in the ether ready to be googled.
The rules, although these may be rapidly discarded, are that you may not use an existing word as it stands, although a combination word may work, and that it must be relatively easy to pronounce.
(Start preparing your acceptance speeches, and remember, we are all winners J )
