Fandom Discussion: The Increase Your Vocabulary Thread

[themostepotente]

Hello, and welcome to the 'Increase Your Vocabulary' thread. And really you can thank petulantgod for my next couple of discussions. Not only is he a brilliant writer, but *le gasp*, he's very entertaining.

I know that certain words in fics click with me -- just like some words leave me cold. Some just sound sexy. Some convey their meanings better. Others just look cool.

Now then -- what's the objective of this thread, you ask? Simple. Post a word you may have used in a fic of yours with the definition. This should be a word you don't see or hear in every day conversation -- hence the increasing your vocabulary bit :P

My word for this thread is sibilant -- having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash [a sibilant snake]

Go to it. *G*

--P

Comments

[djin7.livejournal.com]

I've used this one in a story recently:

Dissonance (dis·so·nance) noun
1. a) lack of agreement; especially : inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's beliefs,
b) an instance of such inconsistency or disagreement

2. a mingling of discordant sounds; especially : a clashing or unresolved musical interval or chord

*g*
Just love words.

[scourgey.livejournal.com]

o.o You people have been going through my band's secret files! This is the second word I've come across in this thread that's been in the NAME of one of our songs - songs we haven't even recorded yet!

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Words to describe things dealing with sights and sounds (definition numero 2) are always good :-)