Tuesday, December 12, 2006

mandatory semantics

I sent this Nest Heads comic to my traceur friend:

His reply: "That is marvelous. And a little terrifying -- the old coot mandating meaning."
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Anonymous said...

tinsel |ˈtinsəl|
noun
a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil. • showy or superficial attractiveness or glamour : his taste for the tinsel of the art world. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting fabric either interwoven with metallic thread or spangled): from Old French estincele ‘spark,’ or estinceler ‘to sparkle,’ based on Latin scintilla ‘a spark.’

tree |trē|
noun
a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance

bling-bling |ˈbli ng ˌbli ng |
noun informal
expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewelry, or the wearing of them : behind the bling-bling: are diamonds worth it? ORIGIN 1990s: perhaps imitative of light reflecting off jewelry, or of jewelry clashing together.

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