WORD OFF!!!!
bibelot vs. carom
this weeks word off is of a positive nature. i found both of these words to be good WOTDs. not by virtue of the words themselves (which are sort of boring) but because of their obscurity.
bibelot is kind of strange. it's a big word for small things. three syllables for the substantively insignificant clutter that you're stangely obliged to carry through life by some odd sentimental gravity.
carom doesn't sound like a word. its sound like a noise you make when someone punches you in the (non-gender specific) hey-hey. also, its definition doesn't correspond itself to its phonetic effect. carom is dull sounding. what it's meant to represent is one of the most exciting occurances in physics - bouncing. bounce. strike. rebound. ricochet. carom? don't know if that really flows...
last weeks word loser:
truckle
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bibelot is also one of Chelsea's favorite little stores in Minneapolis, so I voted for that.
ReplyDeleteImagine a couple manga characters playing air hockey, but with huge cyber-paddles larger than themselves, and they're playing it in the desert around some rocky bluffs, and the puck is a massive hovering metal chunk of technology.
ReplyDeleteOne player smacks the puck and it sails off and hits a cliff wall. Visualize the dramatic angular redirect and its skewed all-caps onomatopoeia in thick outline above it: "CAROM!"
Does that help?