Peroration is a thing you do during public speaking, weirdly enough. You do the peroration at the end of the speech when you conclude and summarise your main points. I always called that the conclusion and summary, but there you go! It has an official name: peroration.
Yours Truly B was the winner today out of a great selection of fine invented meanings. Well done YTB! Here's her excellent effort, which sounds surprisingly true...
Peroration is what a chef does to prepare the meat before slow roasting it over an open flame. It is the time to relax the meat, season it and make sure it is ready for tender perfection.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Cyclotron
A cyclotron is used in science experiments to accelerate charged particles by a strong vertical magnetic field. That's my version of what the dictionary said, so if you're a scientist who disagrees, many apologies for the layman's terminology.
Thanks to the word imps for their imaginative meanings. I enjoyed them all because they are much easier to understand than the one in my dictionary!
PianoMan takes today's cake with his visually stimulating meaning for cyclotron. Here 'tis: A cyclotron is the technical name for an automaton cyclops gone haywire. For some reason, many of them gained personalities and terrorized entire continents. Such examples may be Godzilla, Sasquatch, or Big Bird. However some are nice - like the B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant) or Elmo.
Thanks to the word imps for their imaginative meanings. I enjoyed them all because they are much easier to understand than the one in my dictionary!
PianoMan takes today's cake with his visually stimulating meaning for cyclotron. Here 'tis: A cyclotron is the technical name for an automaton cyclops gone haywire. For some reason, many of them gained personalities and terrorized entire continents. Such examples may be Godzilla, Sasquatch, or Big Bird. However some are nice - like the B.F.G. (Big Friendly Giant) or Elmo.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Halberd
According to my well thumbed dictionary, a halberd is a spear with an axe blade. I found the invented meanings far more enlightening and was incredibly impressed with the depth of meaning that each word imp managed to uncover. Fabulous! All were worthy of honour, but I have to give the accolades today to the lovely Sara! Welcome back, Sara and thanks for your "fetching" contribution. Here it is:
A Halberd is a rather fetching ginger beard, as sported by Henry VIII. It became all the rage during his reign, with young men visiting the barbers and asking for a halberd and a short back and sides. Turmeric was used to get just the right shade of red. The reason they called it a halberd rather than making direct reference to Henry VIII is because there was a danger that the jealous king may have their heads chopped off if they were seen to be overtly imitating him. On one occasion he became so suspicious about the sudden influx of red bearded young men that he sent his soldiers out to wash the beard of every red haired man in the country. Soon after this halberds became less popular.
A Halberd is a rather fetching ginger beard, as sported by Henry VIII. It became all the rage during his reign, with young men visiting the barbers and asking for a halberd and a short back and sides. Turmeric was used to get just the right shade of red. The reason they called it a halberd rather than making direct reference to Henry VIII is because there was a danger that the jealous king may have their heads chopped off if they were seen to be overtly imitating him. On one occasion he became so suspicious about the sudden influx of red bearded young men that he sent his soldiers out to wash the beard of every red haired man in the country. Soon after this halberds became less popular.
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