Saturday, October 20, 2007
Fabulist
A fabulist creates fables. Apparently this can be in the literary sense - as in Aesop - as well as being the equivalent of a liar. I think I'd rather be the literary type of fabulist. But there's another interesting fact to tuck away. Thanks for your meanings today. Two word imps tied at the top of the poll. Well done to Thinks! and Scriptor Senex. Keep up the great work.
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When the english were in the throws of inventing the game of football, the french had been passing their spare time playing fabul.
The game was usually played amongst the busy maniacal traffic of Paris where the fabul (ball) was carefully placed in the middle of the road. Players had to line up on the roadside and in turn try to reach the ball without getting run over by some short tempered taxi driver.
If a player reached the ball alive, he would shrug his shoulders and utter the word, "Pah!". This would be considered a goal.
Hence, fabulist - player of the fabul.
The Fabulist Movement was a group of artists interested solely in shade, as opposed to light. This is from "Fa buio", which in Italian means "Make dark".
They started out painting shadows, dark nights, and so on. "Shadows in a Pitch Black Room" by Irma Fayquer is one of the Fabulist paintings you may have heard of, famous of course for its delicate use of shade.
The pinnacle was reached by the inappropriately named Charles White, who painted completely black canvasses. No-one could follow that, so the movement died out.
Fabulist. n. A term of derision for those people who, in a conversation, punctuate every sentence of yours with the word 'Great'. Fabulists are most annoying.
(Nad in case anyone is wondering the above deletion is nothing more sinister than thw fact thot I typed a cople of spilling mistakes.)
Fabulist:
Word Imp is partly right in that it has to do with clothes but it's the fashionable outfits the bull fighters wear.
You know, the kicky hats and sparkly trouser/bolero sets?
Fabulist (n)- Someone who think they are the coolest, most fabulous person in the world, and that everyone should agree with them on everything and treat them accordingly to the epitome of coolness they're sure is them. Fabulists must always get their way from people or else they'll throw a tantrum, find a way to make their life miserable, or both. They usually have a few "friends" who will do everything they say, but otherwise they are generally despised. Fabulists are generally more than a little spoiled. See also: "that popular girl from high school," "drama queen," "spoiled brat"
fabu- actually stands for fat and butt ugly.
In California the tabloids have a section called the fabulist-it is the list of fat and butt ugly celebrities.
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