Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Fascicle

A fascicle is a bundle. It's also an installment of a book. Interesting. I shall keep that up my sleeve for future reference. If only I could figure out the pronunciation. Oh, here it is. Fassicle. Moving right along now. Two word imps received equal votes on the poll today. Congratulations (and welcome back) to Raelha and The Encourager. Great work, both of you.

10 comments:

Thinks! said...

A belated Happy New Year to all wordwizards out there.

Now, fascicle is usually combined with exercise i.e. F.E. or Fascicle Exercise. In order to maintain a wrinkle free face, fascicle exercise describes the practice of pulling weird faces or gurning.
Soon to become a recognised Olympic sport, enterprising local authorities are opening special halls of mirrors for people to practise pulling faces at one another.

Phew! That was a toughie!

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Anonymous said...

A Fascicle is a deformed testicle. Unfortunately the only option is surgical removal. Fascicles are relatively uncommon and surgery is performed at an early age to avoid permanent damage to the vocal chords.

Sara said...

A fascicle is a person with a reputation for making facetious and pointless remarks.

Unknown said...

A fascicle is a 'face icicle' which occurs when you have a runny nose and go outside in freezing weather.

Happy 2008 to everyone and huge apologies for my sporadic visits - I hope to return to daily playing soon.

silver_flight said...

It's someone who deems it absolutely necessary to replace their (latest model, very flash) car every 6-12 months.

The Encourager said...

The fascicle is the highest note ever attained by a singer in an opera.

As the saying should say:

"It's not over til the fat lady hits the fascicle."

Anonymous said...

A fascicle is an ice formation seen on the faces of tundra dwellers. Many of these fascicles go unnoticed for long periods of time and become extremely difficult to remove.

Anonymous said...

A fascicle is a bike for beginners. Once you have mastered the rudiments of the fascicle you are qualified to move on to the difficicle... which has thin wheels and is ridden by the likes of Lance Armstrong et al.

Merriam said...

A fascicle is a newfangled toy that will be invented in the near future for the pure pleasure of small children: an artificially colored, gooey, jelly-like substance which can be squeezed and mushed into any shape, then stuck to a gutter, where it will lengthen and slowly drip into a puddle on the ground like a real icicle. (Eventually this puddle must be scooped up and carried away by the original owner, because, when left out long enough that mold can grow on it, a certain chemical used in the creation of a fascicle is highly toxic to plants of any type.)

Sandra Dodd said...

A fascicle is a memory device of any sort; something that facilitates something.