Monday, November 30, 2009
Hyperborean
I loved my own meaning for hyperborean, but the dictionary disagrees. So here's the correct one - even though I find it quite contradictory. Firstly, it says a hyperborean is an inhabitant of the extreme north. It goes on to say it can also describe someone of a race who lives in a land of plenty - including sunshine - beyond the north wind. So there you go. In the word imp world of plenty, Madame C was today's winner on the poll. Congrats Madame C.
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Hyperborean: This describes creatures that live in the skies above forests. They live on the winds, never touching solid ground, never landing on the treetops.
The herbivores catch nibbles of the topmost leaves, or filter feed on drifting spores and seeds; and the carnivores eat the herbivores. Although they evolved from various terrestrial species, they all tend to be gauzy and insubstantial in appearance.
Hyperborean (adj.) A hyperborean person is one who is extremely highly strung and bores everyone by describing their alleged illnesses.
A hyperborean is a sci-fi convention term for someone who stays in costume and in persona for the whole convention. It's hard to do!
Hyperborean was an early denomination in the Christian church. Hyperboreans were said to be sort of manic depressive worshippers. One Sunday you may find them dancing in the aisles, and the next, solemnly, quietly studying the scriptures.
Well Word Imperfect, I completely agree with your definition of a hyperborean, but would like to add this: a hyperborean is also the "nodding head" who sits in front of you at a conference. I had a perfect example last week. I was at a conference at the Mission Vineyard in Napier: Every speaker, no matter what they said, the nodding hyperborean in front of me had not only been there, done that, but had also got the tee-shirt!
A hyperborean is a part of the brain that allows you to lose yourself in two different fictions at the same time. A good example is watching David Tennant as Dr Who.
You are totally engaged in watching him fight the Daleks and Cybermen, but at the same time you are squinting at your other half wondering what he would look like with some specs, a blue stripey suit and a pair of converse on.
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