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.
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2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
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6 comments:
A peroration was originally a "zero ration"- a punishment used on naughty soldiers when hiking through the desert or some other unpleasant place. Over time, the words slurred together to form a compound word. Then, to make it sound less menacing, a p was added and replaced the z. Now, if a soldier misbehaves, he is sentenced to a peroration instead!
Peroration must be the number of words spoken per minute otherwise abrieviated to wpo. The world record wpo being held by a woman, of course!
Peroration is the technical term for the study in a career of mortgage finance.
Peroration is the refined technique of art restoration, particularly that from renaissance period.
Peroration is a generalised police radio call sign to describe boy racers and low-riding cars.
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.
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