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Friday, April 1, 2016

An Abecedarian Insult





A is for Abecedarian.

Abecedarian means arranged in alphabetical order. Blogs around the world will be abecedarian in April, for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge.

I’ve never participated in this challenge. I sometimes struggle to post once per week. My blog has pretty much zero theme. Can I meet the challenge? Pick a theme and blog about it daily, for a month? With little planning?

Probably not, but I'll do the A to B challenge, then the C to D challenge, and see if I can trick myself with such nonsense for a full month. 

Here’s an abecedarian insult to get started, from The Superior Person’s Book of Words by Peter Bowler:

“Sir, you are an apogenous, bovaristic, coprolalial, dasypygal, excerebrose, facinorous, gnathonic, hircine, ithyphallic, jumentous, kyphotic, labrose, mephitic, napiform, oligophrenial, papuliferous, quisquilian, rebarbative, saponaceous, thersitical, unguinous, ventripotent, wlatsome, xylocephalous, yarning zoophyte.”


Translation: “Sir, you are an impotent, conceited, obscene, hairy-buttocked, brainless, wicked, toadying, goatish, indecent, stable-smelling, hunchbacked, thick-lipped, stinking, turnip-shaped, feeble-minded, pimply, trashy, repellent, smarmy, foul-mouthed, greasy, gluttonous, loathsome, wooden-headed, whining, extremely low form of animal life.”

I could have used one of those superior words per day and I'd be all set. But, alas, that wouldn't be very challenging. 

I write about small town life and editing/proofing tips (will you just stop saying alot?) and whatever else I'm in the mood for. I try for funny. I think a well-timed foul word can be hilarious, but I don't toss them around thinking that will make a piece funny, because it won't. That's the equivalent of adding LOL or HAHA to the end of everything you type. If you have to tell me it's funny, it probably isn't. Enough about me.

So do tell. What are you writing this month? 







24 comments:

  1. Deb,
    I love your post (broke out laughing at "hairy buttocked" and I'll be following you. My theme on Lovin' Danger is world mythology. If you're interested stop by. Great to meet you.
    I'm looking forward to your "B" day.
    Best Wishes
    Jo-Ann Carson

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  2. Glad it made you laugh, Jo-Ann. I'm popping over to see you now : )

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  3. I knew we could count on you for a chuckle! Loved your post. And thank you for the explanation of the insult.

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    1. Thanks Denise! I always wondered if there was a fancier word for hairy-buttocked. Or not. See you tomorrow for B : )

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  4. Listen, if I want to tell you I'm funny, that's my business. Lol. Rofl. Lol.

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    1. My ex boss: "I'm smart. I'm really really smart." Hey, thanks for visiting!

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    2. Sounds a bit like the Drumpf. "I'm a great Christian. I really am."

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    3. "All my people, they call me and tell me I am."

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  5. Greetings form a fellow AtoZ Challenge Participant. I will be checking back in to see if you stuck with it! You can always use a few of those words that you used today.
    Loved the post!

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    1. Thanks, Ellie! If I get desperate you can bet I will. I'm coming over!

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  6. I'm so glad you translated the insults, because I was going to waste my employer's valuable time looking up every single word.

    My theme is much less interesting, just randomly selected creative writing prompts. So, basically, a lot of bad poetry.

    I'll be following you!

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    1. Hey now, I happen to find bad poetry interesting! I'll be over. Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. LOL, Just kidding! I'm trying to finish a suspense series so I can go on to write the uniquely unparalleled fantasy series running around in my brain. And in the midst of trying to finish a book I'm doing a daily blog challenge. Issues with priorities much? I loved your post and hope to be by again for more.
    @ScarlettBraden from
    Frankly Scarlett

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  8. Frankly, Scarlett, I like a uniquely unparalleled fantasy series. I share your issues. I said I wasn't doing this challenge, and here I am. I'm coming over to snoop around.

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  9. Very clever! I love it. Keep up the good work. :)

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    1. Thank you, Kathy. Where do you blog? I'd like to take a peek!

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  10. Great post, Deb. But then I've always loved your writing. You can do this - Sounds fun. I'm in Florida this week, but I'll be following you.

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    1. Thank you, Dave. Have a great time in Florida!

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  11. As always, you make me laugh. Happy to read you through the A to B challenge, the B to C challenge, or whatever it may be. I plan to enjoy every minute of it.

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    1. Hey, I've made it to the C to D challenge! Thanks for your encouragement.

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  13. I'm loving that you're blogging every day! The universe just gave us all a gift!

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    1. And every time I comment here and ReCaptcha asks me to prove I'm not a robot, I check the box and intone, "I'm not a fecking robot," and then hit publish. There's a sacred ritual to these things.

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    2. Thank you! I didn't know about that box. I hate them. I'll see if I can make it go away.

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