by
Hari Kunzru
midden
(en)
(noun) dunghill / (noun) a refuse heap / (noun) kitchen midden / (noun) a small pile (as of seeds, bones, or leaves) gathered by a rodent (as a pack rat) / (noun) a refuse heap / (noun) a mound marking the site of a primitive human habitation
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Empty coffee cups, beer cans, underwear on the floor—I was creating a teenage midden, fouling my adult nest.
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Empty coffee cups, beer cans, underwear on the floor—I was creating a teenage midden, fouling my adult nest.
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paratactic
(en)
(adj) relating to parataxis, a grammatical concept involving the placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination, as in "Tell me, how are you?"
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I’d accepted that I could only communicate in my own way, which is to say by generating a sort of paratactical blizzard of obscure cultural references and inviting my reader to fall through it with me
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I’d accepted that I could only communicate in my own way, which is to say by generating a sort of paratactical blizzard of obscure cultural references and inviting my reader to fall through it with me
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recondite
(en)
(adjective) hidden from sight; concealed / (adjective) difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend; deep / (adjective) of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure
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though I have no interest in being recondite for its own sake, I also have no gift for simplicity
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3 years, 5 months ago
though I have no interest in being recondite for its own sake, I also have no gift for simplicity
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3 years, 5 months ago