culvert
(en)
(noun) a transverse drain
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aegis
(en)
(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena
31
the person under whose aegis you'd first experienced chocolate
notable
8 years ago
the person under whose aegis you'd first experienced chocolate
notable
8 years ago
undulating
(en)
(verb) to form or move in waves; fluctuate / (verb) to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence / (verb) to present a wavy appearance / (verb) to cause to move in a wavy, sinuous, or flowing manner
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the corporate accountant with the unbelievable undulating daughter
on Mindy
strange
8 years ago
the corporate accountant with the unbelievable undulating daughter
on Mindy
strange
8 years ago
ontology
(en)
(noun) a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being / (noun) a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
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achieving full ontological status only in subsequent union
on kissing Lenore
strange
8 years ago
achieving full ontological status only in subsequent union
on kissing Lenore
strange
8 years ago
cathexis
(en)
(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea
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Lenore's own private well of emotional cathex
not entirely sure of the meaning here
uncertain
8 years ago
Lenore's own private well of emotional cathex
not entirely sure of the meaning here
uncertain
8 years ago
monad
(en)
(noun) an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived (coined by Leibniz)
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This was the world the monadic Vance Virogous received and mirrored through himself
not really sure what it means in this context
strange
8 years ago
This was the world the monadic Vance Virogous received and mirrored through himself
not really sure what it means in this context
strange
8 years ago
apostate
(en)
a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle; the general form is "apostasy"
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not a single little smug psalm-singing baggy-skinned apostate
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8 years ago
not a single little smug psalm-singing baggy-skinned apostate
notable
8 years ago
adiposity
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to animal fat / (adjective) fat
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apostate from the cause of adiposity
basically, people trying to lose weight (Norman discussing buying and revamping a Weight Watchers branch)
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8 years ago
apostate from the cause of adiposity
basically, people trying to lose weight (Norman discussing buying and revamping a Weight Watchers branch)
notable
8 years ago
educe
(en)
(verb) to bring out (as something latent) / (verb) deduce
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She's not even produced, she's educed.
Lenore on characters in a story
confirm
8 years ago
She's not even produced, she's educed.
Lenore on characters in a story
confirm
8 years ago
trellis
(en)
(noun) a frame of latticework used as a screen or as a support for climbing plants / (noun) a construction (as a summerhouse) chiefly of latticework / (noun) an arrangement that forms or gives the effect of a lattice / (verb) to provide with a trellis / (verb) to train (as a vine) on a trellis / (verb) to cross or interlace on or through; interweave
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"I see a trellis I have to climb."
Patrice LaVache speaking in a therapy session
confirm
8 years ago
"I see a trellis I have to climb."
Patrice LaVache speaking in a therapy session
confirm
8 years ago