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Archive for Sarah Nicole Prickett
By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 9th, 2012 | 12:00 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Anodyne
Meaning: Inoffensive, deliberately bland (adj.); pain or distress-easing medication (n.)
Usage: “I see the awful hands of faith, the credulous and worn hands of believers; the humble and beseeching hands of the millions and millions who have only the anodyne of credulity.” — Katherine Anne Porter, a Depression-era writer
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By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 8th, 2012 | 1:30 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Phantasmagorical
Meaning: A series of random, fantastical events occurring as in a dream; kind of like surrealism minus the realism.
Usage: “I wanted to be sure I was properly grounded before straying into treacherous territory: the nature of being in our phantasmagorical high-finance, high-tech era.” — a Salon.com review of the new Robert Harris book
You should know it because: Yesterday, the online fashion rag Hint posted about a new flavour of macaron by Tsumori Chisato for Ladurée, a flavour the Parisian makers call “phantasmagorical.” I hope one bite sends you on a lurid bacchanalia populated by satyrs and unicorns, a sort of Fear and Loathing in Ladurée, because that’s what a phantasmagoria is. Think of: paintings by the 15th century Dutch freak Hieronymus Bosch, music by David Lynch, and films by Tim Burton—or better yet, Guillermo del Toro‘s Pan’s Labyrinth (2008). Phantasmagorical literature is often for kids, á la Lewis Carroll, but not always: One Hundred Years of Solitude is a good example; Midnight’s Children, an overrated one. The more occult beliefs of Carl Jung were phantasmagorical, and so were the teachings of American author/shaman Carlos Castaneda. But a pink macaron? Keep dreaming.
By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 7th, 2012 | 12:30 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Diefenbaby
Meaning: The possible illegitimate son of John Diefenbaker.
Usage: “Diefenbaby believes ex-PM’s brain could yield clues” — actual CBC.ca headline
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By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 3rd, 2012 | 12:30 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Blondetourage
Meaning: A group of blondes. God, even a blonde could figure that out. Kidding, kidding, kidding!
Usage: “Farrah and Ashley—known on Rock of Love Bus as the charter members of “The Blondetourage”—are stripping together, as a team.” — “Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now?” on Jezebel
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By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 2nd, 2012 | 12:00 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Wackaloon
Meaning: Something to be worn, but not to be believed.
Usage: “You can tell if something is ‘directional’; if it looks completely wackaloon at first, but then six months later everyone in your 10:30 meeting is wearing it. ” — Wordnik’s Erin McKean to The Fashion Spot.
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By Sarah Nicole Prickett | February 1st, 2012 | 3:00 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Hysteria
Meaning: A common 19th-century medical diagnosis; a nervous condition, or acute outbreak of nerves, that remains inexplicably linked to being female. Read more »
By Sarah Nicole Prickett | January 31st, 2012 | 1:00 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Pedeconference
Meaning: To walk and talk, especially through the corridors of power.
Usage: “Jed and Leo pedeconference all the way back to the Oval Office—and it’s a long way—as Leo tells him that was impressive.” — a Television Without Pity recap of The West Wing, 2003 Read more »
By Sarah Nicole Prickett | January 30th, 2012 | 12:30 pm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett
Word: Fixer
Meaning: One who fixes—in the sense of arranging—illegal or semi-illegal things. Not a criminal, but a means to crime.
Usage: “Well, he misspoke.” “About what? That you’re the firms fixer? Or that you’re any good at it?” — Michael Clayton (2007)
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Things get weird: Rob Ford takes comfort in a midnight ride on the TTC
SOUND SEEKERS: The Glass Chain plays Ritual, plays Local Ivan, Erin Saoirse, and more
Babies in the House? Rookie MP Finds Parliament and Parenthood Don’t Mix
Film noir: Osez le noir et blanc avec les robes et accessoires du moment
