Thursday, February 4, 2010

Old Slang that we should bring back

Grumbletonian: n. [late 17C-mid19C] a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the 'state of the country'. [a pun on two late 17C religious sects, the Muggletonians (founded 1651 by Lodowicke Muggleton) and Grindletonians (?the Yorkshire village of Grindleton).."
Source: Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2000, edited by Joshua Green, p. 543.

These days, nearly everyone is a Grumbletonian.

Top 50 Librarian Blogs

Here's a list of the Top 50 Librarian Blogs, according to the online career site GetDegrees.com. Should be interesting to browse, even if you don't agree with all of their choices. What's your favorite blog--library related or otherwise?

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A Timely New Word

In honor of today's announcement that the federal government now bans truck drivers from texting while driving, I give you

intexticated: distracted state caused by texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle

I for one am relieved. Now let's ban it for everyone.

Monday, January 25, 2010

MondayMe

Today's Words/description of MondayMe

hebetude: a state of mental lethargy or dullness.

stupefaction: noun: a feeling of stupefied astonishment
noun: marginal consciousness

Can one be stupefied by one's own stupefaction? My hebetude prevents me from figuring this out right now.

Friday, January 22, 2010

I'm impressed.

So far I think this is much easier to use than Wordpress. I may dump them.

Hello World :-)

This is my first post to my new Blogger Blog. Yay.