Licentious. What a fucker of a word. It conjures the cop-out opening for essays and speeches often recommended to elementary-school kids who are given their first writing assignments. The opening goes like this: “According to Webster’s dictionary, the definition of licentious is ‘promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters….’” From there, you contradict […]
This issue's word:
licentious
licentious adjective
1 promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
2 archaic disregarding accepted rules or conventions, esp. in grammar or literary style.
This issue's writings:
Beth Massa ponders dictionary sexism /
DaveTheGrinch ruminates about vibrating beds and sinister SMS /
Ed Eibel contemplates the dongda hospital for anus intestine disease /
waxieus muses on the modern triad of discipline /
Chad Calease investigates snacking with the politicos /
Steve Bachman reflects upon sex and the semicolon /
Licentious
The Elements of Desire: The Grammarian and his TeacherIf genuine, the recent discovery of a series of letters written by the early 20th century academic William Strunk, Jr., provides an intimate glimpse into the passions and the peccadilloes of a man whose life itself has hitherto been seen as a reflection of the austere and unimaginative writing style he still represents.
Strunk first published […]
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The Hunterson Effect Pt.2»
Previously on The Hunterson Effect.
From: big_mouth@gmail.com
Subject: Covert Ops
Date: December 31, 2007 5:15:32 PM GMT-08:00
To: dan.smalls@joinrudy2008.com
Mr Smalls,
You don’t know me. Well, actually you do but I would prefer it if you didn’t. I work for the opposition. For, um, well, let’s just call her Big H. An interesting opportunity has come my way. A live wire […]
Licentious in Translation»
Living as an American expatriate in Asia has advantages—crazy high pay, low cost of living, being taller than everyone else—but one unexpected nugget of gold to be found in Asia is the licentious use of our language.
Places that were once English colonies, like Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have all been very successful in trade […]
Licentious: A critical review. 1 out of 5 stars»
The Unswerving Cycle of Rage and Revenge»
End recourse is a process, one endlessly practiced. Shadows come forth in well-developed persons. Nature still bests the results of all but the real article. Tossed about the ethics puzzle, not part of any constitution, akratics struggle with any subject. They distill things deemed worthy of discussion thinly, depending on the tolerated modern triad of […]
Time for Snack!»
All of these politico ramblings and postings are a waste of bandwidth. It starts earlier and earlier every time, kind of like the shlepping for the Christmas season shopping spree does, and I don’t nor have I ever had any of that stuff on my radar. Call it disaffected youth aging into disaffected adulthood, I […]
