Redirect. Fnord

From time to time I will post things that I find elsewhere. It may have some relevance to things I have been talking about it, but it probably won't. You could try and find a connection if you want, it probably wouldn't be that hard, but it's not necessary.

Words are a huge part of my life. As a self style writer (self-styled because two poems published in an obscure book does not an author make) I live and breathe words. But even I find that I don't always stop to consider what a word means or where it comes from. Or how it could be used differently, thereby opening up a whole new door you never before knew existed.

Example:

ver·dant
   /ˈvɜrdnt/ [vur-dnt]
–adjective
1.
green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
2.
of the color green: a verdant lawn.
3.
inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.

Now I was aware that it meant green vegetation or at least something that would remind you of that. I have used this word often enough as I try to describe the setting in my latest scribble. I did not however know that it could also be used to describe a lack of sophistication, though I have often used green in that capacity. I could have put two and two together, but I never really thought about it. How many connections have I missed? What other words could I slip in place of other, tired ones, even if it has never been done before. I write mostly because I like to tell stories, but sometimes I write to learn things. Write what you know is all well and good, but sometimes one must be willing to write what you don't know. It is then that you discover things.







Five Non-Definitions of Fnord*

being by
Reverend Loveshade,

Episkopos of the Discordian Division of the Ek-sen-triks CluborGuild


* From the Non-Existent Apocrypha Discordia
The following are not the meaning of

Fnord:
1. Not wanting bad grades: "I don't want an F nor D."

2. dronF spelled backwards.

3. You aren't cleared for that information, Citizen.

4. For no other reason, dummy!

5. Fnord

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In the true Discordian tradition, use this thingy freely--just please
credit the author, Reverend Loveshade, Fnord.