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What's it all about?
Well, it started like this: We had a vocabulary workbook in school, and each week we'd have to do the exercises. They included writing sentences using each word. I would write them about my favorite fandom characters, and I definitely memorized them better that way! It was a lot of fun. I've been wanting to work on expanding my vocab and I need a bit more structure than just posting to my journal, so I decided to create a community using my favorite subject -- fandom. If it sounds like fun, join in!
( More info under the cut... )
#151 - Obstruse
Jun. 8th, 2025 05:48 pmmxcatmoonThis week's word is
[əbˈstro͞os]
adjective
Difficult to understand; obscure. Concepts or ideas that are hard to understand due to their complexity or obscurity.
"An abstruse philosophical inquiry."
Obstruse
[əbˈstro͞os]
adjective
Difficult to understand; obscure. Concepts or ideas that are hard to understand due to their complexity or obscurity.
"An abstruse philosophical inquiry."
#150 - Lugubrious
Jun. 2nd, 2025 12:55 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
[lo͞oˈɡo͞obrēəs, ləˈɡo͞obrēəs]
adjective
Looking or sounding sad and dismal:
"His face looked even more lugubrious than usual."
Lugubrious
[lo͞oˈɡo͞obrēəs, ləˈɡo͞obrēəs]
adjective
Looking or sounding sad and dismal:
"His face looked even more lugubrious than usual."
#149: Alterity: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Gen
Jun. 1st, 2025 05:03 pmstonepicnicking_okapiTitle: The Brougham Driver
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Length: 500
Rating: Gen
Character: Mycroft Holmes, original feline character
Prompt: 149: Alterity
Note: set in "The Final Problem"
Summary: Mycroft Holmes after dropping Watson off at the station.
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Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Length: 500
Rating: Gen
Character: Mycroft Holmes, original feline character
Prompt: 149: Alterity
Note: set in "The Final Problem"
Summary: Mycroft Holmes after dropping Watson off at the station.
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but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'Reality'
Fandom: Friends
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
anythingdrabble and 100words
Summary: Not that others' opinions mean much.
( Reality )
Fandom: Friends
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
anythingdrabble and 100wordsSummary: Not that others' opinions mean much.
( Reality )
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'Beautiful Life'
Fandom: Friends
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: PG
Word Count: 157
Characters/Pairings: Chandler Bing, Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: Brief mention of possible drug use
Notes: Crossposted togenprompt_bingo
Summary: Baffled, Chandler stared at her for a few minutes.
( Beautiful Life )
Fandom: Friends
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: PG
Word Count: 157
Characters/Pairings: Chandler Bing, Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: Brief mention of possible drug use
Notes: Crossposted to
genprompt_bingoSummary: Baffled, Chandler stared at her for a few minutes.
( Beautiful Life )
#149 - Alterity
May. 26th, 2025 12:52 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
[ôlˈterədē]
noun
From Wikipedia
In philosophy and anthropology, alterity refers to the state of being "other" or different (Latin alter). It describes the experience of encountering something or someone perceived as distinct from oneself or one's own group. The concept of alterity explores how we understand and relate to those who are seen as different, and how this "otherness" shapes identity and social relations. While rooted in academic discourse, the term is also increasingly used more broadly to describe anything outside of established norms or conventions.
Merriam-Webster:
Otherness, specifically: the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation.
Alterity
[ôlˈterədē]
noun
From Wikipedia
In philosophy and anthropology, alterity refers to the state of being "other" or different (Latin alter). It describes the experience of encountering something or someone perceived as distinct from oneself or one's own group. The concept of alterity explores how we understand and relate to those who are seen as different, and how this "otherness" shapes identity and social relations. While rooted in academic discourse, the term is also increasingly used more broadly to describe anything outside of established norms or conventions.
Merriam-Webster:
Otherness, specifically: the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation.
#148 - Avuncular
May. 19th, 2025 02:30 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
Avuncular
ə-ˈvəŋ-kyə-lər
adjective
Suggestive of an uncle. Friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behavior of an uncle.
Avuncular
ə-ˈvəŋ-kyə-lər
adjective
Suggestive of an uncle. Friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behavior of an uncle.
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'Like An Idiot'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted [formerly cyberiad_queen]
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, River Song
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted todrabble_zone
Summary: "I highly doubt that," River responded, thumbing through her research materials again.
( Like An Idiot )
Fandom: Doctor Who
Author:
but_can_i_be_trusted [formerly cyberiad_queen]Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, River Song
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
drabble_zoneSummary: "I highly doubt that," River responded, thumbing through her research materials again.
( Like An Idiot )
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'This Girl Walked in Dreams Playing in a World of Her Own'
Fandom:
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted [formerly cyberiad_queen]
Rating: G
Word Count: 187
Characters/Pairings: Princess Zelda
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted tolyricaltitles
Summary: Rauru has perfect confidence that you have a purpose to fulfill.
( This Girl Walked in Dreams Playing in a World of Her Own )
Fandom:
Author:
but_can_i_be_trusted [formerly cyberiad_queen]Rating: G
Word Count: 187
Characters/Pairings: Princess Zelda
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
lyricaltitlesSummary: Rauru has perfect confidence that you have a purpose to fulfill.
( This Girl Walked in Dreams Playing in a World of Her Own )
#147 - Connotation
May. 11th, 2025 09:53 pmmxcatmoonThis week's word is
Connotation
noun
[kä-nə-ˈtā-shən]
1. Something suggested by a word or thing: implication. The significance of something.
"The connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair."
From Merriam-Webster
Connotation
noun
[kä-nə-ˈtā-shən]
1. Something suggested by a word or thing: implication. The significance of something.
"The connotations of comfort that surrounded that old chair."
From Merriam-Webster
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'How Dreary'
Fandom: Friends
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 670
Characters/Pairings: Monica Geller, Rachel Greene, Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted towhatif_au
Summary: Rachel poured them each a fresh mug of tea.
( How Dreary )
Fandom: Friends
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 670
Characters/Pairings: Monica Geller, Rachel Greene, Phoebe Buffay
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
whatif_auSummary: Rachel poured them each a fresh mug of tea.
( How Dreary )
#146 - Dissemble
May. 4th, 2025 10:51 pmmxcatmoonThis week's word is
Dissemble
[dəˈsemb(ə)l]
verb
Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs: "An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble."
Disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention): "She smiled, dissembling her true emotion."
--Some sources say dissemble is an obsolete word, however I've seen it and used it myself so I'm not so sure about that. What about you?
Dissemble
[dəˈsemb(ə)l]
verb
Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs: "An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble."
Disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention): "She smiled, dissembling her true emotion."
--Some sources say dissemble is an obsolete word, however I've seen it and used it myself so I'm not so sure about that. What about you?
#145 - Capricious
Apr. 27th, 2025 11:51 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
Capricious
[kəˈpriSHəs, kəˈprēSHəs]
Adjective
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. "A capricious summer breeze."
Capricious
[kəˈpriSHəs, kəˈprēSHəs]
Adjective
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. "A capricious summer breeze."
#144 - Facile
Apr. 21st, 2025 01:08 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
adjective
fac·ile ˈfa-səl
1. Easily accomplished or attained
"A facile victory."
2. Shallow, simplistic
"I am not concerned with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem."
3. Used or comprehended with ease
4. Readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth
"Facile tears."
5. (archaic): mild or pleasing in manner or disposition
Facile
adjective
fac·ile ˈfa-səl
1. Easily accomplished or attained
"A facile victory."
2. Shallow, simplistic
"I am not concerned with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem."
3. Used or comprehended with ease
4. Readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth
"Facile tears."
5. (archaic): mild or pleasing in manner or disposition
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'A Generous Attitude'
Fandom: The Monkees
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 147
Characters/Pairings: Peter Tork, Davy Jones
Warnings: None
Summary: "You're not disappointed, then?"
( A Generous Attitude )
Fandom: The Monkees
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 147
Characters/Pairings: Peter Tork, Davy Jones
Warnings: None
Summary: "You're not disappointed, then?"
( A Generous Attitude )
#143 - Disingenuous
Apr. 14th, 2025 03:26 ammxcatmoonThis week's word is
[ dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs ]
adjective
Lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere:
"Her excuse was rather disingenuous."
Disingenuous
[ dis-in-jen-yoo-uhs ]
adjective
Lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere:
"Her excuse was rather disingenuous."
#142 - Absquatulate
Apr. 6th, 2025 09:48 pmmxcatmoonThis week's word is
Absquatulate
intransitive verb
abzˈkwächəˌlāt
From Merriam-Webster:
1. Decamp. Leave abruptly.
"A frontiersman preparing to absquatulate and head for the wilderness."
2. Abscond.
"The cashier absquatulated with the funds."
From Vocabulary.com:
To run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. Absquatulate is a deeply silly word that means to make off with something or someone. Why say a thief ran away with your money when it's much more fun to say he absquatulated with it?
The word absquatulate came out of an odd fad in America in the 1830s for making playful words that sounded vaguely Latin. Bloviate ("speak pompously") and discombobulate ("make confused") are two other pseudo-Latin coinages from that era. Absquatulate takes the word squat and adds the prefix ab- "off, away" and the verb ending -ulate to suggest getting up and leaving quickly. It's hardly ever used nowadays, mostly showing up as an example of an absurd word.
Note from Mod:
I thought the above was fun info. I have to say that I do use the word discombobulate (it's one of my favorite words!), so I can see myself incorporating absquatulate into my vocabulary as well.
Absquatulate
intransitive verb
abzˈkwächəˌlāt
From Merriam-Webster:
1. Decamp. Leave abruptly.
"A frontiersman preparing to absquatulate and head for the wilderness."
2. Abscond.
"The cashier absquatulated with the funds."
From Vocabulary.com:
To run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. Absquatulate is a deeply silly word that means to make off with something or someone. Why say a thief ran away with your money when it's much more fun to say he absquatulated with it?
The word absquatulate came out of an odd fad in America in the 1830s for making playful words that sounded vaguely Latin. Bloviate ("speak pompously") and discombobulate ("make confused") are two other pseudo-Latin coinages from that era. Absquatulate takes the word squat and adds the prefix ab- "off, away" and the verb ending -ulate to suggest getting up and leaving quickly. It's hardly ever used nowadays, mostly showing up as an example of an absurd word.
Note from Mod:
I thought the above was fun info. I have to say that I do use the word discombobulate (it's one of my favorite words!), so I can see myself incorporating absquatulate into my vocabulary as well.
141: Miss Marple: Gen
Apr. 3rd, 2025 04:52 pmstonepicnicking_okapiTitle: Quintessential
Fandom: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
Rating: Gen
Length: 200
Prompt: Quintessential
Characters: Miss Marple & OC
Summary: Inspector Adams thinks he's wasting his time.
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Fandom: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
Rating: Gen
Length: 200
Prompt: Quintessential
Characters: Miss Marple & OC
Summary: Inspector Adams thinks he's wasting his time.
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luminiousTitle: Thoughts & Prayers
Fandom: Dae Jang-Geum/Jewel in the Palace
Author:luminious
Rating: G
Word Count: 732
Characters/Pairings: Lee Yeon-Seng, Seo Jang-Geum, King Jungrong, Choi Seom-Geum, Yoon Young-Ro, Choi Geum-Young
Warnings: None.
Summary:
The attendant and kitchen ladies who used to respectively work around and with her now sneer at and mock her, but Lady Lee pays them no mind, resuming her whispers of Jang-Geum’s name hundreds of times she’s never done for the ruler of her country, seeing her best friend in her dreams far more than seeing King Jungjong either indirectly or directly.
Jang-Geum, Lady Han, and Lady Jung have been damned; as the sole survivor of Lady Choi’s rampage, she will press her palms and knees together even if they bleed until her prayers finally cleanse them of the sins falsely administered to the first two, and the accelerated illness that hit her mentor.
Her injuries she will wear with pride, far more than the sparse hair ornaments and makeup within her chests and closets. (Or, a look into one of the many moments said (and at a few points shown) that happened while Jang-Geum was on Jeju, aka that Yeon-Seng did daily prayers outside her neglected chambers not for the king to see her again but for Jang-Geum to return to the palace. Character and relationship study. For vocab_drabble Challenge #141: Quintessential.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Dae Jang-Geum/Jewel in the Palace, nor am I or will I ever profit from this work.
( EVERY SUNRISE AND SUNSET YEON-SENG PRAYS OUTSIDE HER CHAMBERS—THERE HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE MORNING OR AFTERNOON SHE'S FORGOTTEN TO DO SO... )
Fandom: Dae Jang-Geum/Jewel in the Palace
Author:
luminiousRating: G
Word Count: 732
Characters/Pairings: Lee Yeon-Seng, Seo Jang-Geum, King Jungrong, Choi Seom-Geum, Yoon Young-Ro, Choi Geum-Young
Warnings: None.
Summary:
The attendant and kitchen ladies who used to respectively work around and with her now sneer at and mock her, but Lady Lee pays them no mind, resuming her whispers of Jang-Geum’s name hundreds of times she’s never done for the ruler of her country, seeing her best friend in her dreams far more than seeing King Jungjong either indirectly or directly.
Jang-Geum, Lady Han, and Lady Jung have been damned; as the sole survivor of Lady Choi’s rampage, she will press her palms and knees together even if they bleed until her prayers finally cleanse them of the sins falsely administered to the first two, and the accelerated illness that hit her mentor.
Her injuries she will wear with pride, far more than the sparse hair ornaments and makeup within her chests and closets.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dae Jang-Geum/Jewel in the Palace, nor am I or will I ever profit from this work.
( EVERY SUNRISE AND SUNSET YEON-SENG PRAYS OUTSIDE HER CHAMBERS—THERE HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE MORNING OR AFTERNOON SHE'S FORGOTTEN TO DO SO... )
but_can_i_be_trustedTitle: 'Loony Bird'
Fandom: The Monkees
Author:but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Word Count: 200
Characters/Pairings: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted toemotion100 and ficlet_zone
Summary: "What's strange? Did you get a chain letter written in invisible ink, or something?"
( Loony Bird )
Fandom: The Monkees
Author:
but_can_i_be_trustedRating: G
Word Count: 200
Characters/Pairings: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones
Warnings: None
Notes: Crossposted to
emotion100 and ficlet_zoneSummary: "What's strange? Did you get a chain letter written in invisible ink, or something?"
( Loony Bird )
