Name a favorite book of yours that was NOT a bestseller and no one or hardly anyone has ever heard of or read. Something obscure. 101 answers
What words in a book blurb or review turn you off and let you know, maybe this book isn’t for me? 24 answers
Which bothers you more in a book, excessive swearing or excessive misspelled words and bad grammar?(or perhaps neither) 82 answers
What key words do you use to find a good book? I need to learn how to find my potential readers. 6 answers
I had to look retrench up to make sure I was understanding it “in context.”Retrench-reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.
Fourscore = eightyA score is 20 and was first used in the counting of sheep and cattle ( by making notches on a wooden cane or rod) .Origin of “score” is middle English about 1100.
Flux = DisambiguationPhysics, chemistry and physiology: flux is a rate of movement ( flow)of a substance from one point to anotherIn writing or literature , disambiguation ( flux or flow) is the clarification of an idea or thought; to remove ambiguity.
Logolept: lover of words, word maniac
I had to look retrench up to make sure I was understanding it “in context.”
Retrench-reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.
Fourscore = eighty
A score is 20 and was first used in the counting of sheep and cattle ( by making notches on a wooden cane or rod) .Origin of “score” is middle English about 1100.
Flux = Disambiguation
Physics, chemistry and physiology: flux is a rate of movement ( flow)of a substance from one point to another
In writing or literature , disambiguation ( flux or flow) is the clarification of an idea or thought; to remove ambiguity.
In medicine (in the past), flux has been used to refer to dysentery or diarrhea.
Elucubration:
To read or write by candlelight
Thomas Hardy’s use of the word SMACK in “Far From the Madding Crowd” to describe a kiss.
Verbicide
Deliberate distortion of the meaning of a word.