A list of 18 words by joshbgraham.
- borderlandwas added by lampbane and appears on 6 lists
- boundary mavenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- tyrowas added by seanahan and appears on 147 lists
- cenotaphwas added by seanahan and appears on 90 lists
- cathectedwas added by seanahan and appears on 6 lists
- opprobriumwas added by seanahan and appears on 249 lists
- modernewas added by seanahan and appears on 4 lists
- escutcheonwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 121 lists
- viridianwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 96 lists
- bombeswas added by joshbgraham and appears on 4 lists
- cuspidorwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 32 lists
- termagancywas added by joshbgraham and appears on 5 lists
- animadversionwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 114 lists
- aetataureatewas added by joshbgraham and appears on 5 lists
- golemwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 58 lists
- loupewas added by joshbgraham and appears on 23 lists
- exophthalmicwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 8 lists
- omniveillantwas added by joshbgraham and appears on 5 lists
rolig commented on the list chabon-michael
I like this list. I like Michael Chabon. Citations from Chabon's novels would be great.
August 14, 2008
seanahan commented on the list chabon-michael
I added my old citations from Kavalier and Clay to this list, although I'm sure there are many more words that I could have cited in that book.
August 14, 2008
rolig commented on the list chabon-michael
This is a nice idea – listing words by the books one reads. I may take it up.
August 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the list chabon-michael
Rolig, I agree with your first comment--just finished reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union, actually, and all along I kept thinking, "This is great. I should put this on Wordie." :-)
A few other Wordies have been adding words based on books they've read, including yarb, chained_bear, and sionnach (apologies to anyone I've missed).
August 14, 2008
rolig commented on the list chabon-michael
Go to it, r.t.! I had the same thought when reading Alan Hollinghurst last year (The Folding Star), but alas I am a slacker at heart and only a couple of words from that man's astonishing vocabulary made it onto Wordie.
August 14, 2008
yarb commented on the list chabon-michael
I just finished The Adventures of Augie March, which I had planned to cull for words, but gave up when I realised I needed to be reading it without pausing - but I'll read it again and give it a richly-deserved Wordie-isation. Easily a 150-200 word list in that one.
August 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the list chabon-michael
Yes, I think I'd have to do the same with any Chabon novel.
August 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the list chabon-michael
Yarb, that was my thinking reading the Aubrey/Maturin novels--I'll just read and list stuff later--but around book 5 I thought, "who am I kidding?" and started dogearing all the pages with words I wanted to list. Twelve hundred words later... And I still haven't done books 1-5.
August 15, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the list chabon-michael
*favorited*
June 28, 2011