Word of the Month - And Possibly The Year
Aug. 12th, 2007 11:33 pmEidolon - a) an apparition/phantom or b) an ideal.
Pronounced 'ahy-doh-luh-n'
Pronounced 'ahy-doh-luh-n'
Spurred by a conversation with [Unknown site tag]yaoi_anti_drug here: http://community.livejournal.com/mylar_fic/243370.html
(All credit to http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eidolon of course!)
Anyone who can find this word in a book/movie/poem/college course/archeological dig shall earn ... something ... I'll shower confetti and hand out ginger cookies!
And what a DAY! Tech-day is never fun, but still ... longest frakin' Tech EVER! *sweaty and icky, plans on a shower soon*
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Date: 2007-08-13 04:03 am (UTC)By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule —
From a wild weird clime, that lieth, sublime,
Out of SPACE — out of TIME.
Mmmm....ginger cookies...
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Date: 2007-08-13 04:28 am (UTC)Mmmm....ginger cookies...
Heh, I toss them cheerily with confetti!
(Still, have I ever told anyone here that after an American Short Story class E. A. Poe severely freaks me out? That man scares me ... *shiver shiver* I mean, he's amazing and all, but all the stuff about being walled-up alive and buried alive and creepy psycho murderings and *huddles under the bed with wooden stakes, Sai, and katana* I SHOULD kinda like that stuff ... I mean, vampires and werewolves and such don't scare me, but perhaps it's all the psychological stuff that freaks me out ... *stations Red Samurai guys around the bed*)
But I'm happy for an example ... thank you!