Zany: surprisingly different and a little strange, and therefore amusing and interesting. Ludicrously or incongruously comical. Unconventional. Zeitgeist: the defining spirit of mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. Zenith: the time at which something is most powerful or succesful. I can´t overcome your … Continue reading Z is for Zeitgeist
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Y is for Yestertide
Yestertide: In times past, at a prior time; in the past. Yestertide, today, sliding through clawlike fingers, just fad´d memories. Want to see your eyes while I still remember them, that inquiring gaze. Hold your hand again; ivory fur, pure like snow, refreshing my soul. Could I twist … Continue reading Y is for Yestertide
X is for Xanadu
Xanadu: an idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence. You were Shangri-La, my personal Paradise; how could I lose you? No earthly pleasures... Your heart was the only place certainly for me. We´ll meet one day at dreamworld. I´ll search for you anywhow. I promise. I hope … Continue reading X is for Xanadu
W is for Whooperups
Whooperups: Minstrel: Poet and singer, also called a jongleur, who lived and travelled on the largess of the aristocracy. / Bard, mendicant, beggar. Woebegone — (adj) sad or miserable in appearance, see Tabescent: Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. Unskilled whooperups, my guild, to endlessly roam as I sing your praise. Every dazzling … Continue reading W is for Whooperups
V is for Vagarious
Vagarious: erratic and unpredictable in behaviour or direction. Verecund: Modest, bashful, shy. I´m vagarious, doubting ´bout leaving this place full of memories. Shadows of my heart, emblazoned with lost kisses red and sable crest. Hark, avid reader! Dont fall in love as I did, with verecund ghosts! I hope you are … Continue reading V is for Vagarious
U is for Ubiety
Ubiety: The condition or state of existing in a specific point in space, thereness. / Ubiety is a Term used with reſpect to ſpiritual Beings, as Locality is with regared to corporeal ones, and is the very same Thing. (1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: or, a philological library of literary arts and sciences.) Unctuous: Unpleasantly … Continue reading U is for Ubiety
T is for Turmoil
Turmoil: A state of great disorder or uncertainty. To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. Will you fight with me? The Maelstrom's coming for us. Will you die with me? No need for sorrow, I actually had no faith you'd ever say yes. You will forget me … Continue reading T is for Turmoil
S is for Synchronicity
Synchronicity: is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are "meaningful coincidences" if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related. During his career, Jung furnished several different definitions of it. Jung defined synchronicity as an "acausal connecting (togetherness) principle," "meaningful coincidence", "acausal parallelism" or … Continue reading S is for Synchronicity
R is for Bit o´Raspberry /Revolveress
Bit o´Raspberry: An attractive girl, originally a raspberry jam as this was considered the most flavoursome of preserves, so the prettiest of the girls were a bit o' raspberry. Revolveress: A woman who uses a pistol with a great degree of surety. Bit o´Raspberry, roaring pleasure in my ears, romping with my … Continue reading R is for Bit o´Raspberry /Revolveress
Q is for Quarry
Quafftide: The time or season for drinking. Quarry: an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. - a thing or person that is chased or sought. Oh, see the shadows! Marauding my dreams, my hopes, What´s she playing at? Like a feral cat, She´s wicked for toying … Continue reading Q is for Quarry