15/04/2019
WORD OF THE DAY: CONLANG
NOUN
an artificially constructed language used by a group of speakers, as opposed to one that has naturally evolved: conlangs such as Esperanto and Klingon.
Examples:
A good conlang takes time to develop, and a conlanger who works on their own has all the time in the world.
10/04/2019
TIE AND DYE
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE Arts
10/04/2019
WORD OF THE DAY: FLIMFLAM
noun
a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
verb
to trick, deceive, swindle, or cheat: A fortuneteller flimflammed her out of her savings.
Examples:
Slamming my fist on my writing desk I cursed the day a year before that I'd allowed by friend Eddy Dorobek to flimflam me into buying a used laptop from him and giving up my dead father's rickety old Underwood portable.
Dan Fante, 86'd, 2009