Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Rector
RECTOR, n. In the Church of England, the Third Person of the parochial Trinity, the Curate and the Vicar being the other two.
2010 Update: Literally, a teacher. Figuratively a bore.
QB, it is appropriate. You're the closest we've got to a river.
Amoeba, what do you suppose comes in a rector set?
Quilly, you'd like to think so if you could banish your shameful imaginings for even a second.
Nessa, there's always and always hello.
True, Thom.
TLP, the credit is yours.
Karen, you should ask him.
Actonbell, it's uglier every year. Soon, even I'll need a mask. (Or a tart.)
Oops, Coop. You beat me to my answer for Amoeba but I'm too lazy to think of another so I'll just say good question. Maybe the same as an erector set but with chemical rather than mechanical cranes.
9 comments:
First! Which seems appropriate. The word "rector" is rather unpleasant sounding, IMO.
RECTOR, n. A builder, in the pre-computer age (now e-rector).
What?!?
Somebody needs to wash Amoeba's keyboard out with soap -- or is it my brain? At any rate, isn't a rector the opposite of a wrecker?
I think it sounds like a dirty word, too.
And I wanted to use the E-rector joke, Amoeba. *pout*
OK. I got nothing else.
RECTOR, n. - Quilly? Nawh anything but boring
So obvious. A rector bullbozes ministers' housing. That's where the word "rectory" comes from.
(I want credit for ignoring the truly obvious answer.)
At this point, I'd like to know why The Old Mule reposted a poem for reasons clear only to him.
If an erector set makes buildings and bridges, what does a rector set make?
I couldn't come up with a definition so a question will have to suffice.
QB, it is appropriate. You're the closest we've got to a river.
Amoeba, what do you suppose comes in a rector set?
Quilly, you'd like to think so if you could banish your shameful imaginings for even a second.
Nessa, there's always and always hello.
True, Thom.
TLP, the credit is yours.
Karen, you should ask him.
Actonbell, it's uglier every year. Soon, even I'll need a mask. (Or a tart.)
Oops, Coop. You beat me to my answer for Amoeba but I'm too lazy to think of another so I'll just say good question. Maybe the same as an erector set but with chemical rather than mechanical cranes.
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