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.
Monday, May 05, 2008
Base
BASE, adj. The quality of a competitor's motive.
2008 Update: Uncouth. Lacking the avarice for finer things.
Base: I have a very base friend who plays the base fiddle (Mrs. Jim, our fiddler, spells base fiddle as bass--pronounced base--fiddle) at the baseball game after we practice in his basement, does this make me a base character for hanging out with a base group in base environments? ..
I did, g. What I know best about garage sales is every customer gets a free narrative.
Icy, as opposed to hungry for death like normal people.
Terry, that's SMF.
Jim, that entirely depends on whether you are on parole.
TLP, I think we were all waiting for you to.
JD, I wondered what your trick was.
a4g, well done, just right and no coincidence. Lizard dictionaries carry the same homonym. Also, one side of a litmus test.
Hey, Minka! Our linguist is back. How much of Icelandic is prefixacious and sufficient? Along those lines, the acorn from which sprouts a word in German.
Congratulations, brother Jim. We are an elite ward.
Oh so you heard about my garage sale scouring, eh?
ReplyDeleteAs she slides into *first*!
When you lack avarice, you're dead.
ReplyDeleteBase: The hub from which all things are possible.
ReplyDeleteBase: I have a very base friend who plays the base fiddle (Mrs. Jim, our fiddler, spells base fiddle as bass--pronounced base--fiddle) at the baseball game after we practice in his basement, does this make me a base character for hanging out with a base group in base environments?
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Base: The bottom of things.
ReplyDeleteGetting to first base is getting to things at the top, going all the way is a base way of talking about it.
(What? someone had to say it.)
Base: foundation
ReplyDeleteFoundation: face spackle
I prefer to use face powder rather than foundation as a base prior to applying makeup.
Base, adj.
ReplyDelete1. Contemptible, lacking human decency, devoid of ethics.
2. Dedicated supporters of a political party.
base,n. the rope of a suffix and the anchor of an affix
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ReplyDeletebase: the source of nylon stockings after WW2 in Iceland ;)
Hey Doug, thanks for the check on me.
ReplyDeleteToday was the 1000th post on my Jim's Little Blog, I forgot to mention that here or on the blog until just now.
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Safe haven in games, except seduction.
ReplyDeleteThought I'd pop in just to touch base. Don't really have anything enlightening to add.
ReplyDeleteI did, g. What I know best about garage sales is every customer gets a free narrative.
ReplyDeleteIcy, as opposed to hungry for death like normal people.
Terry, that's SMF.
Jim, that entirely depends on whether you are on parole.
TLP, I think we were all waiting for you to.
JD, I wondered what your trick was.
a4g, well done, just right and no coincidence. Lizard dictionaries carry the same homonym. Also, one side of a litmus test.
Hey, Minka! Our linguist is back. How much of Icelandic is prefixacious and sufficient? Along those lines, the acorn from which sprouts a word in German.
Congratulations, brother Jim. We are an elite ward.
Oh, I don't know Hobbes.
Quilly, that's kind of you, basically.
Base: as in Ace of, a scandanavian techno-rock band with great track lines but very average lyrics.
ReplyDeleteword verification: riqita
I prefer SFO.
ReplyDeleteI prefer your definition today it sound less base than mine would have.
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