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, June 22, 2010
Gawk
GAWK, n. A person of imperfect grace, somewhat overgiven to the vice of falling over his own feet.
2010 Update: Beauty, in the eyes of the beheld. See also: LEER.
I thought that was goshawk, Susan. And isn't writing about this sort of thing what Jenn does?
GAWK, n. One, commonly of the male persuasion, whose seat of reason is approximately 30 inches below his nose, and is imperfectly adept at concealing that fact.
I like the 2010 definition.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought it was the child of a Goose and a Hawk...and hey, maybe that would be a love story worth writing about someday.
I thought that was goshawk, Susan. And isn't writing about this sort of thing what Jenn does?
ReplyDeleteGAWK, n. One, commonly of the male persuasion, whose seat of reason is approximately 30 inches below his nose, and is imperfectly adept at concealing that fact.
I've gotten this far in life without realizing that I don't much care for G words.
ReplyDeleteGawk is an ugly sound. Don't make it.
GAWK, n. No wonder so many people need glasses :)
ReplyDeleteGAWK, n. facial expression most often seen at disaster scenes: mouth wide open, eyes wide open, brain in neutral
ReplyDeleteI thought gawk was the sound made by a gawby.
ReplyDeleteGAWK, n. A Laurel Shark
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Susan, inspiration takes many forms. In my case, almost always a gawk.
ReplyDeleteAmoeba, that's because the hiding instinct only exists above the nose.
TLP, all I did was type it.
Thom, there are a lot of reasons people lose their eyesight. That's most of them.
Quilly, ever scene is an incipient disaster scene. That's why so many of us walk into trees, reinforcing the cycle.
Karen, there's something poetic about "laurel shark."
Gawk - the reason most Egyptians shuffle their feet,...
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