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  1. PoemNerd212

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    Haven't heard of it, but cool :)
     
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    I had to invent 3 languages for my novel/WIP. Nobody has ever heard of them. :p
     
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    That shit is super interesting. I read a book about inventing languages. Did you go through the whole process of designing the language from the ground up? I don’t have the mental capacity to do that.
     
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    Kinda sorta. Never read anything about how to do it.
    More or less I just mashed a few random languages
    together in strange ways, and some made up nonsense.
    :D
    I use them so little, that it is not warranted to leave an entire
    cipher behind for the reader. I didn't want the reader to have
    to spend a large amount of time trying to understand everything
    said, but infer from context. It would be cool to pull a Tolkien,
    and have a full and complete language to confuse the reader with. :p
     
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    The island my MC ends up visiting has a thousand year old language derived from an ancient creation song, spoken in a singing voice. It scared the hell out of foreign invaders, because it sounded like angels or magic. Except the Imperial Japanese forces, unfortunately.
    I'd love to figure out how to pull that off.
     
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    I'm so confused. Please. My brain can't
     
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    Ouchee my croutchie!
    No magic but definitely scary!
     
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    Confession:
    I almost broke down crying when I realized my boss accidently deleted 2-3 days worth of my job.

    When the tech-guys fixed it I was so relived I've been smiling ever since!

    Yes, yes I'm an emotional person :bigoops:
     
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    The word of the day ladies and gentlemen, is "catawampus". Rules are the same as yesterday, anyone who can use the word of the day properly in a sentence will receive double points.

    Curious to know which of you thought I would keep this going and who thought it was a one time thing.
     
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    Confession: I’m usually a shy gal, but when it comes to origami, I’m a catawampus ;) ...I think I used that right...?
     
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    Claim the word and make it your own! Then you always use it right. :p
     
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    Zerotonin Serotonin machine broke

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    I now decree that "catawampus" shall replace the word "the" in English. Catawampus decree is final, and catawampus peasants shall not dissuade me!
     
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    I could not tell the difference between a catawanpus and a dogawanpus if I tried. hopeless I know:superthink::superwhew:
     
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    I confess I get stressed with my keyboard sometimes trying to manage both typing and working out the keys for capital letters and everything else that comes with it. o_O
     
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    Definition of catawampus. 1 dialectal : fierce, savage, destructive. 2 dialectal : askew, awry, cater-cornered.

    Depends on how you meant it. I like this word because it doesn't have 1 simple meaning by any account.
     
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    I also saw a definition that said it can be a fierce imaginary animal :p I decided to go with that one
     
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    Zerotonin double points!
     
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    Ah double points then, fine work.
     
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    Hahah, thank you! :D
     
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    This one might seem kinda shallow, but whatever

    Confession: I’m not sure if I technically count as a romantic, but if I am, I’m not the materialistic type. I have friends who are total romantics and fantasize about things like chocolates and flowers, fancy restaurants and diamond rings, long walks on the beach or under a starlit sky. Swoon! I don’t see how you could ever be satisfied with a relationship while having those kind of standards/ideals unless your partner’s wealthy. Maybe you can have those things on your anniversary, but not all the time! Personally, I prefer the idea of a walk through the park to that of an expensive dinner. And then after learning what a ring avulsion is, I’m not that into wearing rings in general. :p
     
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    I'm fairly sure what you just described is the opposite of shallow. :D
     
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    Both me and Lost LOVES gifts. Giving and receiving. I'm trying to send him Swedish candy at least once a month. It doesn't have to be fancy but I love - LOVE - making cute little gifts. None of us are wealthy, though. Plus restaurants are amazing - but I've never been to an expensive one.

    Rings... are... I want rings because I want to get married, but I'm not usually a ring kind of person. I would not want what seems to be considered a "diamond ring" in American movies and such. I want something actually pretty. Though I design jewelries for fun, so I'm into pretty things in general.

    (Speaking of ring avulsion. Used to work at a factory and wearing rings there would most likely end up losing it. The finger, not the ring. Or maybe both. Good times!)
     
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    I knew a dude who ate caviar on Ritz crackers, said the juxtaposition made him feel closer to Mother Earth. I asked him once what he wanted out of life and he told me his spirit animal was a hotdog, the kind stuffed with artificial cheese, that you could cook for too long then spend an hour scraping congealed cheese-grease from the walls of a smart microwave. He liked the smell of mothballs and once turned down a cheap apartment in downtown because he refused to live catawampus to a car insurance agency. If he had to be that close, he said he couldn’t stand to watch sideways scams obliquely.
     
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    My kitchen was all cattywampus (regional variant) after the earthquake.
     

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