The #Write #Words? Post 24
Looking at Onomatopoeia and Metaphor, Simile, Collective Nouns, and my Delusional Dictionary. For definitions of those, click here to read the introductory post to the series.
This week’s words:Tintinnabulation, Tall, Tassel, Tablet.
Onomatopoeia: Tintinnabulation:
This fabulous word expresses the tinkling of a small bell, but can be used as a metaphor for other sounds. ‘The tintinnabulation of a small wine glass rolling down stone steps.’ ‘Cubes of ice touched in tintinnabulation as the gin washed over them in the tumbler.’ I dare you to incorporate it into a poem!
Simile: Tall as a giraffe
Okay, giraffes are tall in the animal world, but the simile falls down when we’re writing about some other objects. Tall as a redwood, tall as (any of the world’s tallest buildings), tall as a tale told by Trump/Boris Johnson, tall as (any of the world’s highest mountains)? Can you come up with something uniquely tall?
Collective Nouns: Tassel of strippers
Another apposite collective noun: especially as applied to those who perform burlesque. But are there other more appropriate collective nouns for those who remove their clothes to titillate? A G-string of strippers, a tossed skirt of strippers, a skinful of strippers, an undress of strippers? Anything else come to mind?
Delusional Dictionary: Tablet: a social media communication device that can’t decide whether it’s a big phone or a small PC; a device designed to prevent people talking to one another; a less interesting means of reading a book; one in a series of communication devices that disrupt interpersonal communication.
For those learning English as a language, there’s a useful guide to pronunciation here, and Facebook hosts a great group you can join here.
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5 Responses to “The #Write #Words? Post 24”
It could be all the reading, maybe you just wanted more expressive words to say
things. Shakespeare is said to have invented many new words. 😊.
miriam
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Ah, the Bard: what would we be but lesser selves without his intervention? I’ve invented a few, but he’s in a league I can only dream of!
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Keep dreaming .😊.
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Stuart, I really find it both educational and fun with the words you take up.
Tintinnabulation really tickles me. What a descriptive and glittering word.
I will try a way to use it . 😊
Miriam
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Thank you, Miriam. I’ve always loved words; I suspect it stems from my early attempts to educate myself by reading.
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