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dracis!
1. Jungian
Carl Jung is less bizarre than Freud. Also, the collective unconscious is intriguing. I may have to go and read The Hero With a Thousand Faces again, now that I understand all the psychobabble that comprises the second half of the book.
2. Jovial
This is probably a good word to describe me. However, in the Name Game, I usually stick with "jolly" even though it makes me sound like I'm a bearded fat man. Strangely enough, there are a lot of jo- words that all mean amused and good-tempered. Huh. Etymology from Jove, which means that if being jovial included the power to hurl lightning bolts, I would totally use "Jovial Jen" and smite the unlearned.
3. Jingo
Not such a fan of rampant nationalism, but it is one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books.
I've just arrested an entire army! You can't do that! And we only have six cells back at the watch-house, and we keep the coal in one of them!
4. Johnny-Jump-Ups
These used to grow all around my house when I was a wee little one. Definately my favorite semi-wild flower. Of the pansy family.
5. Jumper
My uniform 1st-5th grade. They were itchy and plaid, but the word renders some hilarious mental images in any British references to sweaters.
6. Jabberwocky
A cool poem. Huzzah for portmanteaus.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
7. Jackalope
A rare animal all but extinct in the American West, where great herds of them once roamed. Now The Man is trying to quash even the rumors of their existence in an effort to numb the public to this natural wonder that is slowly but surely being lost, thanks to rampant development and SUV's.
8. Jujitsu
"Jujitsu? I'm going to learn jujitsu?"
9. Jaunty
The angle at which I wear my hat.
10. Jubilation
Without the Inkhorn debate, we would never have this word for partay.
Today, our letter is J, courtesy of
dracis!1. Jungian
Carl Jung is less bizarre than Freud. Also, the collective unconscious is intriguing. I may have to go and read The Hero With a Thousand Faces again, now that I understand all the psychobabble that comprises the second half of the book.
2. Jovial
This is probably a good word to describe me. However, in the Name Game, I usually stick with "jolly" even though it makes me sound like I'm a bearded fat man. Strangely enough, there are a lot of jo- words that all mean amused and good-tempered. Huh. Etymology from Jove, which means that if being jovial included the power to hurl lightning bolts, I would totally use "Jovial Jen" and smite the unlearned.
3. Jingo
Not such a fan of rampant nationalism, but it is one of my favorite Terry Pratchett books.
I've just arrested an entire army! You can't do that! And we only have six cells back at the watch-house, and we keep the coal in one of them!
4. Johnny-Jump-Ups
These used to grow all around my house when I was a wee little one. Definately my favorite semi-wild flower. Of the pansy family.
5. Jumper
My uniform 1st-5th grade. They were itchy and plaid, but the word renders some hilarious mental images in any British references to sweaters.
6. Jabberwocky
A cool poem. Huzzah for portmanteaus.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
7. Jackalope
A rare animal all but extinct in the American West, where great herds of them once roamed. Now The Man is trying to quash even the rumors of their existence in an effort to numb the public to this natural wonder that is slowly but surely being lost, thanks to rampant development and SUV's.
8. Jujitsu
"Jujitsu? I'm going to learn jujitsu?"
9. Jaunty
The angle at which I wear my hat.
10. Jubilation
Without the Inkhorn debate, we would never have this word for partay.