I use the made-up word "contempo" to refer in a pejorative way to a kind of faux-modern, dishonest design style (in architecture, interiors and industrial design) that pretends to be modern or industrial but that often involves too many pointless curves, materials meant to look like other materials, or ornateness at war with a pretend minimalism. - Ouno
"Slang, though humanly irreverent, tends to be inhumanly loveless. It lacks tenderness and compassion; its poetry has the effulgence of a soldier's brass buttons." Anthony Burgess, New York Times, July 12, 1970.
The kind of architecture that - especially when new - is reminiscent of a stone ruin or dig. An alternate word could be archeolitecture - I'm not sure which is better. This word is madeupical, because there didn't seem to be any word for this. Or maybe paleotecture?
The kind of architecture that - especially when new - is reminiscent of a stone ruin or dig. An alternate word could be archeotecture - I'm not sure which is better. This word is madeupical, because there didn't seem to be any word for this. Or maybe paleotecture.
"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries" is the Holy Grail insult I always remember first. I'd forgotten about "sons of a silly person" which is a close second.
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lidsville commented on the word contempo
I use the made-up word "contempo" to refer in a pejorative way to a kind of faux-modern, dishonest design style (in architecture, interiors and industrial design) that pretends to be modern or industrial but that often involves too many pointless curves, materials meant to look like other materials, or ornateness at war with a pretend minimalism. - Ouno
November 5, 2012
lidsville commented on the list not-much-between-the-ears
knuckledragger.
July 1, 2010
lidsville commented on the word slang
"Slang, though humanly irreverent, tends to be inhumanly loveless. It lacks tenderness and compassion; its poetry has the effulgence of a soldier's brass buttons." Anthony Burgess, New York Times, July 12, 1970.
July 5, 2009
lidsville commented on the word paleotecture
This word does not actually exist, but it describes architecture that is designed to look ancient, ruined or excavated when it's built.
July 3, 2009
lidsville commented on the word archeotecture
The kind of architecture that - especially when new - is reminiscent of a stone ruin or dig. An alternate word could be archeolitecture - I'm not sure which is better. This word is madeupical, because there didn't seem to be any word for this. Or maybe paleotecture?
May 21, 2009
lidsville commented on the word archeolitecture
The kind of architecture that - especially when new - is reminiscent of a stone ruin or dig. An alternate word could be archeotecture - I'm not sure which is better. This word is madeupical, because there didn't seem to be any word for this. Or maybe paleotecture.
May 21, 2009
lidsville commented on the word punctuationista
There are numerous sleeper cells of punctuationistas at the ready, if something should happen to any of you.
May 21, 2009
lidsville commented on the list excuse-my-french
"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries" is the Holy Grail insult I always remember first. I'd forgotten about "sons of a silly person" which is a close second.
May 3, 2009
lidsville commented on the word doga
It's the yoga you take your dog to, as reported in the NYT April 2009
April 12, 2009
lidsville commented on the word dope
I love this word, but only as a noun.
April 12, 2009