updates

• 2024.4.15: more janitorial labor: canon/criterion/precept/tenet reworked into canon/criterion/standard, round newly nested under redefined canon, definitions of swapped cantabile/cantilena and censor revised in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; new album: OR MD COMP.
• 2024.4.8: 2 entries: two definitions of cameo tweaked, cancel/delete/elide/excise/expunge/scratch/strike (out) reworked into cancel/cross out/delete/expunge/scratch/strike (out, through) in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; slightly blurry new photographs of Gurney; the inevitable favorites of Shunji Iwai; so many mass market paperbacks by Stephen King (a third of which probably aren't worth reading) added to the library
• 2024.4.1: improving bit by bit: autograph/chirography/handwriting/penmanship (and hyponymously nested cacography, scrawl/scribble, calligraphy/chirography) introduced, bricolage, caesura/cesura/pause/||, and calligraphy/chirography/penmanship redefined, cacography/scrawl/scribble deleted in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; titles and editions thereof added to selections of King and the Omen franchise; launch, phase 2 reorganized once more
• 2024.3.25: tweaking this and that: polysemous bathos split into anticlimax/bathos and bathos, polite literature appended to redefined belles-lettres/polite literature, definition added to polysemic belletristic, redefined bildungsroman shorn of capitalization, nominal definition of boustrophedon revised and exchanged in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; in the Audio Collection's index, a new section and album therein (DOOM II: Hell on Earth) have been added; new Redbeast: Vernal Optimization
• 2024.3.18: nothing unplanned here: extemporized, improvisational, and offhand added to redefined autoschediastic/extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/extemporized/impromptu/improvisate/improvisational/improvised/improviso/offhand in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; extemporized and improvisational inserted into autoschediastic/extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/extemporized/impromptu/improvisate/improvisational/improvised/improviso/offhand/unpremeditated in QUALITIES; adorable new photos of Raphael; new buttons: Boards, ISO 8601
• 2024.3.15: new review: The Cheating Pact; offsite.txt updated in ls
• 2024.3.11: poke and pinch: definitions of armature, auctorial/authorial, and augment emended and extended in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; artificious injected into artificial/artificious/factitious in QUALITIES; new buttons: Like Home, PNN America
• 2024.3.8: the last big tranche of interjected books: anthologies presented by Hitchcock. Tolkien, Waugh. Wells, sundry others....
• 2024.3.7: new review: Web Cam Girls
• 2024.3.4: suitably succinct: epitome deleted from and argument, digest, and precis interpolated into redefined apercu/argument/brief/conspectus/digest/outline/overview/precis/resume/sketch/summary/summation/synopsis, under which outline and resume were interjected into abstract/brief/epitome/outline/precis/resume/synopsis, and the definition of argument/synopsis was enhanced in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
• 2024.2.26: modes of transmission: redefined air/beam/broadcast/transmit, under which hyponyms radiobroadcast and webcast are newly nested, and definitions of simulcast, telecast/televise, and cablecast have been revised, definition of omnibus attenuated slightly in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; lots of Shakespeare, other paperbacks, and scanned images added to the library
• 2024.2.22: new review: The War Between Men and Women; new albums: Can't Buy a Thrill, proto fsck
• 2024.2.19: more subtilization: nominal definitions of addendum/appendix/codicil/supplement and hyponymous index revised, addendum prefixed to addendum/postscript in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; links pertaining to Atari, Rogue+likes, and Tetrises are now grouped, J. Zawinski's section of links has been purged
• 2024.2.15: new review: Welcome to New York
• 2024.2.12: many ways played: ham/overact/overplay newly nested under redefined act/enact/personate/play/portray/render/represent, under which hyponymous interpret and underact/underplay are also redefined in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
• 2024.2.10: new Redbeast: Hibernal Acrostic; description and images of launch, phase 2 updated; new album: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
• 2024.2.7: new review: Up Your Teddy Bear
• 2024.2.5: a rough start: elide prepended to elide/miss/omit in ACTS; elide cut from redefined abbreviate/abridge/compress/condense/cut/foreshorten, under which abbreviate/abridge/compress/condense/cut/epitomize/foreshorten is newly nested, definition of acrostic revised, acrostic/acrostical added to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; definition of elide refined in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH
• 2024.2.2: New beast: Redbeast
• 2024.1.31: new albums: 0 degrees C, nomad 46
• 2024.1.30: chapter's last revision is a superentry!! character time: character (under which letter and subordinate rune/runic letter, diacritic/diacritical mark and hyponymous acute (accent), circumflex (accent)/^, diaeresis/dieresis/umlaut, grave (accent)/` tilde/~, and umlaut are newly nested) introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new album: Poison
• 2024.1.25: new review: Voyeur
• 2024.1.23: (probably) penultimate edit of L+L: vernacular appended to jargon/lingo/parlance/vernacular, vernacular/vulgate newly nested under dialect/idiom/language/parlance/speech/tongue, vernacular/speech reversed and reworked as speech/vernacular, native/vernacular and vernacular interpolated, definition of valence/valency edited, vulgate appended to redefined vernacular/vulgar/vulgate in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; vade mecum introduced into LATIN ON LOAN; vade mecum subjoined to definitionally emended enchiridion/handbook/vade mecum in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2024.1.16: small, substantial steps: redundant, and redundancy and redundance interjected respectively into redefined tautologous/tautological/tautologic/redundant/pleonastic and tautology/redundancy/redundance/pleonasm, definition of temporal tweaked in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2024.1.11: new review: Class
• 2024.1.10: new superentry and corrections: phone introduced, under which consonant (and subordinate fricative/spirant, sibilant, and surd), phoneme (and hyponymous allophone), sonant, and vowel are now and newly nested, definitions for hypernym/superordinate, hyponym/subordinate word, syntactic/syntactical, and syntax/syntaxis improved in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2024.1.4: new review: Trust
• 2024.1.2: details voiced and otherwise: definitions of sibilant, sonant, surd, surd/unvoiced/voiceless, syncretic/syncretical/syncretistic/syncretistical improved, sonant/voiced individuated in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.12.31: the year's last update, obviously: Better Late than Never: The Best and Worst Theretofore Unseen Movies of 2023, Special Edition: Catching Up with Shunji Iwai, Part 1: How the RIAA Almost Cost Shunji Iwai a Fan
• 2023.12.28: new review: Bogus
• 2023.12.22: new review: Christmas Wedding Planner
• 2023.12.19: bigger, better definitions: definitions of reflexive, rune/runic letter, semantic/semantical (to which semantical has been appended), semantics/semasiology/sematology/semology (to which sematology and semology are now suffixed), and semantic satiation improved and polysemically added in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new favorite movie: Don't Laugh at My Romance
• 2023.12.14: new review: Psycho Brother In-Law
• 2023.12.13: ls -1p new index; redefinition and lexical accumulation continue: blend prepended and portmanteau word appended to blend/portmanteau/portmanteau word, definitions of polysemantic/polysemic/polysemous, polysyllabic/polysyllabical (to which polysyllabical is newly suffixed) and subordinate sesquipedal/sesquipedalian (now prefixed with sesquipedal), polysyllable and hyponymous sesquipedalian, preposition, and prescriptive enhanced in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.12.8: decrepit final photos of this year's noble pumpkins; still more mortalities from the Chinese Academies
• 2023.12.7: new review: Margot at the Wedding; new link to the site of a great little utility, rename
• 2023.12.5: a few items redefined: definitions of parse (from which analyze was excised), pejorative/dyslogistic, and pidgin/jargon/contact language (to which contact language has been appended) revised in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.11.30: new review: Killing Me Softly
• 2023.11.28: more or less obscure: autoschediastic prepended to autoschediastic/extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/impromptu/improvisate/improvised/improviso in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; definitions of orthoepist, orthography, and palindrome enhanced in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; apodictic prepended to apodictic/certain/definite/impregnable/incontestable/incontrovertible/indisputable/indubitable/irrefutable/positive/sure/unassailable/undeniable/unquestionable, autoschediastic to autoschediastic/extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/impromptu/improvisate/improviso/offhand/unpremeditated, and autoschediastically to ad lib/autoschediastically/extemporally/extemporaneously/extemporarily/extempore/impromptu/offhand/unpremeditatedly in QUALITIES
• 2023.11.23: new review: Tag
• 2023.11.20: idiomatic and idiogrammatic terms refined as defined: grammalogue/ideogram/logogram/logograph introduced, definitions of ideogram/ideograph, idiomatic(al), impersonal, and nominative improved in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.11.16: new review: The Dead Pool
• 2023.11.14: penultimately, pumpkins wrinkle wretchedly; XEvil: better afterliving through killing sprees
• 2023.11.9: new review: Mortal Thoughts
• 2023.11.3: post-Halloween Jack-o'-lanterns (phase 2)
• 2023.10.30: get ready for 2023's Jack-o'-lanterns!
• 2023.10.26: new review: Djinn; Cycleplay4 was compiled for a swift, spooky ride
• 2023.10.19: new review: Ghostwatch
• 2023.10.12: new review: The Boy; new links: Hisashi Eguchi Illustration Exhibition POP STEP, Minuteman Press
• 2023.10.6: new review: After Midnight; more coffeetable books added to the library
• 2023.9.28: homonymous terms and more redefined: definitions of fricative/spirant, homonym/homograph, homonym/homophone, and hypotaxis improved, homonym inserted into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; more nonfiction interpolated into the library's index (Aristotle, Chang, Descartes, Foucault, Freud, Machiavelli, Plato, Marx and Engels, Postman, Russell); a new favorite movie: All About Lily Chou-Chou
• 2023.9.21: new review: Nightbeast
• 2023.9.19: Ds defined: definitions of diacritic/diacritical mark, diacritic/diacritical, diphthong, disambiguate, and reversed eclipsis/ellipsis revised, diphthong/diphthongalize/diphthongize introduced in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; Cycleplay2 and Cycleplay3 on repeat
• 2023.9.14: new review: Cassandra
• 2023.9.12: custodial discoveries: continuative purged, definitions of correlative and declension revised, diachronistic appended to redefined diachronic/diachronistic, nominal and adjectival definitions of continuative/durative newly nested under verb and verbal in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; variant of diachronic/diachronistic introduced in TIME; another playlist: Cycleplay3
• 2023.9.6: new review: The Wind Rises
• 2023.8.30: connections and catchwords: definitions of beheadment, conjunction/conjunctive/connective, and conjunctional/conjunctive (to which conjunctional is newly prepended) improved, buzzword/catchword [OR] catchphrase/shibboleth reworked as buzzword, catchphrase/catchword/shibboleth/slogan, catchword/shibboleth, and motto/slogan in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; Njam added to my reorganized, decategorized index of favorite games
• 2023.8.24: new review: Diary of a Sex Addict
• 2023.8.17: janitorial work: definitions of attributive, cognate, collocate, and individuated prenominal and preverbal revised in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new video: Nature: The Wild Shores of Patagonia
• 2023.8.10: new review: Miami Hustle; new button (NO WEBP!); hyperlinks added to modified profile
• 2023.8.4: nothing cryptic here: definitions of character/cipher/code/cryptograph/cypher, character/cipher/code/cryptogram/cryptograph/cypher (in which code is newly interjected), cipher/code/cypher/encipher/encode/encrypt, and cipher/cypher improved, decipher/decode/decrypt introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new links: farmersmanual (+4), codex | edition; profile improved
• 2023.7.27: new review: Wake in Fright; new (old) playlist: Cycleplay1
• 2023.7.19: something small: archaic inserted, definitions of aspirate and assimilate enhanced, epiphoneme suffixed to epiphonema/epiphoneme in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.7.13: new review: Diamond Girl
• 2023.7.11: more revised definitions and new, related entries: antecessor added to ancestor/antecedent/antecessor/ascendant/forebear/forefather/parent/predecessor/primogenitor/progenitor in FIGURES; definition of anapest refined, anapestic/anapestical interjected, definitions of anaphor (and subordinate antecedent) and anastrophe/inversion enhanced, antonym/counterterm inserted, and antonymic prepended to redefined antonymic/antonymous LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; more mortalities from the Chinese Academies; this summer's first bicyclic music and noise
• 2023.7.5: definitions corrected: acronymic/acronymous, agglutinate, agglutinative, and acute (accent) (now nested under introduced diacritic/diacritical mark) redefined in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.6.29: new review: That Man from Rio; launch, phase 2
• 2023.6.26: adjunct and affixes redefined: postfix (ironically) prepended to postfix/subjoin/suffix in ACTS; definition of adjunct revised, definitions of affix and hyponymous prefix, infix, and postfix/suffix (to which postfix has been prefixed) revised in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new links: Minitrucks.Net, Olive (x2)
• 2023.6.22: rarifying my qualifiers: two senses of expletive interpolated into and nested under reversed ejaculation/exclamation/expletive/interjection, modifier/qualifier and hyponyms adjective (under which adnoun is newly nested), attributive, adverb, disjunct/sentence adverb, and degree redefined in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; reworked sections of links: clocks & calendars, and transferential clients
• 2023.6.15: new review: Missing at 17
• 2023.6.13: nothing roundabout here: verbalism and verbiage interjected into diction/language/phraseology/phrasing/verbalism/verbiage/wording in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; circumlocutious inserted into ambagious/circumlocutious/circumlocutory/periphrastic/periphrastical, diffusion/prolixity/surplusage/verbalism/verbiage/verbosity reworked into diffusion/prolixity/verbiage/verbosity, prolixity/surplusage/verbiage introduced into COMMUNICATION & SPEECH and LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; apophony interposed into ablaut/apophony/gradation/grade, definition of acceptation revised in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.6.9: new review: Courier
• 2023.6.6: dialectical nimiety: language interjected into diction/language/phraseology/phrasing/wording in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; idiom/parlance (and all subordinates thereunder) reworked as dialect/idiom/language/parlance/speech/tongue (and hyponymous dialect/idiom/speech/tongue/vernacular, dialect/patois, idiolect/language/speech, jargon/lingo/parlance, gobbledygook, lingo/slang, argot/flash), argot/cant/idiom/jargon/language/lingo/patois/slang/vernacular (and subordinate argot/cant/flash) newly nested under reversed, revised lexicon/vocabulary in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new videocassette: DuckTales: Duck to the Future
• 2023.6.1: new review: Zephyr Springs
• 2023.5.29: nominal nouns: noun/nominal/substantive and all subordinates reworked as noun/substantive (and hyponyms appellative/common noun, nominal/substantive, nominal (phrase)/noun phrase/substantive, pronoun, personal pronoun, reflexive), definitions of phoneme and hyponymous allophone revised in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; more books by or of Benchley, Clarke, Herbert, Lawrence, Poe, Star Wars, Tolkien, and others itemized in the library
• 2023.5.25: new videocassette: The Aristocats
• 2023.5.24: new review: Some Voices
• 2023.5.22: exhaustive elaboration: purple/ornate/flowery/florid/empurpled/aureate (and subordinate turgid/tumid/tumescent/rhetorical/purple/plethoric/overwrought/orotund/magniloquent/grandiloquent/fustian/flatulent/declamatory/bombastic/aureate) reworked as redefined ornate (and hyponymous aureate/empurpled/florid/flowery/overwrought/purple and aureate/bombast/bombastic/bombastical/declamatory/flatulent/fustian/grandiloquent/grandiloquous/inflated/lexiphanic/magniloquent/magniloquous/orotund/plethoric/plethorical/rhetorical/tumescent/tumid/turgid/turgidous in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNICATION & SPEECH, and LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; turgidous subjoined to bloated/bulging/dilated/distended/swollen/tumefied/tumid/turgid/turgidous in QUALITIES; new album: Dirty Pair: Project Eden
• 2023.5.19: new review: Into the Night
• 2023.5.14: ....then come the adjectives: nomial and nominal interjected into appellation/appellative/denomination/designation/name/nomenclature/nomial/nominal/title, under which alethonym is freshly relegated, nomenclatural prepended to nomenclatural/nominal, beneath which hyponymous agnominal (and subordinate hypocoristic), alethonymic/alethonymical, appellative, caconymic, cognominal/surnominal, eponymic, eponymous, euonymic, matronymic/metronymic, multinomial/multinominal/multinominous/polynomial (and hyponyms (binomial/binominal/binominous, quadrinomial/quadrinominal, trinomial/trinominal), patronymic/patronymical, pseudonymic/pseudonymous are newly nested in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; completion: The Rite of Spring appended to Petrushka, The Rite of Spring
• 2023.5.11: new review: The Accomplices
• 2023.5.5: new review: Harlequin: The Awakening; new albums: Bliss and Mandy
• 2023.5.2: first come the names: nomenclature and title appended to appellation/appellative/denomination/designation/name, now wholly reworked as appellation/appellative/denomination/designation/name/nomenclature/title (with hyponyms agnomen/byname/cognomen/handle/moniker/nickname/sobriquet, hypocorism/hypocoristic/pet name, agnomination/cognomen/cognomination/family name/ruskin/surname, matronym/matronymic/metronym/metronymic, patronym/patronymic, alias/nom de guerre/pseudonym, nom de plume/pen name, screen name/stage name, caconym, denomination, eponym, euonym, matronym/metronym, patronym) in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2023.4.26: new review: Why Not?
• 2023.4.19: verbals and tenses and moods, OH MY: copular verb interjected into redefined copula/copular verb/linking verb; copula/copular verb/linking verb, imperative, indicative, (grammatical) mode/mood (and subordinate conditional/conditional mood, conjunctive mood/conjunctive mode/subjunctive/subjunctive mode/subjunctive mood, imperative/imperative mood, indicative/indicative mood, optative/optative mood), non-finite verb/verbal/verbid (and hyponymous gerund, infinitive, participial/participle), optative, preterit/preterite (and hyponym past perfect/pluperfect), tense (and subordinates past/past tense, preterit/preterite, past perfect/pluperfect/pluperfect tense/plusquamperfect/preterpluperfect, present/present tense, future/future tense), subjunctive now and newly nested under reworked verb, copular, impersonal/unipersonal, modal (and subordinate conditional, conjunctive, conjunctive/subjunctive, imperative, indicative, optative), participial, tensal (and hyponymous past, preterit/preterite, past perfect/pluperfect) newly nested under verbal, verbify appended to verbalize/verbify in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new videocassettes: Mike's Murder, RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion, Ruthless People; "new" album finally spun, ripped, FLACed, burnt, spun after 6 years: Palestrina: Missa Brevis, Missa Tu es Petrus; Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major
• 2023.4.10: refreshing revision: bookplate and flyleaf (newly nested under leaf) introduced in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; encarnadine/incarnadine/redden (and subordinates crimson/encarnadine/incarnadine, encarnadine/incarnadine, vermilion) newly nested under color/dye, as are carnation/encarnadine/incarnadine and crimson/incarnadine under red/sanguine, and carnation/carnationed/encarnadine/incarnadine and crimson/encarnadine/incarnadine under red/rubicund/ruddy/sanguine in COLORS; cachou introduced in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; adage/saw reworked as adage/byword/maxim/paroemia/proverb/saying/saw (and hyponyms aphorism/apophthegm/apothegm/dictum/gnome/maxim/proverb) in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; mauger/maugre interjected in reversed despite/mauger/maugre/notwithstanding in MISCELLANY
• 2023.4.6: new review: While the Children Sleep; new and expanded albums: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Evil Dead Trap
• 2023.3.30: new review: Return of the Living Dead II; idiotic Boomerisms and Xerisms for cash and weed: bread, ching, flizz, lovely jubbly, oof, ooftish, scrilla, spend, bud, chronic, doobage, grass, Mary Jane, Mary Joanna
• 2023.3.28: even in his present infamy, I still enjoy the movies of Shane Carruth; more common terms and affixes made stupid: level up, low-key, meta, verse
• 2023.3.24: new review: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever; new links: Hexxagon, Moagg, Tux Racer, OBLIGE, ZDoom
• 2023.3.16: superentry further expands IMMANE: reticence appended to aposiopesis/reticence in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; figure prepended to redefined figure/figure of speech/image, under which abscission, adnomination/agnomination/annomination/paronomasia/pun/wordplay (and subordinate adnomination), antistrophe/epiphora/epistrophe, dysphemism, euphemism, and polysyndeton are now or newly nested, definitions of adnomination/agnomination/alliteration/annomination, assonance, onomatopoeia/onomatopoesis, personification/prosopopeia/prosopopoeia, and prosopopeia/prosopopoeia have been tweaked or expanded, syllepsis/zeugma has been redefined, and irony has been freshly nested under trope, as has synecdoche (and its new hyponyms pars pro toto and totum pro parte) beneath redefined metonymy in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; new link to bsod
• 2023.3.9: new review: Cube 2: Hypercube; another deceased Chinese engineer
• 2023.3.6: I do('nt) care: cool and emotionless inserted into, and passionless excised from apathetic/cool/dispassionate/emotionless/expressionless/impassive/inexpressive/phlegmatic(al)/stolid/stony/undemonstrative/unemotional/unexpressive (under which reworked hyponyms apathetic/disinterested/indifferent/perfunctory/unconcerned/uninterested, blase/jaded, blithe/casual/cavalier/insouciant/nonchalant, inconsiderate/insensitive/thoughtless/unthinking, degage/detached/dispassionate/passionless, madcap/rechless/reckless/retchless/temerarious, nonpassionate/passionless/unpassionate are now nested), blithe, blitheful, and blithesome prepended to blithe/blitheful/blithesome/bright/buoyant/cheerful/cheery/genial/glad/jolly/lighthearted/merry/upbeat in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; dispassionate and passionless cut from, and insensible added to redefined apathetic/emotionless/immovable/impassive/insensible/stolid/stony/unemotional (under which subordinate apathetic/careless/disinterested/indifferent/insensible/unconcerned/uninterested, blase/jaded, blithe/casual/cavalier/insouciant/nonchalant, callous/careless/heartless/heedless/inconsiderate/insensitive/thoughtless/uncaring/unfeeling/unthinking, degage/detached/dispassionate/passionless, madcap/rechless/reckless/retchless/temerarious, nonpassionate/passionless/unpassionate are newly nested) in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; in media res corrected as in medias res in LATIN ON LOAN (this was embarrassing); numerous links to pages of shoddy, disused software excised
• 2023.3.1: second round is smaller: amation/lovemaking newly nested under sex in ACTS; epithelium added to ANATOMY; supercilium subjoined to lintel/supercilium and vallum to bulwark/rampart/vallum in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; raglan added to ATTIRE; susurrate/whisper relegated under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; delectation interjected into bliss/delectation/delight/ecstasy/elation/enchantment/euphoria/exaltation/exhilaration/exultation/felicity/gladness/glee/joy/joyance/jubilation/jubilance/jubilancy/rapture/transport in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; elision (and hyponymous apheresis/procope, apocope, contraction, syncope), epenthesis, and epithesis introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; attritional/attritive/decreasing reworked attritional (and subordinate attritive) in QUALITIES; murmur/murmuration/susurration/susurrus and murmured/susurrant/susurrous added to SOUNDS
• 2023.2.24: finally, inevitably favorited: Panos Cosmatos; new buttons (HOG and sparklelollipop)
• 2023.2.22: big return: buccal (and subordinate bucconasal) and buccal/oral (with hyponymous nasobuccal) newly nested, brow/eyebrow/supercilium/vallum introduced into ANATOMY; bollard and dormer (with subordinate dormer/dormer-window and eyebrow) added, gablet and hypostyle newly nested in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; novilunar/novilunary, novilune/new moon, plenilunar/plenilunary, plenilune/full moon inserted into ASTRONOMY; supercilium interjected into condescension/haughtiness/hauteur/loftiness/lordliness/pride/sniffiness/snobbery/snobbiness/snobbishness/snootiness/superciliousness/supercilium/superiority/swagger in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; nomisma interposed into now-unparenthesized coinage/nomisma/specie in ECONOMICS; catachresis (under which malapropism/malapropoism and hyponymous malaprop/malapropism are now nested) added, eggcorn redefined, mondegreen individuated in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; verbal bitt individualized and redundant, nominal bitt obliterated, bitts (and hyponymous bitt-heads) and bollard timber/knighthead relegated beneath bitt/bollard, kevel's definition tweaked in MARINE & NAUTICAL; factitious interjected into bogus/counterfeit/factitious/fake/false/faux/forged/phony/pinchbeck/sham, artificial/factitious (beneath which ersatz/factitious/fake/false/faux/imitation/simulated/synthetic is now nested) introduced into QUALITIES; photogenic incorporated into lucent/luminous/lustrous/photogenic/shining/shiny/splendent, photogenic added to SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 2023.2.19: two academies, three more deaths
• 2023.2.13: new in Omnium-gatherum: How (and How Not) to Endorse Universal Health Care
• 2023.2.9: new review: Creature; another deceased Chinese engineer
• 2023.2.2: new review: Trollhunter; two more dead members of the Chinese Academies of Engineering and Sciences
• 2023.1.26: new review: Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil; fresh, faineant photos of Goof and Gurney; a few newly deceased members of the Chinese Academies of Engineering and Sciences
• 2023.1.21: updated in Omnium-gatherum: More dead members of the Chinese Academies of Engineering and Sciences (this is going to be morbid the year long)
• 2023.1.18: images of favorite movies and games optimally transposed (I hope)
• 2023.1.14: yet another album by Ikeda: ultratronics
• 2023.1.13: new review: Brother 2
• 2023.1.9: new in Omnium-gatherum: Deaths of Members from the Chinese Academies of Engineering and Sciences; new album: The Mind's Eye
• 2023.1.5: new review: Julie Darling; new albums: 1000 fragments and superposition
• 2022.12.30: new in Omnium-gatherum: New Year's Resolutions for 2023
• 2022.12.22: new review: Silent Night, Deadly Night/Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
• 2022.12.18: profile updated; fresh, fundamental advice in Omnium-gatherum: How to Have a Happy, Enduring Relationship
• 2022.12.15: new review: Officer Downe; new videocassette: The Man Who Knew Too Much
• 2022.12.13: something small and substantial: nonrepresentational subjoined to abstract/nonfigurative/nonrepresentational, stabile redefined and nested under abstract/abstraction in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; meronym/partonym and hypernym/superordinate (subordinate to synonym) introduced in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2022.12.10: four foggy photos
• 2022.12.9: new review: Hostel: Part II; profile updated
• 2022.12.5: easier compiled than conceived: prehensile deleted from ANATOMY; abstract/abstraction/concept/conception/construct/notion interposed, construct/conception/concept/abstraction reversed and reworked as abstract/abstraction/abstract entity/concept/conception/construct/notion (and hyponymous beau ideal/ideal and imago), verbal abstract redefined and nested under account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/find/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as) in CEREBRATION; offish inserted into aloof/cool/distant/offish/remote/unapproachable/upstage/withdrawn and bashful/chary/coy/demure/diffident/farouche/modest/mousy/nice/offish/shy/timid/timorous in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; construct and notion appended to abstract/abstraction/concept/conception/construct/notion, abstract and notion added to abstract/abstraction/abstract entity/concept/conception/construct/notion, under which beau ideal/ideal and imago are now nested in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC
• 2022.12.1: new review: The Rift: Dark Side of the Moon
• 2022.11.28: numerous products added to a redesigned Sets to See; some modest alterations: discretion inserted into detachment/disconnection/discretion/disjunction/disjuncture/disseverance/disseverment/disunion/separation/severance in ACTS; verbose/prolix/garrulous/diffuse and verbosity/verbiage/verbalism/surplusage/prolixity/diffusion deleted in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; periphrastical appended to reversed ambagious/circumlocutory/periphrastic/periphrastical subordinate to reversed diffuse/garrulous/prolix/verbose, periphrase interposed into reversed ambage/circumlocution/periphrase/periphrasis hyponymous under reversed diffusion/prolixity/surplusage/verbalism/verbiage/verbosity in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH and LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; binding*/compulsory#/imperative^/incumbent*/mandatory^/necessary#^/obligatory*^/required^ now cleanly referent of parenthetical definition in CONDITIONS; banterer/chaffer/persifleur/quiz/railleur inserted into FIGURES; definition of snowblind amended in MEDICINE; prehensory subjoined to prehensile/prehensory in ZOOLOGY; new links for Annusya Pipi, farmersmanual; new favorite WAD of DOOM II: Logistics Center
• 2022.11.25: new review: Let's Be Evil
• 2022.11.24: the soggy end of this Halloweek's dynamic quartet
• 2022.11.19: a BIGGER one: improvise/extemporize/ad-lib reversed and enriched with improvisate and improvisatize as ad-lib/extemporize/improvisate/improvisatize/improvise, circumgyrate and circumgyre added to circle/circumgyrate/circumgyre/circumrotate/gyrate/gyre/revolve/rotate/swivel/turn/wheel, from and under which pivot and swing have been subordinately relegated in ACTS; allegorical (and subordinate fabular/parabolic(al)) have been expunged, apological/fabular and apologue/fable have been interposed, depaint and depicture have been added and describe, limn, portray, and render have been removed from delineate/depaint/depict/depicture/picture/represent, hyponymous to which depaint/impaint/limn/paint/portray is newly nested, and describe, limn, and portray have been incorporated into describe/draw/limn/line/portray/trace, ad-lib has been obliterated, and extemporal, improvisate, and improviso included in extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/impromptu/improvisate/improvised/improviso, parable and parabolic/parabolical have been introduced into BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; equiparate has been interjected into compare/confer/equiparate/liken in CEREBRATION; depaint and depicture have been added to character/characterize/delineate/depaint/depict/depicture/describe/image/portray/render, under which assimilate/compare/confer/equiparate/liken/parallel has been expanded with the inclusion of confer and equiparate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; finative has been appended to definitive/finative, necessitousness and necessitude have been added, and hardship erased from reversed beggary/deprivation/destitution/impoverishment/indigence/need/neediness/necessitousness/necessitude/pauperdom/pauperism/pauperization/penury/poverty/privation/want, necessitied has been incorporated into bereft/deprived/destitute/immiserated/impoverished/indigent/necessitied/necessitous/needy/pauperized/penniless/penurious/poor, distract has been added to detached/disconnected/disjoined/disjunct/distract/disunited/parted/separated/severed/unattached/unconnected, as has distractedness to detachment/disconnectedness/disconnection/disjunction/disjuncture/disseverance/disseverment/distractedness/disunion/inconnection/parting/separation/severalty/severance in CONDITIONS; rechless and retchless have been inserted into both entries of madcap/rechless/reckless/retchless/temerarious, corrosive, mordacious, pointed, and pungent have been excised from, and sarcasmous interjected into biting/caustic/cutting/incisive/mordacious/mordant/piercing/sarcasmous/sarcastic in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; disrelish interjected into both nominal and verbal entries of dislike/disrelish/distaste in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; improvisatore/improvvisatore [OR] improvisatrice/improvvisatrice introduced in FIGURES; birthplace/cradle/provenance/provenience/source reversed, beneath which hyponymous birthplace and cradleland/urheimat are newly nested in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; acutangular added to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; allegoric/allegorical, allegory, and etymon/primitive/radical/radix/root are freshly interjected into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; hypochondria/hypochondriasis and somatophrenia have been interpolated into MEDICINE; equiparable has been added to akin/analogous/comparable/conformable/correspondent/corresponding/equiparable/kindred/like/parallel/similar, corrosive, mordacious, pointed, and pungent have been excised from, and sarcasmous interjected into biting/caustic/cutting/incisive/mordacious/mordant/piercing/sarcasmous/sarcastic, ethopoetic added, ad-lib has been cut from and extemporal, improvisate, and improviso newly included in extemporal/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/impromptu/improvisate/improviso/offhand/unpremeditated, extemporally has been added to ad lib/extemporally/extemporaneously/extemporarily/extempore/impromptu/offhand/unpremeditatedly, improvision has been inserted into improvidence/improvision/infrugality/thriftlessness in QUALITIES; postremote and preremote have been interposed into TIME
• 2022.11.16: new buttons (dxirc and Volk's Valhalla) and a textual link to dxirc interposed; peeves included and updated, and audio changed in the profile; another ASCII logotype generated by FIGlet and two newly favorited films added: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and Terror by Night
• 2022.11.11: new buttons: beeep and dazzlingdollies; numerous other links have been added and removed
• 2022.11.10: new review: Gregory's Two Girls
• 2022.11.5: new review: Super Dark Times; more of our glowing Jack-o'-lanterns
• 2021.10.28-31: new photographs of Goof & Gurney, some boughs, and this year's quartet of Jack-o'-lanterns!
• 2022.10.27: new review: Spectre
• 2022.10.21: new review: The Witch: A New-England Folktale
• 2022.10.15: new review: Cam; new button: GrayBox
• 2022.10.8: new review: Revanche; Cinematic Coordinates
• 2022.9.28: a big one: amenage incorporated into administer/administrate/amenage/conduct/control/direct/guide/head/manage/operate/oversee/run/superintend/supervise, amenage/cicurate/domesticate/domiciliate/gentle/reclaim/tame inserted, tame appended to reversed chasten/check/constrain/control/curb/inhibit/repress/smother/stifle/subdue/suppress/swallow/tame, dompt and adaunt interjected into suppress/subject/subdue/stifle/squelch/squash/repress/quell/pacify/overpower/dompt/crush/compel/adaunt in ACTS; adoxography, bambocciade, hypotyposis interposed in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; amenance prepended to amenance/attitude/bearing/behavior/comportment/conduct/countenance/demeanor/deportment/manner/mien in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; tame appended to reversed chasten/check/constrain/control/curb/inhibit/repress/smother/stifle/subdue/suppress/swallow/tame in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; ignicolist prepended to ignicolist/pyrolater/pyrolator in FIGURES; fire (under which balefire/bonfire is now and conflagration/deflagration/empyrosis/fire/flagration is newly nested) and lusus naturae added to MISCELLANY; agrestic/agrestical/country/rural/rustic interjected, prototypal/prototypic(al) obliterated from classic/exemplary/model/paradigmatic/representative/typic(al), hydrokinetic and igneous/pyrogenous interpolated, indomptable inserted into indomitable/indomptable/insuperable/insurmountable/invincible/unconquerable and indomitable/indomptable/invincible/unbeatable/unconquerable, polymorphous introduced into QUALITIES; ignicolist prepended to ignicolist/pyrolater/pyrolator in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2022.9.25: a surplus of comics by Jodo, Larson, Watterson, et al. has been interpolated into the library's catalog....
• 2022.9.24: quick, contact your regional human rights tribunal and report to them that Omnium-gatherum is back!!
• 2022.9.23: new review: Crimes of the Future
• 2022.9.19: index reworked; formatting of Blixa Einstuerzende: Bargeld Harassed tweaked; logotypes of ASCII art interpolated in links, the audio collection, and the VHS collection, wherein Predator is newly indexed; new article on Omnium-gatherum concerning launch
• 2022.9.17: new review: Born of Fire
• 2022.8.28: profile is newly enhanced
• 2022.8.26: new review: Xtra Credit
• 2022.8.19: new review: Whores' Glory
• 2022.8.11: new review: Devil in the Flesh 2
• 2022.8.10: claims, et al.: claim (under which pretend/profess/purport and profess are relegated) is now twice hyponymously defined and nested under affirm/allege/assert/asseverate/attest/aver/avouch/avow/certify/contend/declare/maintain/predicate/profess/state/swear and affirmation/allegation/assertion/asseveration/averment/avowal/declaration/predication/profession/protestation/statement in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; et alia [OR] et alii [OR] et aliae/et al. and et cetera/etc. finally introduced into LATIN ON LOAN
• 2022.8.7: links to Mateusz Viste's calculators and games
• 2022.8.4: new review: Devil in the Flesh; new videocassette: Breakdown
• 2022.8.3: new photos of Goof & Gurney alfresco
• 2022.7.29: new review: Santa's Summer House/A Talking Cat!?!; nifty new buttons for my sites!
• 2022.7.21: new review: Home Invasion
• 2022.7.16: new review: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie; new videocassette (Scarface) and sections for De Palma, Depeche Mode, and Dickie Donner
• 2022.7.8: new review: The Frontier
• 2022.7.6: the hyponyms made me do it....AGAIN!!0o0!!: bind/coerce/compel/constrain/drive/force/impel/make/oblige/press/pressure/pressurize/urge (and subordinate bind/obligate/oblige, coerce/dragoon, constrain/impel/obligate/oblige/pressure/pressurize, dragoon) reworked and nested under actuate/arouse/enkindle/excite/galvanize/goad/incite/instigate/move/prompt/provoke/rouse/spark/spur/stimulate/urge as coerce/compel/constrain/drive/force/impel/make/oblige/press/urge (and hyponymous bind/constrain/impel/obligate/oblige/pressure, bind/obligate/oblige, coerce/dragoon), make interjected into convince/induce/make/persuade/prevail (on, upon) in ACTS; urge newly nested under advocate/boost/champion/commend/endorse/favor/promote/recommend/support in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; bind prepended to bind/obligate/oblige in LAW
• 2022.6.30: new review: The Overnight
• 2022.6.28: the synonyms made me do it: waken/urge/sting/stimulate/spur/spark/rouse/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/goad/galvanize/excite/enkindle/arouse/actuate (and subordinate solicit/raise/instigate/incite/foment/ferment) reworked by reversion as actuate/arouse/enkindle/excite/galvanize/goad/incite/instigate/move/prompt/provoke/rouse/spark/spur/stimulate/urge (and hyponymous agitate/ferment/foment/incite/instigate/raise/stir up, solicit, convince/induce/persuade/prevail (on, upon), sting), foment cut from advance/boost/cultivate/encourage/forward/foster/further/help/nurture/promote, impel/incentivize/motivate introduced into ACTS
• 2022.6.24: new review: Contamination
• 2022.6.21: just in time for the solstice, our lucent nouns: blaze prepended to blaze/blazon/display/exhibit/parade in ACTS; luminosity introduced in ASTRONOMY; blaze added to announce/annunciate/blaze/blazon/declare/enounce/enunciate/herald/predicate/proclaim, now nested under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; blaze prepended to blaze/ebullition/flaw/gust/outburst/passion/sally in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; brightness/brilliance/brilliancy/effulgence/fulgency/irradiance/irradiancy/lucence/lucency/luminance/luminosity/luster/radiance/radiancy/refulgence/refulgency/resplendence/resplendency/shine/splendor (and subordinate blaze/dazzle/glow/incandescence, lambency) reworked as lucence/lucency/luminance/luminosity/luster/shine (and hyponymous blaze/brightness/brilliance/brilliancy/effulgence/fulgency/incandescence/refulgence/refulgency/resplendence/resplendency/shine/splendor, incandescence/incandescency, irradiance/irradiancy/radiance/radiancy, lambency, luminescence, chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, triboluminescence) in SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 2022.6.16: new review: Desecrated
• 2022.6.8: more luminous adjectives: blazing prepended to blazing/bright/brilliant/effulgent/fulgent/fulgid/incandescent/refulgent/resplendent/shining/splendent, under which blazing/dazzling/incandescent has been deleted, and shrill excised from subordinate blinding/dazzling/glaring, incandescent and luminescent (and hyponymous chemiluminescent, bioluminescent, fluorescent, phosphorescent, triboluminescent) now nested beneath lucent/luminous/lustrous/shining/shiny/splendent in SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 2022.6.10: 40 nonfiction paperbacks added to my library
• 2022.6.9: new review: Creep 2
• 2022.6.8: shining, then brighter: bright added to alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bright/bubbly/crisp/effervescent/energetic/feisty/flush/lively/lusty/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/racy/sparkling/spicy/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy and bright/buoyant/cheerful/cheery/genial/glad/jolly/lighthearted/merry/upbeat in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; luminous appended to edifying/enlightening/illuminating/luminous in QUALITIES; beaming/beamy/bright/brilliant/effulgent/fulgent/irradiant/lucent/luminous/lustrous/radiant/refulgent/resplendent/shining/shiny/splendent reworked as lucent/luminous/lustrous/shining/shiny/splendent (and hyponymous beaming/beamy/irradiant/radiant, bright/brilliant/effulgent/fulgent/fulgid/incandescent/refulgent/resplendent/shining/splendent, and glowing) in SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 2022.6.2: new review: Raw Nerve
• 2022.6.1: Robert's Favorite Video Games has been thoroughly redesigned
• 2022.5.31: Robert's Favorite Motion Pictures has been radically redesigned and extensively emended, and now includes a new section for Amy Heckerling; new (used) paperbacks in my library: Schopenhauer, Hawthorne, Rousseau
• 2022.5.30: more fears, desires, loves and labor: ergasiophilia/ergophilia newly nested beneath love/passion/philia, as are empleomania and ergasiomania/ergomania under mania, ergasiophobia prepended to and hyponymously nested under ergasiophobia/ergophobia, thaasophobia freshly nested beneath phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; ergophile interjected into FIGURES; ergology and flexitime/flextime introduced to MISCELLANY; definition of dichotomous tweaked in QUALITIES; new links to Javatari and games by Pierre Sarrazin
• 2022.5.27: new review: The Children
• 2022.5.24: fuzzy in the noodle: detract prepended to detract/distract/divert, enatation inserted into ACTS; aboulia/abulia, acalculia, amnesia (and hyponymous paramnesia) introduced into CEREBRATION; fugitation interjected into LAW; weird appended to metaphysical/mystic/mystical/occult/paranormal/preternatural/supernatural/supernormal/transcendental/weird in MAGIC & PARAPSYCHOLOGY
• 2022.5.21: new review: 5x2; two new homemade icons for xrobots
• 2022.5.17: birth of a superentry: exhaust excised from debilitate/devitalize/emasculate/enervate/enfeeble/incapacitate/prostrate/tire/weaken, bestow/reposit/save/store/stow (and subordinate cache and pack/stow), bury/inhume/inter, cloak/conceal/hide/secrete (and hyponymous cache/stash), entomb/inter/sepulcher/sepulchre, insert/inset/introduce, reversed insert/interject/interpolate/interpose (and subordinate interleave), and replace/restore/return newly nested beneath deposit/emplace/lay/locate/park/place/plant/posit/position/put/repose/set/situate/stick, exhaust replaced by exhale (and hyponymous fume) under discharge/disgorge/eject/emanate/emit/expel/issue/void in ACTS; euphuism and Gongorism freshly nested under diction/phraseology/phrasing/wording, euphuistic/euphuistical and Gongoristic correspondingly nested beneath turgid/tumid/tumescent/rhetorical/purple/plethoric/overwrought/orotund/magniloquent/grandiloquent/fustian/flatulent/declamatory/bombastic/aureate in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; new links to Icon Archive and Falkon
• 2022.5.13: new review: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
• 2022.5.6: new links of Using Sox, xmotd, and xvkbd
• 2022.4.27: brand-new, homemade icons: Files & directories, bc, buici-clock, XGalaga, xrobots, DOOM2
• 2022.4.24: 2 new links to xroach and XSokoban
• 2022.4.23: new videocassettes: Taxi Driver, Ladyhawke
• 2022.4.15: new review: Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!; more icons from Windows 3.1's Control Panel
• 2022.4.9: new review: Gregory's Girl; a panoply of new icons from Windows 3.1
• 2022.4.1: new review: Harlequin: Another Woman; Rampancy's button and higan (x2)
• 2022.3.28: a pair of links to XLogical and X-pired; two new albums: Primer, Upstream Color; new icon: OS/2 2.1 System Clock (how did I miss this?!)
• 2022.3.25: new review: Upstream Color
• 2022.3.20: I'll bet you can't guess: G'MIC, GraphicsMagick, xhime, ZArt; new (old) TPB: The Far Side Gallery 2
• 2022.3.17: links are this site's candy: VVdeC, xine
• 2022.3.9: a couple more links: Shotcut and VV
• 2022.3.7: those links can't stop: gst123, youtube-viewer; new videocassette and section thereof: Those Wonderful Dogs
• 2022.3.5: new videocassette: Stage Fright
• 2022.3.3: yet still more links of software: BrainCurses, LibTIFF
• 2022.3.2: still more links of software: MediaInfo, renrot, tgif
• 2022.2.28: (not really a) new videocassette: A Tale of Winter; more links: gallery-dl, youtube-dl
• 2022.2.23: I'll stop pretending that there's any end to these periodic influxes of links; this new batch is mostly derived from LXQt: AtomicParsley, PCManFM-Qt, gimmage, LXImage-Qt, Qlipper, QTerminal, FeatherPad; (st excised)
• 2022.2.17: okay, links to a few more programs: 2048-Qt, Xye, dcraw, Fyre, gcolor2, GIFLIB, DiffPDF
• 2022.2.15: link to one (17) more game(s): nbsdgames; new videocassette: Dr. Strangelove
• 2022.2.12: yet more software, yet more links: Angband, Zangband, quit, aaphoto
• 2022.2.11: more software, more links: exhale, flite, MixerTUI, xmmix, yell, catclock, Alizarin Tetris, Brogue, Epiphany, Pacman Arena, Phalanx, tty-solitaire, Twin Distress, XGalaga-SDL, Crispy Doom, DeuTex, Eureka, Mari0, XMulti/XMaid, AzPainterB, sxiv, nsxiv, VPaint, Acidwarp, aee, Diakonos, Kibi, micro
• 2022.2.5: a new favorite WAD: Myfirstmap
• 2022.1.31: Glass Eye Pix and MR.SIGA added to links, from which ABClock has been deleted; still more photos of hibernally boxed Goof & Gurney
• 2022.1.28: more photos of hiemally boxed Goof & Gurney
• 2022.1.23: NEdit added to links, from which DClock, nnn, and ytree have been excised as the first victims of The Flush; quoted acclaim in my profile is now more elegantly and efficiently formatted with CSS
• 2022.1.19: a pair of irksome neologisms: plant-based, stan; Mozart: The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio
• 2022.1.10: more icons from OS/2 2 and my homemade collection
• 2022.1.8: new review: Weekend of a Champion
• 2022.1.5: an omission redressed: personate incorporated into act/enact/personate/play/portray/render/represent in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT and embody/epitomize/image/impersonate/incarnate/incorporate/personate/personify in CONDITIONS; Goof and Gurney kip cozily in a box
• 2022.1.3: Time and Space and Test Pattern
• 2022.1.1: new review: The Beaver
• 2021.12.26: new photos of lolling Gurney and snoozing Goof
• 2021.12.18: new review: Hot Fuzz
• 2021.12.13: another favorite film added: The Changeling; new links: some staggeringly, hilariously ahistorical article about OMM, Domestic Movie Theatrical Market Summary 1995 to 2021, ExifTool
• 2021.12.11: new review: Standing Tall
• 2021.12.7: new two: polysyndetic and polysyndeton added to LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.12.3: new review: Tracks
• 2021.11.30: the (off-)white man is BACK: desolate added to abandon/desert/desolate/drop/forsake in ACTS; stylometry introduced to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; parenthesized articles of animadvert*/blame/criticize/deprecate/reprehend, and subordinate animadvert*/attack/blast/castigate/censure/chastise/clobber/condemn/crucify/deplore/excoriate/flay/hammer/pan/rail^/reproach/reprobate/savage/scathe/scorch/scourge/slam/slash/vituperate/whip/zing (from which declaim, fulminate, and inveigh have been obliterated), decry/denounce/fulminate* (from which rail has been deleted), and attack/declaim*/denigrate/disparage/fulminate*/invect/inveigh*/rail*^/revile/slur/vilify/vilipend/vituperate (into which declaim, fulminate, and inveigh have been interjected) are now parenthetically specified in their respective definitions in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; internuncio/internuncius newly nested beneath nuncio and envoy/envoy extraordinary/minister plenipotentiary, hypochondriac/valetudinarian/valetudinary and invalid/valetudinarian/valetudinary added in FIGURES; Parnassus introduced to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; circumferent/compassing/encompassing reworked as circumambient/compassing/enclosing/encompassing/surrounding and hyponymous circumambient/circumferent/compassing/encircling/encompassing in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; hypochondriac/valetudinarian/valetudinary and invalid/valetudinarian/valetudinary freshly interpolated into MEDICINE; internuncio/internuncius now nested under nuncio in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2021.11.19: new review: Eyewitness
• 2021.11.17: the saprogenic end of this year's pumpkins; a pair of nice landscapes; new videocassette (Murder by Death); buttons for J0sh and NeoCities interjected
• 2021.11.12: new review: Tenue de soirée
• 2021.11.8: the moldering aftermath....
• 2021.11.7: new design and videotape: Zelig
• 2021.11.6: new review: Filth; new links: ZONKOUT, Faye Kahn, Pusheen the cat
• 2021.11.1: luminous Jack-o'-lanterns on Halloween night; more scenes from the great Autumnal outdoors
• 2021.10.31: the first funky pumpkins of Halloween have been sighted!
• 2021.10.30: paperbacks: Batman, Mad Magazine; profile updated, now disunited from reformatted favorites and peeves
• 2021.10.28: new review: Tales of Halloween
• 2021.10.15: new review: The Wailing
• 2021.10.7: new review: Late Phases
• 2021.10.3: episodes of MST3K are now itemized among the favorite flicks; new album (sort of): Spanish Guitar Music
• 2021.10.1: new review: Beyond the Gates
• 2021.9.25: new review: The Chase
• 2021.9.16: new review: Tip Top
• 2021.9.13: fresh collection: Ministry; new link: The Betamax Rundown
• 2021.9.10: still more trade paperbacks: Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Aso, Beckett, Blume, Böll, Cleary, Dahl, Dalí, Desani, Dick, Eager, Euripides, Fitzgerald, Greene, Pérez-Reverte, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Verne, Voltaire, Winterson
• 2021.9.9: trade paperbacks galore: Harms, Hindu folktales, Homer, Joyce, Kotzwinkle, Lessing, Maclean, McCarthy, Melville, Miller, Molière, Ovid, Murasaki, Pasternak, Barlow and Stivers
• 2021.9.8: new miscellaneous links: lolwut?, NIPPON COLORS, SUPERPREDATOR
• 2021.9.3: music by Prokofiev, Kawai, Scarlatti, etc. added to all indices, links, profile; new button for Happy Dancing Flowers
• 2021.9.2: new review: In the Name of My Daughter
• 2021.8.25: new buttons: faiyubu's page, FRESH, MJ's Playhouse, SNAKE'S SALOON
• 2021.8.20: new review: Valley of Love
• 2021.8.12: new review: Vernon, Florida
• 2021.8.10: a lexical living: sustain subjoined to aliment/maintain/provide (for)/subsist/sustain, conjunctions of survive/subsist/live/exist now parenthetically redefined in ACTS; comedic/comic/comical/thalian introduced to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; antithalian interjected into DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT
• 2021.8.6: new review: Misunderstood
• 2021.8.3: one thing leads to some others: light appended to alight/debark/disembark/land/light, definition of approach/come/draw near [or] close/near corrected, come interjected into arise/attend/come/ensue/eventuate/follow/issue/proceed/result, stumble (upon [or] on [or] across)/light (upon [or] on)/happen (upon [or] on)/find/encounter/come upon [or] across/chance (upon [or] on) reworked into (parenthetical) chance*/come*^/encounter/find/happen*/light*/stumble*^ in ACTS; find interpolated into redefined account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/find/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as) in CEREBRATION; patron added to buyer/client/customer/emptor/patron/purchaser/vendee, under which patron has been expanded and redefined as frequenter/habitue/patron/regular in ECONOMICS and FIGURES; concessionaire/concessionnaire/concessionary/concessioner, croupier and frequenter/habitue/regular (with hyponymous fixture) introduced to FIGURES; regular subjoined to symmetric(al)/regular, subordinate to which isobilateral/bilateral/bilaterally symmetric(al) has been reversed in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; light added to agile/deft/light(-footed)/lightsome/lissom(e)/nimble/volant and de minimis/desipient/dinky/fiddling/foolish/footling/frivolous/inconsequential/inconsiderable/insignificant/light/lilliputian/little/marginal/negligible/niggling/nugatory/paltry/peripheral/petty/picayune/piddling/piffling/pissant/slight/small/superficial/trifling/trivial/unimportant
• 2021.8.2: new, better pictures of Raphael and wildflowers
• 2021.7.29: new review: Omar; two new videotapes: Lord Love a Duck, Kingpin
• 2021.7.27: the living is easy: dally (away)/dawdle/diddle (around)/dilly-dally/fritter (away)/idle/loiter/lollygag/lounge/piddle/shilly-shally/trifle (away) and dally/dawdle/delay/dilly-dally/loiter reworked as trifle*/shilly-shally/piddle*^/lounge*/lollygag/loiter*/loaf*/lallygag/idle*/dilly-dally/diddle^/dawdle*/dally*, now nested under waste/wanton*/trifle*/squander/misspend/dissipate/consume in ACTS
• 2021.7.24: new review: Clouds of Sils Maria; more wildflowers
• 2021.7.20: waterfalls, literal and otherwise: maliferous interjected into dangerous/dicey/hazardous/maliferous/parlous/perilous/risky/treacherous/unsafe in CONDITIONS; cascade/cataract/waterfall reworked as cascade/waterfall (and subordinate cascade, cataract) in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; laxative (and hyponymous aperient) introduced in MEDICINE; efficient newly nested under effective/effectual/efficacious/operative/powerful in QUALITIES; soniferous added to SOUNDS
• 2021.7.16: new album: Iczer-1 Battle Music Collection; new review: Sex Doll
• 2021.7.9: new review: In Like Flint
• 2021.7.2: new review: Fatal Charm; new album: The House of the Devil
• 2021.6.25: new review: Batman: The Movie; wild roses!
• 2021.6.23: hundreds more of the library's books by Charles Dickens, Ian Fleming, Alan Dean Foster, Frank Herbert, et alii have been newly cataloged and interpolated...
• 2021.6.18: new review: Teenage Cocktail
• 2021.6.11: new review: A Reason to Believe
• 2021.6.10: plenteous images of my filmic faves have been extensively, efficiently juxtaposed, and Theatre of the Aire, Time Chasers and new sections for the movies of John Frankenheimer and Irvin Kershner have been added therein...
• 2021.6.4: new review: The Manhattan Project; new link: GNU bc
• 2021.6.2: 90+ links of software: The Jargon File, PeaZip, Gnome MPlayer, ReZound, ABClock, Alarm Clock, cairo-clock, Dali Clock, DClock, morla, Comical, QComicBook, FDclone, lfm, PCManFM, pfm, Baucom, Kirk (ASCIIQuarium, TextMaze), Block Rage, GNU Chess, ctris, Falling Block Game, jTans, Heroes, PrBoom+, Luola, Monster Masher, Monsterz, Snes9x (x2), Puck-Man, Ri-li, SDL Asylum, Schemel, Holger (Mirror Magic, Rocks'n'Diamonds), Simplevaders, Trip on the Funny Boat, Which Way is Up?, Word War vi, XBill, XBoard, XBubble, XMascot, Zawinski, Jamie (DadaDodo, Dali Clock, XScreenSaver), Zaz, AzPainter, gbdfed, GrafX2, Pixelize, GNU Paint, AA-Project, ansiweather, The home page of David Ingalls Bell, calcurse, catdoc & xls2csv, Coreutils, lolcat, Mark's Projects, Nitrogen, Nyan Cat Telnet Server, Pauker, thinglaunch, thingylaunch, TkDVD, Umix, xoscope, GNU Bash, fish, evilvte, LXTerminal, xvt, mrxvt, GNU Diffutils, GNU Wdiff, CADUBI, CSSED, e93, FeatherPad, fxite, LE, ReText, Ted, Tetradraw, Yudit, Lynx, qutebrowser
• 2021.5.29: new review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• 2021.5.26: new links: Frank Hassle, FFaudioConverter, MOC, Sweep, xdiskusage, YACReader, nnn, ytree, greed, IceBreaker, klondike & dontspace, Rocks'n'Diamonds, Scavenger, sl, sol, xdesktopwaves, aumix, FIGlet, pstree, tty-clock, Z Shell, LilyTerm, The Hessling Editor
• 2021.5.21: new review: Liquid Sky
• 2021.5.18: new albums, track: Mister Moses, In Concert, Zuerich, Dolce Vita
• 2021.5.14: new review: Shallow Grave
• 2021.5.13: an old favorite added to the audio collection: Pan sonic's Kulma
• 2021.5.6: new review: Listening
• 2021.4.30: new review: Evolution
• 2021.4.16: new review: In Defense of a Married Man
• 2021.4.2: new review: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
• 2021.3.31: perhaps the internet's thousandth list of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes
• 2021.3.29: a new button by and to NENKOWEB; once more afore vacation: parenthesized (away)s excised and referenced in definition of waste/wanton*/trifle*/squander/misspend/dissipate/consume in ACTS; '/apostrophe newly nested under punctuation mark in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.3.28: oodles of great, favorite levels for DOOM II and Quake now indexed
• 2021.3.25: new review: Cries from the Heart
• 2021.3.24: extensive recategorizations and permutations of, additions to and deletions from the catalog of favorite games
• 2021.3.23: punctually preparing a nest: ./period/full stop/full point (and subordinate .../ellipsis), !/bang/exclamation mark/exclamation point (and hyponymous ?!/interrobang), ?/question mark/interrogation point/interrogative (and subordinate ?!/interrobang), ,/comma, :/colon, ;/semicolon, -/hyphen and //diagonal/separatrix/shilling mark/slant/(forward) slash/solidus/stroke/virgule now nested under punctuation mark in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.3.22: new books by Anthony Burgess, Arthur C. Clarke and many more...
• 2021.3.19: new review: Superman III
• 2021.3.16: waste and punctuation: fritter interjected into dilacerate/dilaniate/discerp/fritter/shred, fritter excised from and now nested under waste/wanton (away)/trifle away/squander/misspend/dissipate/consume in ACTS; -/hyphen added to LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.3.13: new review: Max Dugan Returns
• 2021.3.10: Van Cliburn's My Favorite Chopin interpolated into the audio collection
• 2021.3.9: inclusion of an abused mark (no thanks, to the moronic girlfriend, of, a Scottish, comedian): ,/comma inserted into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; flagrant deleted from arresting/blazing/conspicuous/glaring/marked/noticeable/outstanding/prominent/pronounced/salient/striking in QUALITIES; Noriko Sakai added to the audio collection
• 2021.3.5: new review: Holidays
• 2021.3.2: the ultimate punctuation, period: period added to ASTRONOMY; retrospect nested under cogitate/consider/contemplate/debate/deliberate/excogitate/meditate*/mull^/muse/ponder*^/reflect*/ruminate*/speculate*/think (about), and retrospect/retrospection beneath cogitation/consideration/contemplation/debate/deliberation/excogitation/meditation/reflection/rumination/speculation/thought in CEREBRATION; ./period/full stop/full point (and hyponymous .../ellipsis) introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.2.25: new review: Destiny
• 2021.2.22: yes, that one too: colon added to ANATOMY; :/colon and ;/semicolon introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.2.18: style sheets of the audio and book catalogs have been enhanced to confer stylistic idiosyncracies to both
• 2021.2.16: whoa! A bigger bang: !/bang/exclamation mark/exclamation point (and subordinate ?!/interrobang) introduced into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2021.2.14: links of software entirely rearranged, now including Mumble, The Mumble Map, Natlas (x2) and Viewnior
• 2021.2.9: why jack up those characters?! Here's why: ?/question mark/interrogation point/interrogative (and subordinate ?!/interrobang) introduced, unique characters of //diagonal/separatrix/shilling mark/slant/(forward) slash/solidus/stroke/virgule and #/crosshatch/hash/octothorpe/number [OR] pound sign now prepended rather than appended to their respective entries in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; definitions of two jacks added to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2021.2.7: icons of templates from OS/2 2; two (relatively) new albums: Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Brahms: Double Concerto, Close Encounters of the Third Kind - The Collector's Edition Soundtrack
• 2021.2.2: dispensing (gossip): conjunction of allot/deal*/dish out/dispense/distribute/divide/dole*/lot/mete*/parcel*/portion*/share* (and hyponymous allot/apportion/deal*/divide/lot/mete*/prorate/share* and dole*) now parenthetically specified in definitions in ACTS; dish and gossip interjected into bruit/rumor (pl. dish/gossip/hearsay/rumor/rumors/scuttlebutt) and bruit/dish/gossip/rumor in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH
• 2021.1.28: 110+ icons from OS/2 2.0 and 2.1
• 2021.1.26: deep thoughts and a common phobia: think subjoined to reversed aim/design/intend/mean/meditate/plan/propose/purpose/think, parenthetical conjunctions referenced and relegated to definition of cogitate/consider/contemplate/debate/deliberate/excogitate/meditate*/mull^/muse/ponder*^/reflect*/ruminate*/speculate*/think (about), under which subordinate contemplate was expanded to consider/contemplate/meditate/think in CEREBRATION; claustrophobia/cleistophobia now nested under phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS
• 2021.1.22: new review: Escorts
• 2021.1.21: finally, Robert's Audio Collection is here!
• 2021.1.19: oh, so we're into that: edeomania newly nested under mania, paraphilia (and hyponymous ablutophilia, algolagnia/masochism, catagelophilia, algolagnia/sadism, aquaphilia, coprophilia, exhibitionism, haphephilia/haptephilia/naphephilia, kopophilia, medorthophilia, podophilia, scopophilia/scoptophilia/voyeurism) introduced to FEELINGS & SENSATIONS
• 2021.1.15: new review: The Stranger Beside Me
• 2021.1.13: short and sweet: plasmodium introduced to MISCELLANY; buckish/coxcombic/coxcombical/coxcomical/dandy/dandyish/foppish added to QUALITIES
• 2021.1.9: new review: Unspeakable Acts
• 2021.1.5: a tidy quartet: insula/island of Reil interpolated into ANATOMY; photosynthesis introduced in BOTANY; photolysis interposed into SIGHTS & LIGHTS; coypu/nutria added to ZOOLOGY
• 2020.12.29: fun at the clinic and lab: rigwiddie interjected into adamant/constant/decided/decisive/determined/dogged/firm/immovable/inflexible/intent/intractable/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/persistent/persisting/pertinacious/purposeful/resolute/resolved/rigwiddie/rocky/set/stable/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stiff/stubborn/tenacious/unfaltering/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding and adamant/decided/decisive/determined/firm/immovable/inflexible/intractable/intransigent/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/pertinacious/resolute/rigwiddie/rocky/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stubborn/uncompromising/unfaltering/unregenerate/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; photopathy added, under which photalgia, photophobia and photodysphoria are now nested, phototherapeutics/phototherapy introduced in MEDICINE; lithophany interposed into MISCELLANY; annihilationism added to RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; rigwiddie and thermometer (and hyponymnous clinical thermometer, gas thermometer, pyrometer, optical pyrometer/pyrophotometer, resistance thermometer, thermocouple) inserted into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; new links for Mirage, Otter Browser and G. Torelli's utilities
• 2020.12.22: chromatic, photic and syntactic effects: chatoyancy added, variegated/varicolored/rainbow/polychromatic/multihued/multicolored/colorful reversed as colorful/multicolored/multihued/polychromatic/rainbow/varicolored, under which chatoyant (subordinate to changeable) is newly nested, iridescent (and hyponymous nacreous/opaline/opalescent/pearlescent/pearly) and newly defined variegated are now nested, dichroism/dichromaticism introduced to COLORS; syllepsis/zeugma freshly relegated under trope, syllepsis interposed into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; chatoyant inserted into MISCELLANY; thaumatogeny added to RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; luminescence (and subordinate chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, triboluminescence) interpolated, luminescent/phosphorescent reworked as luminescent (and hyponymous chemiluminescent, bioluminescent, fluorescent, phosphorescent, triboluminescent) in SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 7288.93.-06: so you got lost...
• 2020.12.18: new review: The Midnight Meat Train
• 2020.12.15: still more photic phenomena, and oral ailments: phototropism individually introduced in BOTANY and ZOOLOGY; invultuation transferred from RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY to MAGIC & PARAPSYCHOLOGY; antitrismus and lockjaw/trismus added to retitled MEDICINE; pseudelminth interjected into MISCELLANY; photokinesis (and hyponymous phototaxis/phototaxy/phototropism and phototropism) inserted into renamed SIGHTS & LIGHTS
• 2020.12.12: now everyone can browse the digi-spines of my books
• 2020.12.8: yet more light and the wheel (unreconstructed): rotiform nested beneath annular/circinate/circular/orbicular/ringed/round in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; photalgia (and subordinate photophobia and photodysphoria) introduced into MEDICAL; spectrogram/spectrograph added to SIGHTS; photodrome, spectrogram/spectrograph, spectroscope (and hyponymous spectrograph) interjected into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2020.12.5: oodles of new links regarding software: CBViewer, countrycodes, diff-pdf, eSpeak, flac123, LostIRC, scrot, termplay, timg, TuDu; CMatrix, Doom Legacy, Lexter, XBlockOut, XEmeraldia, xlennart, Xteddy; GTKTerm, LilyTerm, mlterm, st, stjerm, luit, YeahConsole; Checkmate MP3 Checker/Mpck, Command Line Progress Bar, grzip, mkvalidator, mpgtx, Personal File Manager, unzoo, XArchive
• 2020.11.27: Halloween's pumpkins: the icky end
• 2020.11.12: new review: The Acid House
• 2020.10.31: this Halloween's least frightful quartet
• 2020.10.19: MDEFAVEZ4EVR: Kickstarter TV, Ecstasy of Car, You Whipped My Wife!
• 2020.9.11: oodles of links pertaining to software (applications, games, operating systems, and now shells and terminal emulators) have been newly listed and/or nested
• 2020.8.19: new review: Indiscretion
• 2020.8.11: new review: The Damned
• 2020.8.5: new review: The Party
• 2020.7.31, 2020.8.3: clouds aplenty...and the mooooon
• 2020.7.28: new review: Hot Girls Wanted
• 2020.7.25: a few new videocassettes: The Deer Hunter, License to Drive, Cats: Caressing the Tiger; more verbal diarrhea: crotchal, groinal, za
• 2020.7.21: new review: Je t'aime moi non plus; a new link to Robert Harvey Oshatz
• 2020.7.14: another light, measured update: refraction added to ASTRONOMY; photometry (and subordinate actinometry and polarimetry), refraction/refringence (and hyponymous birefringence/double refraction) and refringence introduced in SIGHTS; refraction/refringence and refringence inserted into SOUNDS; actinometer (and subordinate pyrheliometer) and photometer (and hyponymous polarimeter and spectrophotometer) interjected into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2020.7.13: new rectangles and squares; details interpolated pertaining to Show and Paris; fresh photos of a cloudless sky, landscapes, and a cottonwood
• 2020.7.7: a light update: definition of summum bonum edited and elaborated in LATIN ON LOAN and PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; pharology introduced in MARINE & NAUTICAL; catoptric added, new superentry optics/opties/photics/photology (and hyponymous optics, catoptrics, dioptrics, catadioptrics, pharology, photodynamics) interposed in SIGHTS; more stupidly popular terms: good on, Middle East, Middle Eastern, vaguery
• 2020.7.1: some additions: all tangible formats now specified (yes, DCC too!), notes have been revised accordingly, and several errors have been amended
• 2020.6.30: new review: The Founder
• 2020.6.23: give 'em bracelets: girt/gird/bind/belt/begirt/begird reversed and parenthesized as belt/bind/(be)gird/(be)girt, bind prepended to bind/coerce/compel/constrain/drive/force/impel/make/oblige/press/pressure/pressurize/urge (and subordinate bind/obligate/oblige), fetter, handcuff, manacle and shackle interpolated into bound/circumscribe/confine/constrain/constrict/curb/fetter/handcuff/limit/manacle/restrain/restrict/shackle/withhold, under which hobble (and subordinate spancel), and reworked shackle (and hyponymous cuff/handcuff/manacle and enfetter/fetter) are now nested, handcuff interjected into thwart/stymie/stop/snooker/scuttle/prevent/hinder/handcuff/frustrate/foil/discomfit/disappoint/defeat/dash/confound/bilk/bar/balk/baffle, lignify newly nested under transubstantiate/transmute/transform/convert/commute in ACTS; cuff/turnup split into redefined cuff and cuff/turnup in ATTIRE; hobble/shackle (beneath which spancel is now relegated) and shackle inserted into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2020.6.18: two placid photos of Gurney, and The Cure Discography: 1978-1998
• 2020.6.12: new review: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
• 2020.6.13: I've scrubbed, reformatted and hosted another moldy oldie
• 2020.6.12: new review: Faults
• 2020.6.9: jettisoning parenthesized prepositions and second-wave neologisms: parenthetical (from) and (oneself) excised from abjure/abstain*/avoid/eschew/forbear/refrain*/refuse/resist/withhold* and abjure/abnegate/abstain*/avoid/deny**/dispense with/eschew/forgo/forego/resist and definitionally explicated in ACTS; draftswoman and draftsperson obliterated from redefined drafter/draftsman in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS and BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; businessperson supplanted by businessman in ECONOMICS; businessperson and businesswoman cut from businessman, horsewoman deleted from caballero/equestrian/horseman/horseback rider, newspaperwoman and presswoman expunged from contributor/newswriter/newspaperman/pressman/reporter, draftswoman and draftsperson erased from drafter/draftsman, and craftsperson and craftswoman effaced from journeyman/craftsman/artisan/artificer in FIGURES; -adjacent tabled in the Douche-English Dictionary
• 2020.5.31: Tucker's Witch is now among a select few televised series enumerated as one my Favorite Motion Pictures; confronting and sex worker newly tabulated in the Douche-English Dictionary
• 2020.5.26: new review: XXY
• 2020.5.21: new review: License to Drive; a link to little Justin Whang
• 2020.5.18: yet more links: ELinks (x2), exiftags, gnome-paint, GNU GV, id3v2, PosteRazor, PyRoom, GNU Paint, DVD-Video Information, PySol and PySol Fan Club Edition, FFmpeg and WinFF, findutils, gif2png, GKSu, GNU Wget, Nicotine+ (x2), OggConvert, OptiPNG, pdmenu, TkDesk, Trimage, Yash
• 2020.5.13: more links: Aewan, apng2gif/gif2apng, Dia, mpg123, mpg321, SoX, Amoebax, Meritous, ES, Brag, ddir
• 2020.5.13: new links: FED (x2), Open Cubic Player, The Doszip Commander, WDG CSSCheck, sankakunoshinikuaji
• 2020.5.12: new review: Charlotte for Ever; two new indices!
• 2020.5.10: new photos of Goof and Gurney, snoozy on a sofa
• 2020.5.5: new review: Strange Voices
• 2020.5.4: the index's layout has been reformatted again, and all of its graphics updated; a few links have been added
• 2020.4.28: new review: Bang Gang
• 2020.4.22: Good gravy: a brand-new index!! (Don't worry; the old one is obsolescent, but still usable); all buttons inserted into links, which is probably where they belonged de novo...
• 2020.4.14: new review: The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
• 2020.4.12: Jack Wagner's now classed as a Whitby; three fresh photos of Goof's new, corrugated bedchamber; samples of November are now captioned; samples of Every Apron's Strings added
• 2020.4.7: new review: A Dangerous Woman
• 2020.4.1: new review: Bluebeard
• 2020.3.25: odds and ends #5: pause interposed into redefined caesura/cesura/pause/||, interval appended to entr'acte/intermission/interval, interval and suspension introduced in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; abeyance/caesura/cesura/interval/pause/suspension reworked as abeyance/abeyancy/suspension, now nested under inaction/inactiveness/inactivity/inertia/stasis in CONDITIONS; interval interjected into and lull relegated under redefined caesura/cesura/interval/letup/pause, interval suffixed to entr'acte/intermission/interval in EVENTS
• 2020.3.20: new review: Lift Me Up
• 2020.3.17: odds and ends #4: sting inserted into waken/urge/sting/stimulate/spur/spark/rouse/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/goad/galvanize/excite/enkindle/arouse/actuate in ACTS; jactation interposed into boast/brag/gasconade/jactitation/jactation/rodomontade in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; definition of bower/embower tweaked in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; subsultus (under which one subordinate definition of jactitation/jactation is relegated) introduced to MEDICAL
• 2020.3.10: odds and ends #3: two definitions of albedo introduced in ASTRONOMY and COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; smart appended to audacious/brash/brassy/brazen/cheeky/fresh/impertinent/impudent/insolent/lippy/nervy/pert/presumptuous/sassy/saucy/smart in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; sumptuary added to ECONOMICS; spheroconic newly nested beneath curve/arc in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; sumptuary added to LAW
• 2020.3.9: Good gravy! Abuse, PySol Fan Club Edition and vitetris are the latest additions to my list of favorite games, many graphics of which have been nicely permuted...
• 2020.3.6: Good gravy! My lists of favorite flicks and electrogames have been entirely reformatted for greater expansion and accessibility!
• 2020.3.3: odds and ends #2: prick interjected into drive/impel/prick/propel/urge, under which hyponymous prick/spur is newly and rowel is now nested in ACTS; definition of prick/smart/sting slightly revised in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; coast newly relegated under declension/decline/declivity/descent/dip/downgrade/downslope/pitch, littoral/waterside (and subordinate coastal/seaside) introduced, coastal/seaboard/seaside/waterside reworked as waterside (and hyponymous coastal/seaboard/seaside) in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; coast added to MARINE & NAUTICAL
• 2020.3.1: new review: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
• 2020.2.26: odds and ends #1: burn incorporated into beguile*/bilk/burn/cheat/chisel/chizz/con/cozen/defraud/diddle/euchre/finagle*/fleece/gazump/grift/gyp/hornswoggle/mulct/rook/scam/sting/swindle/trick*, burn freshly relegated to dispatch/execute and prepended to fellow hyponym burn/electrocute/fry in ACTS; two (textile and mechanical) definitions of selvage introduced in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; weft (any subordinate selvage) transferred from SUBSTANCES, under which brocade, crinoline, fustian are now nested in ATTIRE; burn interjected into aggravate/anger/antagonize/burn/frost/irritate/provoke/rankle/rile/rouse, burning interposed into ardent/burning/fervent/fervid/fierce/fiery/impassioned/incandescent/inflamed/intense/passionate/torrid/vehement/warm in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; severalty now nested under ownership/property/proprietorship (as in RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES) in LAW; censer/thurible added to RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; censer and selvage introduced in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2020.2.18: skin and thought: dermal/dermatic/dermic newly nested under bodily/corporal/corporeal/physical in ANATOMY; cognition interjected, under which perception (and subordinate interoception and proprioception) and reasoning are now nested, cognitional/cognitive added in CEREBRATION; cognition/information/knowledge inserted, cognition prepended to cognition/percept and cognitive cut from epistemic in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC
• 2020.2.14: new review: Dead of Winter; a few new photos of Goof peering on snoozing Gurney
• 2020.2.10: How did I update the Douche-English Dictionary for nearly six years before tabling drop therein?!
• 2020.2.5: new review: Phoenix
• 2020.1.31: new review: Tricked; new link to IceWM
• 2020.1.24: new review: Bless the Child; Roger Moore's been taxonomized in the The WhitBase (thanks, mumsy)
• 2020.1.17: new review: Brother
• 2020.1.10: new review: Babes in Toyland; new link to PySol Fan Club Edition
• 2020.1.6: new review: Encounters at the End of the World
• 2019.12.31: ROCK THE BODY ROCK: aural/auricular/otic reworked as auditory/aural/auricular, bodily/corporal/corporeal/physical introduced, under which aural/auricular/otic, bony/osteal/osteochondral (and subordinate cranial, hyoid, osteal/skeletal), cardiac/cordial/coronary (and hyponymous auricular, coronary), cephalic (and subordinate cranial, temporal), crinal, genial, guttural, hepatic, inguinal, lienal/splenetic/splenic, muscular (and hyponymous sartorial), ocular/optic/optical/ophthalmic (and subordinate sclerotic), penile/phallic/priapic, pulmonary/pulmonic, scapular(y) are now or newly nested in ANATOMY; anaudia added to MEDICAL; (flipped) baldachin/ciborium and novel corporal relegated under altar in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2019.12.24: Ah! The devil: abash/agitate/bother/cark/commove/concern/confuse/discombobulate/discomfit/discomfort/discompose/disconcert/discountenance/dismay/disquiet/distract/distress/disturb/exercise/faze/flurry/fluster/fret/perturb/rattle/ruffle/shake/throw/trouble/unnerve/unsettle/upset/vex/worry relegated beneath afflict/ail/hurt/pain/rend, under which bedevil has been deleted from agonize/anguish/distress/dretch/excruciate/plague/rack/rend/rive/torment/torture, torment transferred from aggravate/annoy/antagonize/bother/bug/chafe/devil/displease/exercise/fret/gall/importune/irk/irritate/madden/miff/molest/needle/nettle/niggle/peeve/plague/rankle/rile/ruffle/trouble/vex to hyponymous badger/bedevil/beset/bother/devil/harass/harry/hassle/hound/nag/persecute/pester/plague/press/torment and interposed into agitation/distress/fret/lather/perturbation/stew/sweat/swither/trouble/upset in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; devil prepended to devil/dynamo and devil/knave/picaroon/rapscallion/rascal/reprobate/rogue/scalawag/scamp/scapegrace/scoundrel/varlet in FIGURES; tormenting obliterated from aggravating/annoying/bothering/bothersome/bugging/chafing/deviling/displeasing/galling/grating/importuning/infernal/irksome/irritating/maddening/miffing/molesting/nettlesome/niggling/peeving/pesky/pestiferous/pestilent/pestilential/plaguing/provoking/rankling/rebarbative/riling/tiresome/troublesome/trying/vexatious/vexing in QUALITIES
• 2019.12.20: new review: Cube
• 2019.12.16: new chapter: MAGIC & PARAPSYCHOLOGY; new section of links: Architecture & interior design
• 2019.12.13: new review: Back in Action
• 2019.12.10: magic before MAGIC: confer inserted into compare/confer/liken in CEREBRATION; conjure added to adjure/appeal/beg/beseech/conjure/crave/entreat/impetrate/implore/invoke/obsecrate/obtest/plead/pray/press/solicit/supplicate/urge/woo, conjuration and invocation deleted from incantation in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; beneficent interjected into both beneficent/benevolent/benign/benignant/gentle/good/goodhearted/gracious/humane/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/meek/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted and subordinate beneficent/bounteous/bountiful/freehanded/generous/handsome/kind/lavish/liberal/munificent/openhanded/prodigal/unselfish/unsparing/unstinting in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; aeaeae/conjuration/magic/sortilege/thaumaturgy/witchcraft/witchery/witching/wizardry (and hyponymous apotropaism, black magic, sorcery/sortilege/warlockry/witchcraft/witchery/witching/wizardry, demonomagy, incantation, white magic, theurgy) introduced in MISCELLANY; advantageous/behovely/beneficent/beneficial/constructive/effective/effectual/favorable/friendly/fruitful/helpful/invaluable/kind/productive/profitable/serviceable/useful/valuable extended with interposition of beneficent in QUALITIES; definitions of conjuration/evocation/invocation and thaumaturgy/wonderworking emended, conjuration/invocation and theurgy included in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; new link to The FreeBSD Project
• 2019.12.8: Fall's final photos
• 2019.12.6: new review: One of Us
• 2019.12.3: I'll tell you what the effect is! IT'S PISSING ME OFF: clairvoyance/clairvoyancy/telegnosis (and its new hyponyms clairaudience, precognition, metagnomy and psychometry) now nested under cryptaesthesia/extrasensory perception (ESP) in MISCELLANY
• 2019.11.26: new names and more: verbigerate newly nested under ingeminate/iterate/reiterate/repeat/restate/retell, and verbigeration introduced in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; tranche inserted into ECONOMICS; denomination, eponym and euonym freshly nested under appellation/appellative/denomination/designation/name in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; tranche subjoined to allocation/allotment/cut/dividend/lot/moiety/portion/quantum/ration/share/slice/tranche in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES
• 2019.11.22: new review: Class Action
• 2019.11.19: philias, manias and phobias abound: heliophilia and photophilia/photophily introduced in BOTANY; coprophilia and monomania now nested under fixation/fixed idea/idee fixe/obsession in CEREBRATION; geophilic/geophilous added to CONDITIONS; ablutophilia, enophilia/oenophilia, hydrophilia, kopophilia, medorthophilia, mysophilia, photophilia, taphophilia and xenophilia freshly nested under love/passion/philia, as are ailuromania, copromania, eremiomania, heliomania, hydromania, hylomania, logomania, misomania, musomania, mythomania, phonomania, photomania and xenomania under mania, and ablutophobia, aelurophobia/ailurophobia/elurophobia/felinophobia, agoraphobia/agrophobia, aquaphobia/hydrophobia (and subordinate aquaphobia), ecophobia/oecophobia/oikophobia, eleutherophobia, enophobia/oenophobia/oinophobia, ergophobia, erythrophobia, hylephobia/hylophobia, kathisophobia, logophobia, ochophobia, opiophobia and photophobia (and hyponymous phengophobia, photangiophobia, selaphobia) beneath phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; halophile inserted into ZOOLOGY
• 2019.11.18: a soggily wrinkled expiration for this year's jack-o'-lanterns
• 2019.11.15: new review: The Panic in Needle Park
• 2019.11.14: some satisfying additions: interoception and proprioception removed from FEELINGS & SENSATIONS, and newly nested under perception in CEREBRATION; a fortiori introduced in LATIN ON LOAN; decerebrate freshly nested beneath ablate/extirpate in MEDICAL; immiscible/immixable/unmixable and miscible/mixable (transferred from QUALITIES) inserted into TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; irritating inanities: infer, (a) thing; the penultimate phase of this year's jack-o'-lanterns
• 2019.11.9: new review: Girls' Night Out
• 2019.11.03: 2009's spoooooky jack-o'-lanterns
• 2019.10.26: new review: Knowing; two new buttons added to the index
• 2019.10.22: just in time for Halloweek, here's a comprehensive gallery of our jack-o'-lanterns; predictably, Pop Team Epic is the latest of my favorites; a new link to GPRename has been added
• 2019.10.19: new review: Train to Busan
• 2019.10.12: new review: Dead Awake
• 2019.10.5: new review: Would You Rather
• 2019.9.29: additions: September in the filmic favorites, Richard Chamberlain in The WhitBase (thanks, Snus), and rcal among the links
• 2019.9.24: twelve new links
• 2019.9.21: rise of the asterisks: abide (by)/adhere (to)/comply (with)/conform (to)/defer to/follow/hew to/keep to/obey/observe reworked as abide**/adhere*/comply***/conform*/defer*/follow/hew*/keep*/obey/observe (and subordinate conform*/observe) in ACTS; conditional [on]/contingent [on, of]/dependant [on, of]/depending [on]/determined [by]/hinging [on]/incident [to]/resting [on]/subject [to] reworked as conditional*/contingent*,***/dependent*/depending*/hinging*/incident**/subject** in CONDITIONS; sybil amended in FIGURES and RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; commonality newly nested under attribute/character/characteristic/difference/distinction/earmark/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/tenor/trait, bankrupt [of]/barren [of]/bereft [of]/destitute [of]/devoid [of]/free [from, of]/innocent [of]/lacking (in)/vacant [of]/void [of]/wanting reworked and redefined as bankrupt*/deficient/lacking/wanting (and hyponymous barren/bereft/destitute/devoid/free*/innocent/vacant/void in QUALITIES; a new link has been interposed
• 2019.9.12: two new photos of Gurney napping (as usual)
• 2019.9.10: a memorable edit: sibyl (and subordinate sibyllist) introduced in FIGURES; indelible/inerasable/unerasable interjected, haunting/indelible/memorable/unforgettable reworked as memorable (and hyponymous haunting, indelible/unforgettable) in QUALITIES; sibyl (and subordinate sibyllist) inserted into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; noctiluca added to ZOOLOGY; more botany and outlooks from a highway
• 2019.9.5-8: new photos of vegetation, a landscape, Whiskers and Fleet Miss
• 2019.9.3: annuities resolved: definitions of annuity and annuity/rente edited in ECONOMICS; ultracrepidarian introduced to FIGURES; pythonism newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; annuity inserted into RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES
• 2019.8.29: new review: Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation
• 2019.8.26: new photos of curled, kipping Goof and Gurney
• 2019.8.20: new photographs of crepuscular clouds
• 2019.8.15: new review: Gloria
• 2019.8.12: new: Sets to See
• 2019.8.9: new review: Tess
• 2019.8.6: from a desk drawer, I recovered, scanned and archived two cinematic tickets from 2013: Halloween and Rosemary's Baby; Scott Thompson listed in The WhitBase
• 2019.8.1: new review: Ridicule; I finally remembered to enter The Ace of Penguins and (BSD) Tetris as two of my favorite games
• 2019.7.29: Michael York and Tuesday Weld newly itemized in The WhitBase
• 2019.7.28: finally, a singular resource by which Whitbies may be cataloged: The WhitBase; a new link has been added
• 2019.7.25: new review: We Need to Talk About Kevin; Redline is my latest favorite; a new link has been added
• 2019.7.19: new review: Miss Granny
• 2019.7.14: new photos of an orange moon; behold: the new Cinematic Feature Survey
• 2019.7.10: new review: The Leopard (Blogger); I only needed twenty-eight years to appreciate What About Bob? as one of my filmic favorites...
• 2019.7.5: new photos of minacious clouds and coot Goof; new buttons interpolated in the index; a new link
• 2019.7.1: RIP and TEAR: rip interjected into belt/careen/career/hurtle/race/rip/rush/streak/tear, discerp and pull integrated into avulse/discerp/pluck/pull, now nested under discerp/pull/rive/tear in ACTS; rend appended to afflict/ail/hurt/pain/rend, subordinate to which rend and rive inserted into agonize/anguish/bedevil/distress/dretch/excruciate/plague/rack/rend/rive/torment/torture in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; rip introduced, beneath which hyponymous cyprian/floozy/hussy/jade/slut/strumpet/tart/tramp/trollop/wanton/wench/whore, playboy/rake/rakehell/roue (from which rip was excised), and prodigal/profligate/spendthrift/squanderer/waster/wastrel are relegated in FIGURES; dowsing/rhabdomancy freshly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; rip affixed to hack/jade/nag/rip in ZOOLOGY
• 2019.6.25: new review: El Niño (Blogger)
• 2019.6.20: a bonne bouche: clairvoyancy appended to clairvoyance/clairvoyancy in CEREBRATION; resipiscence/resipiscency newly nested under acknowledgement/admission/allowance/avowal/concession/confession/grant in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; aligned prepended to aligned/colinear/collinear in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; clairvoyance/clairvoyancy/telegnosis introduced to MISCELLANY
• 2019.6.17: Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons chronologically grouped in the FMP
• 2019.6.14: kindled developments: arouse/awake/awaken/rouse/wake (up)/waken and enkindle/ignite/inflame/kindle/light introduced, waken, rouse incorporated into waken/urge/stimulate/spur/spark/rouse/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/goad/galvanize/excite/enkindle/arouse/actuate in ACTS; horoscopy inserted into ASTRONOMY; kindle newly nested under clowder/cludder/clutter in COLLECTIVES and ZOOLOGY; aflame prepended to aflame/agog/avid/eager/enthusiastic/keen/warm/zestful, awake interjected into watchful/wary/wakeful/vigilant/sharp/hawk-eyed/argus-eyed/awake/alert in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; awaken, wake and waken integrated into affect/arouse/awaken/elicit/evoke/excite/inspire/kindle/move/penetrate/pique/provoke/touch/wake/waken, subordinate to which enkindle and kindle have been separated in arouse/commove/enkindle/excite/fire/flush/ignite/inflame/kindle in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; wake added to MARINE & NAUTICAL; horoscopy appended to astrology/genethliacs/genethlialogy/horoscopy in MISCELLANY
• 2019.6.11: surprisingly small: definition of minimize (extent) tweaked in ACTS; downgrade incorporated into declension/decline/declivity/descent/dip/downgrade/downslope/pitch in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; spodomancy (and hyponymous tephramancy/tephromancy) newly nested beneath divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; buttons arrayed and added to the index
• 2019.6.8: new review: Caught in the Web (Blogger); items of my profile have been reformatted in bulleted lists to ease perusal and demonstrate the probable grade of my autism
• 2019.6.7: a new gallery showcasing sweet, sportive dogs
• 2019.6.6: some so much superseded: supplant interjected into assume/supplant/usurp, displace incorporated into ax/discharge/displace/dismiss/fire/sack/terminate, devest added to deprive/devest/dispossess/divest/expropriate/strip, ensue/follow/supervene introduced, replace inserted into return/restore/replace/render, supervene (on, upon) interpolated, supervene upon and oust deleted from supplant/supersede/replace/displace, follow appended to surveil/follow in ACTS; devest subjoined to undress/unclothe/uncase/strip/divest/disrobe/discase/devest in ATTIRE; devest/divest (and subordinate oust) added to LAW; cleromancy/sortilege (under which subordinate astragalomancy/cleromancy/cubomancy, belomancy, bibliomancy/stichomancy, rhapsodomancy and pessomancy/psephology/psephomancy are now nested) and ichthyomancy newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; new, monochromatic icons of file formats
• 2019.6.2: new review: Nightbreed (Blogger)
• 2019.5.29: here's a comprehensive gallery of my cats
• 2019.5.25: new review: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Blogger)
• 2019.5.20: new pages advertising Take Aim, November and Every Apron's Strings!
• 2019.5.18: new review: Vatel (Blogger)
• 2019.5.13: more Criterion Prospects have been struck, linked and added
• 2019.5.10: new review: Behind the Yellow Line (Blogger)
• 2019.5.3: new review: Fish Tank (Blogger); gTans is now among my favorite games
• 2019.4.28: icons exclusive to this site; a new link
• 2019.4.26: new review: In Bloom (Blogger)
• 2019.4.23: a table of contents is freshly prepended to the links
• 2019.4.18: Good gravy! Brand-new, handmade galleries of my South Park Studio Projects, cinematic tickets, and photographs snapped in 1999-2003, 2007-2015 and 2017 through the present!! So much more is forthcoming...!
• 2019.4.17: new review: On My Way (Blogger)
• 2019.4.16: new links...
• 2019.4.11: some distinct improvements: individualize/individuate freshly nested beneath breathe/clothe/confer/endow/endue/gift/impart/indue/invest/lend, individuate introduced to ACTS; erythrism added to ANATOMY; individualize relegated beneath account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as), individuate/individualize purged in CEREBRATION; arithmancy/arithmomancy/arithomancy/numerology/numeromancy (and hyponymous logarithmomancy) newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; erythrism inserted into ZOOLOGY; a brand-new page of thrilling, geeky links is finally here!
• 2019.4.2: new review: Battle Royale II: Requiem (Blogger)
• 2019.3.29: one ruddy update: improved definition of blush/crimson/flush/glow/redden, under which blush/flush is newly nested as blushed/flushed beneath blushed/crimson/flush/flushed/glowing/reddened, evacuate and poop incorporated into defecate/evacuate/poop/purge/shit/void in BODILY FUNCTIONS; blush freshly relegated under red/sanguine and tincture/tinge/tint in COLORS; blush/erubescence/erubescency/floridity/flush/rosiness/rubescence/rubicundity (and hyponymous bloom/flush/glow/rosiness/rubicundity/ruddiness and blush/flush/rubescence) introduced to COUNTENANCE; flush interjected into alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/crisp/effervescent/energetic/feisty/flush/lively/lusty/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/racy/sparkling/spicy/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; flush interposed into arouse/commove/en(kindle)/excite/fire/flush/ignite/inflame, glow inserted into ardency/ardor/fervency/fervor/fire/glow/incandescence/intensity/passion/vehemence/warmth in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; flush now nested beneath abutting/adjacent/adjoining/bordering/conterminous/contiguous/coterminous/immediate/neighboring in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; extispicy/haruspication/haruspicy relegated beneath hieromancy/hieroscopy in MISCELLANY; glow expunged from blaze/dazzle/incandescence in SIGHTS
• 2019.3.12: just look at the sudden stack of buttons appended to the index! Moreover, much in the vocabulary of social justice has been interpolated into the Douche-English Dictionary: body acceptance, cisgendered, front hole, gender binary, hate speech, heteronormative, ignorant, inappropriate, intersectionality, lived experience, mansplain, microaggression, politically incorrect, problematic, violent language, "wow, just wow" and "wrong side of history"
• 2019.3.8: a profusion of new screenshots and hangman have been added to my favorite games
• 2019.2.26: oily and fatty and greasy, oh my: insemination excised from conception/fecundation/fertilization/impregnation and lacrimate erased from cry/lachrymate/water/weep in BODILY FUNCTIONS; greasy/oily/pinguid/unctuous introduced to CONDITIONS; fat prepended to fat/gainful/juicy/lucrative/profitable/remunerative/remuneratory in ECONOMICS; astrology/genethliacs/genethlialogy, cephalomancy and scyphomancy newly nested beneath divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; adipose/fatty reworked as adipose/sebaceous (and hyponymous adipose/fat/fatty/pinguid, adipose/fatty/sebaceous, fatty and sebaceous), greasy now nested and smutty/sooty reversed under befouled/begrimed/besmirched/cruddy/dirty/feculent/filthy/foul/grimy/grubby/grungy/mucky/raunchy/smutty/soiled/sordid, unctuous/sebaceous/pinguid/oleaginous/oily/greasy reworked as greasy/pinguid and oleaginous/oily/pinguid (and subordinate oleaginous) in QUALITIES
• 2019.2.17: new review: The Conformist (Blogger)
• 2019.2.9: spice and succulence: slog incorporated into batter/clobber/pound/slog/thump, slog hyponymously defined, deleted from and relegated under travail/toil/sweat/slave/moil/labor/grind/drudge in ACTS; void cut from egest/eliminate/evacuate/excrete/pass and appended to its subordinate defecate/purge/shit/void and micturate/pee/piddle/piss/tinkle/urinate/void in BODILY FUNCTIONS; (nominal & adjectival) succulent introduced to BOTANY; definition of succulent/juicy corrected in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; spicy interposed into alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/crisp/effervescent/energetic/feisty/lively/lusty/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/racy/sparkling/spicy/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; juicy inserted into gainful/juicy/lucrative/profitable/remunerative/remuneratory in ECONOMICS; questioner subjoined to inquirer/interlocutor/querent/questioner in FIGURES; void affixed to aperture/opening/orifice/void and hyponymous gap/hiatus/lacuna/void, alphitomancy, hieromancy/hieroscopy (and subordinate crithomancy) and onychomancy newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; succulent suffixed to alluring/arresting/attractive/captivating/compelling/compulsive/engaging/enthralling/fascinating/interesting/intriguing/occupying/striking/succulent, beneath which juicy is now nested, spicy appended to gamey/gamy/racy/risqué/spicy in QUALITIES
• 2019.1.31: new review: LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (Blogger)
• 2019.1.25: an emendment so subtle, you might not notice: added a definition (to which its initial definition is now relegated) to sniff/snuff subordinate to breathe/respire, under which sniffle/snuffle is newly nested in BODILY FUNCTIONS; subtle interjected into agile/alert/apt/bright/clever/dexterous/intelligent/nimble/prehensile/quick/smart/subtle and artistic/creative/cunning/imaginative/ingenious/innovative/innovatory/inspired/inventive/original/subtle/visionary in CEREBRATION; snuffle freshly nested under superior articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; osteomancy/osteomanty (and hyponymous omoplatoscopy, scapulomancy, spatulamancy, sternomancy) newly nested beneath divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; subtle affixed to able/accomplished/adept/adroit/capable/competent/deft/mean/practiced/proficient/skilled/skillful/subtle, pernicious incorporated into destructive/impetuous/pernicious/pestiferous/rough/ruinous/violent and deleted from superior bad/baleful/baneful/damaging/deleterious/detrimental/evil/harmful/heinous/hurtful/inimical/injurious/malefic/maleficent/malevolent/malign/malignant/mischievous/noisome/pestilent(ial), beneath which pestiferous has been effaced from insidious/pernicious/subtle in QUALITIES
• 2019.1.15: new review: Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live! (Blogger); photos of frosty botany (Flickr)
• 2019.1.11: interjecting fathers, extricating mothers: father and mother interpolated into beget/cause/create/effect/effectuate/elicit/encompass/engender/father/generate/induce/inspire/make/mother/occasion/produce/prompt/provoke/raise/spawn/trigger, father incorporated into constitute/establish/father/found/institute/make/plant and create/father/generate/innovate/invent/originate, disengage/disentangle/extricate/untangle introduced, and eluctate (out) redefined and parenthesized in ACTS; mother effaced from beget/engender/father/generate/procreate/reproduce in BODILY FUNCTIONS; misopaterism newly nested under abhorrence/abomination/animosity/animus/antipathy/aversion/detestation/disgust/enmity/execration/hate/hatred/hostility/loathing/nausea/odium/repugnance/repulsion in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; graptomancy, molybdomancy, stignomancy and sycomancy freshly nested beneath divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY
• 2019.1.3: (not) a gainful edit: addition and annex prepended to addition/annex/extension, subordinate to which ell's definition has been enhanced with an adjective, definition of annex is accordingly limited, nominal definition of wing amended and verbal definition appended in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; gainful/lucrative/profitable/remunerative/remuneratory introduced to ECONOMICS; aleuromancy, ichnomancy, coscinomancy (hyponymous of radiesthesia) and spasmatomancy newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; gainful deleted from advantageous/behovely/beneficial/constructive/effective/effectual/favorable/friendly/fruitful/helpful/invaluable/kind/productive/profitable/serviceable/useful/valuable, beneath which definition of expedient consistently changed in QUALITIES
• 2018.12.27: paring down: pare excised from abate/attenuate/curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/reduce/retrench, attenuate/contract/curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/lessen/minify/reduce/shrink, curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/lessen/reduce/retrench/shrink (the hyponyms will suffice!), and pare redefined in ACTS; washstand/washbowl/washbasin/sink/lavatory/basin reworked as basin/sink (and subordinate lavatory/washbasin/wash-hand basin/washstand), lavabo individuated and redefined in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; basin/basinful newly nested under amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; beneath divination/hariolation, nomancy/onomancy, alomancy/halomancy (as a hyponym of pyromancy) and spatalamancy/spatilomancy (as scatomancy's subordinate) are freshly nested in MISCELLANY; new South Park Studio Project: Merry Christmas (Flickr)
• 2018.12.22: dress down: clothe/dress/enclothe/rig (out, up) (and subordinate costume/outfit) freshly nested under accommodate/afford/furnish/provide/provision/render/supply, as is duplicate/iterate/redo/reiterate/repeat/replicate (and hyponymoys reiterate) beneath cut/do/execute/exercise/fulfill/give/implement/make/perform in ACTS; splenic/splenetic/lienal rightly introduced to ANATOMY; nominal rampart, rampart/parapet/bulwark and verbal rampart/bulwark reworked respectively as parapet and rampart/bulwark relegated under embankment, and rampart/bulwark nested beneath embank/bank in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; costume prepended to costume/dress/garb/habit, parenthesized "out, up" suffixed to clothe/dress/enclothe/rig (out, up), under which array has been obliterated and the definition of costume/outfit elaborated in ATTIRE; splenic/splenetic/lienal transferred to ANATOMY from MEDICAL; newly nested under divination/hariolation: chaomancy (subordinate to aeromancy), aspidomancy, belomancy, phyllomancy, theomancy in MISCELLANY
• 2018.12.9: new review: Revelation (Blogger)
• 2018.12.2: brand-new photos of this year's copiously bedight Christmas tree (Flickr)
• 2018.11.30: new review: Deathtrap (Blogger)
• 2018.11.25: new review: Sweet Sixteen (Blogger)
• 2018.11.16: new review: Lies He Told (Blogger)
• 2018.10.31: 2018 Halloween pumpkins (Flickr)
• 2018.10.28: photos of another gorgeous sundown (Flickr)
• 2018.10.26: new review: The House of the Devil (Blogger)
• 2018.10.23-24: slung and lovely Goof (Flickr)
• 2018.10.12: GNU Robbo's a fresh favorite
• 2018.10.8: dress up: clothe incorporated into breathe/clothe/confer/endow/endue/gift/impart/indue/invest/lend, dress added to cultivate/dress/subdue/tame/till/work in ACTS; parquet (floor) now nested under parquetry, definitions of parquet and hyponymous parterre/parquet circle revised, parquet interposed into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; garb interpolated into apparel/attire/clothes/clothing/dress/garb/garments/habiliments/raiment/togs/vesture/vestments/wear, beneath which array and attire prepended to array/attire/finery and dress/garb/habit is newly nested, apparel, array and parenthesized "out, up" incorporated into redefined apparel/array/assume/attire/clothe/don/dress/enclothe/endue/garb/garment/habilitate/habit/indue/invest/tog (out, up)/vesture, under which array/attire/dress is freshly nested, array added to and tog excised from apparel/array/attire/clothe/dress/enclothe/garb/garment/habilitate/habit/invest/vesture, beneath which array/attire and bedizen are newly nested in ATTIRE; habit interjected into affection/bent/disposition/habit/inclination/leaning/ply/predisposition/tendency in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; Don introduced to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; fashion added to configuration/conformation/contours/fashion/figure/form/mold/shape in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; apparel inserted into MARINE & NAUTICAL; dress included in MEDICAL; fashion inserted into bracket/brand/breed/category/class/classification/fashion/genus/grade/kind/manner/nature/rubric/sort/species/stamp/strain/type/variety, pessomancy/psephology/psephomancy and alectoromancy/alectryomancy (subordinate to theriomancy/zoomancy) now relegated under divination/hariolation, psephology introduced in MISCELLANY; antlers and hyponymous attire added to ZOOLOGY
• 2018.10.4: new South Park Studio Project: Two Nice Jewish Boys on Holiday (Flickr); new review: Night on the Galactic Railroad (Blogger)
• 2018.9.29: new review: Billionaire Boys Club (Blogger)
• 2018.9.24: new review: Jailbreakers (Blogger)
• 2018.9.21: still more photographs of clouds (Flickr)
• 2018.9.20: rancors, divination, etc.: lounge incorporated into dally (away)/dawdle/diddle (around)/dilly-dally/fritter (away)/idle/loiter/lollygag/lounge/piddle/shilly-shally/trifle (away) in ACTS; parlor redefined and now nested under lounge/waiting area, lounge interpolated into parlor/lounge/front (or) living (or) sitting room in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; acrimonious, embittered, galled and piqued interposed into acrimonious/aggrieved/bitter/embittered/disgruntled/galled/indignant/piqued/rancorous/resentful, beneath which virulent is newly nested, aggravated prepended to aggravated/apoplectic/boiling/enraged/exasperated/fuming/furious/incandescent/incensed/infuriated/irate/livid/outraged/raging/seething/wrathful/wroth, as passion to passion/tantrum/temper/tirret/wax in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; amniomancy, geloscopy/gelotoscopy, margaritomancy and omphalomancy fresly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; incense now nested under embalm/perfume/scent in SCENTS
• 2018.9.18: yet more photographs of clouds (Flickr)
• 2018.9.15: new review: Like Father, Like Son (Blogger)
• 2018.9.9: three fresh photographs of wafting, wispy clouds (Flickr)
• 2018.9.8: new review: Sleeping Beauty (Blogger)
• 2018.9.5: my logotype for FreeDOS (Flickr)
• 2018.9.4: Mindy's final photos (Flickr)
• 2018.9.2: a photo of snoozin' Goof (Flickr)
• 2018.8.30: new review: 3 Women (Blogger)
• 2018.8.26: nominal deferral: demur excised and procrastination and waiver integrated into cunctation/deferment/deferral/delay/postponement/procrastination/suspension/waiver, beneath which subordinate cunctation/delay/procrastination and reprieve/respite are newly nested, procrastination/cunctation deleted from ACTS; buttery prepended to redefined buttery/larder/pantry/spence, definition of buttery expanded, definition of muntin corrected in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; spence interpolated into allowance/pay/spence/stipend in ECONOMICS; augury, psychomancy/sciomancy (under which necromancy/nigromancy is now nested), schematomancy and selenomancy freshly nested beneath divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY; The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is now entered among my cinematic favorites
• 2018.8.19: new review: 7th Floor (Blogger)
• 2018.8.15: two new photos of wriggling Mifi, and three of typically kipping Whiskers (Flickr)
• 2018.8.12: new photos of a sweet sunset (Flickr)
• 2018.8.10: new review: Puppylove (Blogger)
• 2018.8.7: verbal procrastination: cunctate and demur obliterated and procrastinate incorporated into defer/delay/intermit/postpone/procrastinate/prorogue/remit/suspend/waive, beneath which delay/procrastinate is newly and temporize now nested, individual definition of procrastinate/cunctate deleted, new definition of temporize inserted in ACTS; gable (end, wall) redefined, under which gable is relegated, ornamental definition of gable added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; demur prepended to demur/expostulation/objection/protestation/remonstrance/remonstration and demur/fuss/objection/protest/protestation/remonstrance/remonstration, parenthesized presagement excised from vaticination/prophecy/prognostic(ation)/prognosis/prevision/presage/prediction/forecast/divination in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; definition of dallying/dawdling/dilatory/laggard/lollygagging revised in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; parenthesized presagement interposed into augury/auspice/foreboding/foretoken/omen/portent/presage(ment)/prodigy/prognostic/sign in EVENTS; lithomancy and necromancy/nigromancy newly nested under divination/hariolation in MISCELLANY
• 2018.8.3: new review: Over the Top (Blogger)
• 2018.7.29: new review: Hickey & Boggs (Blogger)
• 2018.7.27: nominal malignment: plinth newly nested under architrave, plinth/socle redefined, plinth (course) introduced to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; obloquy cut from definitionally emended vilification/traducement/smear/malignment/denigration/defamation/calumny/calumniation/aspersion, under which libel has been redefined and traducement and calumniation incorporated into traducement/slander/calumny/calumniation into COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; nephelognosy (subordinate to aeromancy), cartomancy, gastromancy, hematomancy gastromancy (hyponymous to hydromancy) and metopomancy now nested beneath divination/hariolation, under which gastromancy has been appended to crystallomancy/gastromancy; Blocks From Hell and Crystal Office Systems' Tetris belatedly entered among my fave games
• 2018.7.21: new review: The New Kids (Blogger)
• 2018.7.20: photos of another sundown (Flickr)
• 2018.7.15: new review: Adore (Blogger)
• 2018.7.13: verbal vilification: smear newly nested beneath blemish/blot/blotch/imbrue/imbue/maculate/spot/stain, cabin and immure/imprison/incarcerate/jail freshly relegated under bound/circumscribe/confine/constrain/constrict/curb/limit/restrain/restrict/withhold in ACTS; cabin interjected into cabana/cabin/hut/hutch/shack/shanty, subordinate to which jacal's definition has been recended in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; vilify/traduce/smear/malign/denigrate/defame/calumniate/asperse and subordinate libel redefined for clarity, traduce and calumniate added to hyponymous traduce/slander/calumniate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; malign incorporated into wicked/villainous/vile/unscrupulous/unregenerate/unprincipled/unconscionable/sordid/sinister/sinful/reprobate/perverted/perverse/pernicious/nefarious/naughty/miscreant/malign/iniquitous/immoral/ignoble/evil/depraved/corrupt/base/bad in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; demonomancy, idolomancy, radiesthesia (and hyponymous cleidomancy/clidomancy and dactyliomancy) and tyromancy now nested under divination/hariolation, strategy inserted into and relegated beneath tactic/strategy/stratagem/shift/scheme/plan/device/contrivance/artifice in MISCELLANY; Gem Drop X inscribed as one my preferent vidjagaymz
• 2018.7.1: photos of a lovely sunset (Flickr)
• 2018.6.27: matters of ingress: antechamber/anteroom/(entrance) hall/foyer/vestibule reworked as antechamber/anteroom (and hyponymous vestibule), vestibule cut from redefined foyer/(entrance) hall/lobby and relegated thereunder as foyer/lobby/vestibule in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; hariolation affixed to divination/hariolation, beneath which moromancy, lampadomancy/lychnomancy (subordinate to pyromancy) and hippomancy (hyponymous to theriomancy/zoomancy) are newly nested in MISCELLANY; pluvial/rainy and pluvial now nested beneath aqueous/watery in QUALITIES; access, admission, entrance and entry prepended to access/admission/entrance/entry/ingress, and exit appended to egress/exit in RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES
• 2018.6.23: a gorgeous new sextet of tinted photos (Flickr)
• 2018.6.20: new review: The Fish Child (Blogger)
• 2018.6.17: a revisory morsel: palpitate expunged from wobble/shudder/shiver/shake/rock/quake/jounce, beneath which a second, erroneously verbal definition was likewise deleted in ACTS; theriomancy/zoomancy (and subordinate myomancy, ophiomancy, ornithomancy/ornithoscopy) newly nested beneath divination in MISCELLANY; tentative/provisionary/provisional/experimental reversed, reworked and redefined as experimental/provisional/provisionary/tentative/trial, definition of probative/probatory/trial altered in QUALITIES
• 2018.6.14: photos of sullen clouds (Flickr)
• 2018.6.8: new review: Sister, Sister (Blogger)
• 2018.6.5: pleasant additions: definition of anterior edited, throttle cut from esophagus/gullet/oesophagus, coronary appended to and relegated beneath cardiac/cordial/coronary, second definition of cephalic refined, pulmonic obliterated from pulmonary/pulmonate in ANATOMY; conduit/duct (under which flue is newly nested) incorporated into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; subordinate to divination, catoptromancy prepended to catoptromancy/enoptromancy and chalcomancy, chronomancy, dactyliomancy, and lecanomancy (hyponymous to hydromancy) nested in MISCELLANY; throttle interpolated into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2018.5.27: new South Park Studio Project: Anachronics; fresh photos of crepuscular clouds (Flickr)
• 2018.5.26: new review: The Fine Art of Love (Blogger)
• 2018.5.25: photo of a familiar outlook (Flickr)
• 2018.5.19: the dread Week of Pitch: dodder/lurch/pitch/reel/shake/stagger/stumble/swag/teeter/totter (and hyponymous dodder/shake/totter and wobble) newly nested beneath ambulate/tread/step/walk, stagger freshly relegated under arrange/collocate/marshal/order/organize, pitch appended to camp (out)/encamp/pitch, reel interjected into gyre/reel/spin/twirl/whirl, subordinate dodder/shake/totter and wobble now nested under redefined dodder/falter/lurch/pitch/reel/shake/stagger/stumble/swag/teeter/totter/wamble, pitch, reel, shake, totter, wamble and wobble added to redefined lurch/pitch/reel/shake/stagger/swag/totter/wamble/wobble, shake prepended to shake/quassation/agitation, lurch excised from wigwag/wave/vacillate/swing/sway/rock in ACTS; Herculean and mesomorphic individually defined, deleted from and relegated under beefy/brawny/buirdly/burly/hefty/husky/meaty/muscly/muscular/stalwart/strapping/sturdy/thewy, asthenic/ectomorphic individuated, obliterated from and nested beneath lean/macilent/meager/spare/thin, under which ectomorphic deleted from rangy in ANATOMY; unlike definitions of pitch introduced to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS and BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; snore edited and nested under breathe/respire, egest/eliminate/evacuate/excrete/pass/void, expectorate/spit, expectoration/spit, mastication/manducation/manduction, perspire/sudate/sweat, sternutate/sneeze and sternutation/sneeze redefined, stertor purged in BODILY FUNCTIONS; teeter inserted into yo-yo/wobble/waver/vacillate/teeter/sway/shilly-shally/oscillate/hover/dither/dilly-dally/alternate in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; pitch subjoined to declension/decline/declivity/descent/dip/downslope/pitch in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; stagger newly nested beneath arrangement/array/configuration/disposal/disposition/formation/grouping/layout/placement/positioning, pitch affixed to declension/decline/declivity/descent/dip/downslope/pitch and effaced from bevel/cant/grade/incline/lean/rake/shelve/slant/slope/tilt/tip/verge in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; anthropomancy, ceromancy and anthracomancy (under pyromancy) freshly relegated under divination in MISCELLANY; reel/stagger interpolated into POSITIONS; sway appended to clout/influence/pull/sway in RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES; pitch and snore/stertor inserted into SOUNDS; pitch incorporated into SUBSTANCES
• 2018.5.15: new photographs of Mephisto, Gurney and Goof (Flickr)
• 2018.5.13: new review: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Blogger)
• 2018.5.5: (verbal) differences: bile/gall deleted, duct now nested under canal/channel/tube, definitions of chiasma and commissure edited, penile prepended to redefined penile/phallic/priapic, rudiment's definition altered in ANATOMY; plural forms appended to brace/bracing (pl. braces/bracing), under which puncheon is now nested, verbal definition of cornice enhanced, lintel relegated beneath crossbeam/crosspiece/trave/traverse, mansard (roof) parenthetically extended, steeple relegated below spire/steeple, valance (board)/pelmet/cornice's definition emended, valance/pelmet interjected, British suburban definition of villa effaced, lavabo cut from redefined washstand/washbowl/washbasin/sink/lavatory/basin, beneath which one definition of lavabo replaced and another tweaked, zenana/serail/seraglio/harem/hareem removed from ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; aetiology/etiology added to MEDICAL; aetiology/etiology interpolated, beneath divination, cubomancy subjoined to astragalomancy/cleromancy/cubomancy, rhapsodomancy (subordinate to bibliomancy/stichomancy), enoptromancy and oenomancy/oinomancy newly nested in MISCELLANY; variant and various obliterated from different/differing/dissimilar/distinct/diverse/unalike/unlike, beneath which different/various and discrepant/incompatible/incongruent/incongruous/inconsistent are freshly relegated, diverse prepended to diverse/heterogeneous, and variant's definition edited, varying erased from fluid/inconstant/mutable/shifting/unsettled/varying in QUALITIES
• 2018.4.29: new review: Rampage (Blogger)
• 2018.4.23: after a quarter-century of appraisal, I finally remembered to add Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to the FMP
• 2018.4.15: new photographs of couched cats: Gurney & Popsi (Flickr)
• 2018.4.13: new review: The Glove (Blogger)
• 2018.4.10: (nominal) differences: motif interpolated into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS and BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; flush incorporated into blushed/crimson/flush/flushed/glowing/reddened in BODILY FUNCTIONS; bloom/blossom/efflorescence/florescence/flower added to BOTANY; gradation/nuance/shading redefined in COLORS; bloom, efflorescence, florescence and flower inserted into acme/apex/apogee/apotheosis/bloom/climax/crest/crown/culmination/efflorescence/florescence/flower/height/meridian/ne plus ultra/peak/pinnacle/prime/summit/tiptop/top/zenith, contradistinction and nicety/nuance/shade/shading/subtlety newly nested under and dissimilitude interjected into difference/disparity/dissimilarity/dissimilitude/distinction/unlikeness/variance, beneath which conflict, disagreement and incongruity interposed into hyponymous conflict/contradiction/contrariety/disagreement/discrepance/discrepancy/incompatibility/incongruence/incongruity/inconsistency/variance, CONDITIONS; contradiction, contrariety and incongruity added to redefined contradiction/contrariety/discordance/discrepance/discrepancy/divergence/incongruity/variance in EVENTS; flower inserted into beau ideal/best/exemplar/flower/ideal/jewel/model/nonesuch/nonpareil/paradigm/paragon/perfection in FIGURES; shade inserted into atom/drop/grain/hint/iota/particle/scintilla/scruple/shade/smidge(n)/smidgin/soupcon/speck/trace in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; efflorescence appended to rash/efflorescence in MEDICAL; flower interjected into beau ideal/best/creme de la creme/exemplar/flower/ideal/jewel/model/nonesuch/nonpareil/paradigm/paragon/perfection, under divination, stichomancy subjoined to bibliomancy/stichomancy, geomancy and pedomancy/podomancy newly nested, and daphnomancy relegated under botanomancy in MISCELLANY; difference and distinction interposed into attribute/character/characteristic/difference/distinction/earmark/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/tenor/trait, distinction deleted from and dissimilitude added to difference/disparity/dissimilarity/dissimilitude/unlikeness/variance, beneath which contradiction/contrariety/disagreement/discrepance/discrepancy/incompatibility/incongruence/incongruity/inconsistency/variance expanded with inclusion of disagreement and incongruity, definition of nicety/nuance/shade/shading/subtlety abridged in QUALITIES; shade inserted into veil/shroud/shade/screen/occult/obscure/mantle/mask/hide/fog/enshroud/cover/conceal/cloud/cloak/block/beshroud/befog/becloud in SIGHTS; MDE4EVR: World Peace and Moms are definintely two of my favorite flixxx
• 2018.4.9: new photographs of cuddling Goof and Gurney, Mephisto and Popsi (Flickr)
• 2018.4.6: new review: Can't Buy Me Love (Blogger)
• 2018.4.2: new photographs of kipping cats and Whiskers and Mephisto (Flickr)
• 2018.3.31: new review: Tuff Turf (Blogger)
• 2018.3.30: fresh photos of Goof and Popsi reposed (Flickr)
• 2018.3.22: new review: Young & Beautiful (Blogger)
• 2018.3.18: tweaks and divinations (yet again): definition of transpose/rearrange/permute improved, transpose purged in ACTS; extraversion/extroversion and introversion introduced into DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; rearrangement and transposition subjoined to permutation/rearrangement/transposition in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; under divination, astromancy/sideromancy, bibliomancy and (hyponymous to pyromancy), causinomancy, daphnomancy and sideromancy have been newly nested, transposition prepended to transposition/permutation in MISCELLANY
• 2018.3.16: new review: Lying Eyes (Blogger)
• 2018.3.12: new review: Immoral Tales (Blogger)
• 2018.3.8: finally, those figures (and ever more divinations): physis introduced to ANATOMY; nosism added to COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; equivalent appended to coextensive/commensurate/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous/equivalent in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; agnomination prepended to agnomination/cognomen/last [OR] family name/surname; trope/image/figure of speech radically reworked as figure of speech/image, whereunder adnomination/agnomination/alliteration/annomination, anaphora, assonance, chiasmus, onomatopoeia/onomatopoesis, personification/prosopopeia, prosopopoeia and trope (with hyponymous metaphor, metonymy, simile and synecdoche) are now nested in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; beneath divination, pegomancy (sudordinate to hydromancy), oneiromancy, oomancy, pseudomancy and pyroscopy (hyponymous to pyromancy) have been relegated in MISCELLANY; untypical excised from aberrant/abnormal/anomalous/antic/atypical/bizarre/curious/deviant/different/eccentric/exceptional/extraordinary/freaky/funny/irregular/odd/oddball/offbeat/outre/peculiar/queer/singular/strange/uncommon/unconventional/unfamiliar/unique/unnatural/unusual/weird, natural/physiurgic interposed into QUALITIES
• 2018.3.6: new review: The Babysitter's Seduction (Blogger)
• 2018.3.2: new review: Boy Meets Girl (Blogger)
• 2018.3.1: the Douche-English Dictionary's tabulation has been reformatted, its English terms have been revised, and amazesauce, soz and walk back have been interpolated therein; the United States-English Political Dictionary has been reworked into the Political Cypher, which a journalist will likely attempt to exploit to my discredit someday
• 2018.2.27: expanding on prescience, ever more divinatory hyponyms: soliloquy redefined and relegated under monologue/monology, now defined individually in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; prevision/foresight and previsional/prescient added, anticipate excised from prevision/previse/foresee/foreknow, farsightedness deleted from redefined prospicience/prevision/prescience/foresight/foreknowledge, previsional obliterated from prospicient/previsionary/prescient/foresighted/foreknowing in CEREBRATION; previse newly nested under advise/apprise/inform/instruct/notify/tell, definition of augur revised in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; ceraunomancy prepended and keraunomancy appended to ceraunomancy/ceraunoscopy/keraunomancy, meteoromancy affixed to meteormancy/meteoromancy, hydromancy, scatomancy and uromancy now nested under divination in MISCELLANY; physiosophy inserted into PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; ipseity and ipsism interpolated into character/identity/individuality/ipseity/ipsism/mold/self in QUALITIES
• 2018.2.25: new review: The Cracker Factory (Blogger); fresh photos of sheep and a landscape (Flickr)
• 2018.2.22: definitions rectified, five more divinatory hyponyms: typo corrected in definition of demarcate/differentiate/discern/discriminate/distinguish/secern/secernate/separate/severalize in CEREBRATION; xanthochroid appended to FIGURES; definitions of dysphasia and paraphasia edited in MEDICAL; under divination, ceraunoscopy, meteormancy (subordinate to aeromancy), ambulomancy and hyponymous gyromancy, and logomancy nested in MISCELLANY; xanthochroic/xanthochroous added to QUALITIES; definition of photic fixed in SIGHTS
• 2018.2.20: new review: The Brood (Blogger)
• 2018.2.12: still more divinatory hyponyms, a nominal restitution: chlorosis introduced to BOTANY; jaundice cut from acerbity/acrimony/bitterness/virulence in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; allowance/pay/stipend reversed, now superordinate to pittance; compensation/earnings/pay/recompense/remuneration/wage(s) added, under which emolument (and freshly hyponymous, reversed pay/salary/stipend) and pittance are now nested; individual entries of pittance, stipend/salary/pay and stipend/pay/allowance obliterated in ECONOMICS; jaundice and jaundiced respectively deleted from and hyponymously nested beneath acrimony/bitterness/dudgeon/gall/indignation/offense/pique/rancor/resentment/umbrage and aggrieved/bitter/disgruntled/indignant/rancorous/resentful in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; definition of icterus/jaundice edited, chlorosis/greensickness and telangiectasia/telangiectasis interposed into MEDICAL; aeromancy (and subordinate austromancy), astragalomancy/cleromancy, axinomancy, capnomancy and botanomancy (under pyromancy) newly nested under divination in MISCELLANY
• 2018.2.8: new review: The Man Who Fell to Earth (Blogger)
• 2018.1.29: more divinatory modes, fewer restitutions: pay incorporated into aby/atone/compensate/expiate/pay/redeem/redress/repair/right in ACTS; achromasia and melanism introduced into ANATOMY; divinatory excised from prospicient/previsionary/previsional/prescient/foresighted/foreknowing in CEREBRATION; redress deleted from redefined compensate/indemnify/pay/recompense, repay obliterated from redefined compensate/pay/recompense/remunerate/reward, definition of compensate/indemnify/recompense/refund/reimburse/remunerate/repay/restitute emended, pay appended and emolument and earnings struck from stipend/salary/pay, pay interposed into stipend/pay/allowance in ECONOMICS; pay added to MARINE & NAUTICAL; anthropopsychism and azoology introduced, cheirognomy and chirognomy interjected into cheirognomy/cheiromancy/chirognomy/chiromancy/palmistry, crystallomancy, empyromancy (hyponymous to redefined pyromancy) and xylomancy relegated beneath divination in MISCELLANY
• 2018.1.26: new review: Sex in the Comix (Blogger)
• 2018.1.20: a new influxion: weaponize suffixed to arm/weaponize, autodidactics added to ACTS; solecism deleted (see BELOW), monology and monologue appended to soliloquy/monology/monologue in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; divination and subordinate pyromancy cut from prospicience/prevision/prescience/foresight/foreknowledge/farsightedness, divination interpolated into theory/suspicion/surmise/surmisal/supposition/supposal/speculation/presumption/inference/hypothesis/guess/divination/conjecture/assumption in CEREBRATION; monology affixed to soliloquy/monology, divination and hyponymous cheiromancy/chiromancy/palmistry obliterated from vaticination/prophecy/prognostication/prediction, presage incorporated into vaticination/prophecy/prognostic(ation)/prognosis/prevision/presage(ment)/prediction/forecast/divination in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; impecuniosity prepended to impecuniosity/impecuniousness/pennilessness, ipse-dixitism introduced to CONDITIONS; philauty interjected into arrogance/assumption/conceit/egoism/egotism/hubris/immodesty/narcism/narcissism/philauty/pride/vainglory/vanity in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; foreboding integrated into augury/auspice/foreboding/foretoken/omen/portent/presage/prodigy/prognostic/sign in EVENTS; philauty affixed to autophilia/philauty, erythromania inserted, foreboding effaced from redefined presentiment/presage/premonition/divination, beneath which hyponymous presentiment/presage/premonition/foreboding is now nested in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; solecism inserted into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; autology, biosophy, divination (and subordinate cheiromancy/chiromancy/palmistry and pyromancy), and egocentrism introduced to MISCELLANY; egocentrism and individuation added to PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; indifferent excised from extraneous/immaterial/impertinent/inapplicable/inapposite/irrelevant in QUALITIES; egotheism newly nested beneath apotheosis/deification, autolatry, physiolatry/physitheism, and physitheism interposed into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2018.1.17: congratulations, Ti: The House of the Devil is now cataloged as one of my favorite movies
• 2018.1.16: new review: Runaway Father (Blogger)
• 2018.1.12: new review: Morituri (Blogger)
• 2018.1.9: fresh for the new year: autoplagiarize newly nested under crib/lift/plagiarize/poach/steal in ACTS; pilaster freshly relgated beneath column in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; manner interjected into idiom/manner/artistic style in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; eremitism/reclusion/retirement/seclusion introduced, suitability prepended and appropriateness appended to redefined suitability/propriety/appropriateness in CONDITIONS; arrogance/assumption/conceit/egoism/egotism/hubris/immodesty/narcism/narcissism/pride/vainglory/vanity enlarged with interjection of narcism, veridic and veridical suffixed to genuine/honest/sincere/straight/truthful/veracious/veridic/veridical, propriety cut from, decorums affixed to and protocol nested beneath redefined proprieties/manners/etiquette/decorums, propriety/decorum/decency/correctitude interpolated into DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; autophilia newly nested under love/passion/philia, automania and egomania relegated beneath mania, amychophobia, autophobia/autophoby/eremiophobia/eremophobia/monophobia, autophoby and catagelophobia freshly nested under phobia, whereunder kopophobia and ponophobia have been merged as kopophobia/ponophobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; hermit appended to redefined anachoret/anchoress [OR] anchoret/anchorite/eremite/hermit, now subordinate to eremite/hermit/recluse/seclusionist/solitary in FIGURES; comorbid and comorbidity inserted into MEDICAL; manner interposed into bracket/brand/breed/category/class/classification/genus/grade/kind/manner/nature/rubric/sort/species/stamp/strain/type/variety in MISCELLANY; egoism inserted into PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; veridic and veridical subjoined to actual/authentic/bona fide/genuine/kosher/legitimate/real/substantial/substantive/true/veridic/veridical/veritable, icky inserted into bathetic/cloying/cornball/corny/drippy/gooey/hokey/icky/kitschy/mawkish/mushy/saccharine/sappy/schmaltzy/schmalzy/sentimental/sickly/sloppy/slushy/soppy/soupy/syrupy, correctitude/decency/decorum/propriety reversed, redefined and reassigned to DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT from QUALITIES; hermit affixed to redefined anachoret/anchoress [OR] anchoret/anchorite/eremite/hermit in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2018.1.8: three new photos of reposed, melting Goof (Flickr)
• 2018.1.7: new review: Kate & Leopold (Blogger)
• 2018.1.3: new review: Terminal Invasion (Blogger)
• 2017.12.31: new review: Perfect Sisters (Blogger)
• 2017.12.27: favorites and peeves itemized in my profile alphabetically classified
• 2017.12.26: Christmas, 2017: haul #1 (Flickr)
• 2017.12.25: Christmas, 2017: Christmas night (Flickr)
• 2017.12.21: whew: strain incorporated into agonize/endeavor/exert/strain/strive/struggle and travail/toil/sweat/strain/moil/labor/grind/drudgery, definition of designate/indicate/mark/point (out)/show rectified in ACTS; adumbrate/define/delineate/describe/feature/outline/trace extended with inclusion of feature, thaumatography newly nested beneath tractate/treatise in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; identity interjected into equality/equation/equipollence/equipollency/equivalence/equivalency/identity/parity in CONDITIONS; idiosyncrasy/peculiarity now hyponymously defined and relegated under eccentricity/foible/oddity/peculiarity/quirk/tic, idiosyncrasy cut from personality/temperament in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; oddity interposed into aberrant/anomaly/character/deviant/eccentric/erratic/oddball/oddity/weirdo in FIGURES; point added to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; character prepended to character/cipher/code/cryptograph/cypher and character/cipher/cryptogram/cryptograph/cypher in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; ownership/property/proprietorship introduced to LAW; earmark restored to redefined attribute/character/characteristic/earmark/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/tenor/trait, under which subordinate nature/quality/strain is in turn freshly nested under character/identity/individuality/mold/self, eccentricity/oddity/peculiarity/singularity and feature/hallmark/point have been introduced, individuality and singularity have been suffixed to haecceity/individuality/singularity, and intrinsic/strain has been reworked into property/quality/strain/trait in QUALITIES; severalty relegated under newly added ownership/property/proprietorship in RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES
• 2017.12.16: short & sweet: bask/luxuriate/revel/wallow now nested beneath appease/assuage/gratify/indulge/quench/sate/satiate/satisfy/slake in ACTS; agreeability, agreeableness, congeniality, congenialness, gladness and pleasurability deleted from and appeal incorporated into amenity/appeal/attraction/charm/gratification/pleasure/pleasantness, divineness, jolliness, loveliness, merriness effaced from and pleasure suffixed to subordinate delightfulness/gloriousness/pleasure in QUALITIES
• 2017.12.15: new review: Forbidden Planet (Blogger)
• 2017.12.13: new review: The Paper Chase (Blogger)
• 2017.12.9: Christmas, 2017: the tree (Flickr)
• 2017.12.9: more beauteous dawns and dusks (Flickr); short & sweet: insidious now nested beneath disloyal/faithless/false/inconstant/perfidious/punic/recreant/renegade/traitorous/treacherous/unfaithful/untrue, pernicious incorporated into wicked/villainous/vile/unscrupulous/unregenerate/unprincipled/unconscionable/sordid/sinister/sinful/reprobate/perverted/perverse/pernicious/nefarious/naughty/miscreant/iniquitous/immoral/ignoble/evil/depraved/corrupt/base/bad in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; sad/triste/tristful/unhappy alphabetized in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; definition of pestilence/canker tweaked in MISCELLANY; pernicious interjected into bad/baleful/baneful/damaging/deleterious/detrimental/evil/harmful/heinous/hurtful/inimical/injurious/malefic/maleficent/malevolent/malign/malignant/mischievous/noisome/pernicious/pestilent/pestilential, and pestilent and pestilential excised from insidious/pernicious/pestiferous/subtle, ruinous inserted into tumbledown/tatty/shabby/seedy/ruinous/rickety/ratty/ramshackle/mean/dilapidated/derelict/decrepit/decaying/crummy/creaky/bedraggled in QUALITIES
• 2017.12.8: new review: Without Her Consent (Blogger)
• 2017.12.6: new review: The Blue Room (Blogger)
• 2017.12.2: miserable, indeed: sad added to dim/drab/dull/muted/quiet/restrained/sad/sober/somber/subdued in COLORS; blue and sorrowful cut from, tristful appended to and miserable/wretched now relegated beneath sad/unhappy/triste/tristful of enhanced definition, miserable and plaintive excised from, triste affixed to and heartsick newly nested under redefined and subordinate atrabiliar/atrabilious/blue/crestfallen/dejected/depressed/despondent/dispirited/down/downcast/downhearted/gloomy/glum/low/melancholic/melancholy/morose/triste, elegiac and grievous, plaintive deleted from and triste and tristful interjected into redefined, hyponymous doleful/dolorous/grieved/grieving/lugubrious/mournful/sad/sorrowful/triste/tristful/woebegone/woeful in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; depressed incorporated into abated/attenuate(d)/decreased/depressed/diminished/ebbed/lowered/mitigated/moderated/mollified/reduced/relaxed/relented/remitted/slackened/slaked/subdued/subsided/tempered/weakened, grievous interpolated into abominable/abysmal/appalling/atrocious/awful/deplorable/dreadful/execrable/flagitious/frightful/ghastly/god-awful/grievous/heinous/horrendous/horrible/monstrous/rotten/shocking/terrible/vile, unhappy inserted into adverse/contrary/disadvantageous/inauspicious/unfavorable/unfortunate/unhappy/unpromising/unpropitious/untoward, blue interposed into bawdy/blue/dirty/filthy/indecent/ithyphallic/lewd/obscene/raunchy/salacious/scabrous/smutty/unsavory/vulgar, lachrymose interpolated into, wretched obliterated from and miserable/wretched now nested beneath heart-rending/lachrymose/melancholy/mournful/sad, lachrymose interpolated into and wretched obliterated from heart-rending/lachrymose/melancholy/mournful/sad, blue, melancholic and sad inserted into hyponymous black/bleak/blue/cheerless/dark/dejecting/depressing/disconsolate/dismal/disheartening/dispiriting/dreary/gloomy/melancholy/melancholic/mournful/overcast/sad/sulky, dolesome, doloriferous, dolorific, dolorous and woesome interjected into subordinate doleful/dolesome/doloriferous/dolorific/dolorous/grievous/heartbreaking/lachrymose/lamentable/mournful/sad/sorrowful/woeful/woesome, blue inserted into aristocratic/blue/noble/patrician/titled in QUALITIES
• 2017.12.1: new review: Berberian Sound Studio (Blogger)
• 2017.11.29: new review: The Hunted (Blogger)
• 2017.11.24: wearing off: definition of columnar corrected, related entries of lean-to merged in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; epiphonema newly nested beneath interjection/exclamation/ejaculation in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; abrading/abrasive/chafing/corrading/eroding/erosive reworked into eroding/erosive (and hyponymous abradant/abrading/abrasive/chafing/corrading/corrasive) in QUALITIES; new review: Gate 2: The Trespassers (Blogger)
• 2017.11.22: new review: They Look Like People (Blogger)
• 2017.11.17: new review: Love in the Afternoon (Blogger)
• 2017.11.15: new review: Restless Virgins (Blogger)
• 2017.11.11: wearing away: abrade/bark/chafe/excoriate/gall/graze/gride/scrape/scratch reworked reassigned as abrade/bark/chafe/gall/graze/scrape/scratch and subordinate graze/scratch in MEDICAL, excoriate/flay/skin newly nested beneath bare/denude/husk/strip/unclothe/uncover/unveil, bruise/contuse transferred to MEDICAL, erode incorporated into decay/decline/degenerate/deteriorate/ebb/erode/lapse/sink/slide/slip/wither/worsen, abrade/abrase/chafe/corrade/erode/fret reworked as erode/fret (and hyponymous abrade/abrase/chafe/corrade/fret, and abrasion/attrition/corrasion/detrition/erosion/fret as erosion/fret (and subordinate abrasion/attrition/corrasion/detrition/fret) in ACTS; scrape affixed to contretemps/scrape in EVENTS; abrasion/attrition/corrasion/erosion introduced to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; in extremis added to LATIN ON LOAN; abrade/bark/chafe/gall/graze/scrape/scratch (and hyponymous graze/scratch) interjected, abraded/chafed/excoriated/galled/grazed/scraped excised, abrasion/excoriation/gall/graze/scrape revised as abrasion/gall/scrape (and subordinate graze/scratch), bruise/contuse interposed and bruise/contusion reversed in MEDICAL; abrasive/barking/chafing/galling/grazing/excoriating/scraping/scratching deleted from QUALITIES
• 2017.11.10: new review: Fugitive at 17 (Blogger)
• 2017.11.9: new review: Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World (Blogger)
• 2017.11.4: confirmation, transposition and addition: compress newly nested beneath attenuate/contract/curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/lessen/minify/reduce/pare/shrink, abbreviate/abridge/compress/condense/cut/elide/foreshorten removed to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, abbreviate prefixed to abbreviate/abridge/clip/curtail/foreshorten/truncate, inanity interjected into betise/folly/idiocy/imbecility/inanity/stupidity in ACTS; two definition of puncheon introduced to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; roquelaure added to ATTIRE; abbreviate/abridge/compress/condense/cut/elide/foreshorten prepended to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; amontillado freshly relegated under potation/potable/drinkable/drink/beverage in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; inanity and vacuity incorporated into betise/folly/idiocy/imbecility/inanity/stupidity/vacuity, vacuity/inanity deleted in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; puncheon newly nested beneath amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; gemmary interpolated into MISCELLANY; puncheon inserted into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.11.3: new review: Night School (Blogger)
• 2017.11.1: saucy new images of Goof and Gurney, Isaac, Mary and Zoogles, landscapes & flora, Mephisto, Raphael and 2017 Halloween pumpkins (Flickr)
• 2017.10.28: new review: John Carpenter's The Ward (Blogger)
• 2017.10.25: new review: The Babadook (Blogger)
• 2017.10.21: a tiny redaction: foolishness and imprudence excised from betise/folly/idiocy/imbecility/stupidity in ACTS; betise/folly/idiocy/imbecility/stupidity interposed in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; erroneous underscore of road agent's definition rectified, frotteur now nested under onanist/masturbator in FIGURES; excess underscore of road agent's definition corrected in LAW
• 2017.10.20: new review: Creep (Blogger)
• 2017.10.18: new review: Practical Magic (Blogger)
• 2017.10.13: new review: La Cérémonie (Blogger)
• 2017.10.11: new review: The Vampire's Coffin (Blogger)
• 2017.10.8: a tidy redaction: accredit cut from authorize/commission/empower/invest/warrant and accredit, approbate and approve excised from and commission integrated into authorize/commission/legitimate/license/permit/sanction, both now nested under accord/bestow/confer/give/grant, delegate/depute/devolve relegated beneath assign/designate/detail/name/relegate, deputize obliterated from delegate/depute, nested in turn under authorize/commission/empower/invest/warrant, legitimate deleted in ACTS; approbate interposed into accredit/approbate/approve/confirm/formalize/ratify/sanction/validate, legitimate introduced, verbal definition added to second entry of legitimate in LAW
• 2017.10.6: new review: The Legend of Hell House (Blogger)
• 2017.10.4: new review: Mad Ron's Prevues From Hell (Blogger)
• 2017.10.2: nicer after napping: under copy/duplicate/replicate/reproduce, exemplify and manifold/multiply (from which duplicate was excised) are now nested, knurl relegated beneath shape/mold/model/form, forfend and forefend appended to prevent/forestall/forfend/forefend in ACTS; invoke interposed into adjure/appeal/beg/beseech/crave/entreat/impetrate/implore/invoke/obsecrate/obtest/plead/pray/press/solicit/supplicate/urge/woo, adduce/cite and cite/instance nested beneath advert (to)/mention/refer (to)/reference, represent relegated under character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/image/portray/render, demonstrate, example and exemplify prepended to demonstrate/example/exemplify/illustrate, instantiate/instance/exemplify/example reversed and redefined as example/exemplify/instance/instantiate, parenthesized article affixed to refefined invoke/appeal (to) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; example suffixed to precedent/example in EVENTS; knurled introduced and knurl relegated under shape/mold/model/form in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; exemplify inserted into LAW; knurl and louver introduced to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.9.29: new review: Twilight (Blogger)
• 2017.9.27: new review: Loulou (Blogger)
• 2017.9.24: satisfaction: thwart added to cover/cross/cut/measure/peregrinate/range/ride/thwart/travel/traverse, check, defeat, disappoint deleted from and encumber and incumber interjected into redefined balk/bar/bilk/cumber/embarrass/encumber/frustrate/hamper/hinder/hobble/impede/incumber/obstruct/stymie, beneath which interdict's definition is edited, balk/bilk/blight/confound/dash/defeat/disappoint/discomfit/foil/frustrate/scuttle/snooker/stop/stymie/thwart purged, cumber and stymie excised from and stop suffixed to bar/block/choke/clog/jam/obstruct/obturate/occlude/stop, bar prepended to bar/blackball/ostracize, stop appended to parry/stop, stoppage's suffix parenthesized in cessation/discontinuance/discontinuation/halt/stint/stop(page)/surcease/suspension/termination, recrudesce introduced, stop and hinder incorporated into stop/prohibit/prevent/preclude/obviate/hinder/forefend/forfend/deter/avoid/avert, under which prevent/forestall, thwart/stymie/stop/snooker/scuttle/prevent/hinder/frustrate/foil/discomfit/disappoint/defeat/dash/confound/bilk/bar/balk/baffle (and its subordinate prevent/forestall/anticipate) have been nested, thwart inserted into traverse/thwart/span/range/pass/cross/cover in ACTS; check inserted into accord/agree/check/coincide/conform/consist/consort/correspond/equate/fit/harmonize/jibe/match/mesh/parallel/square/suit/tally in CONDITIONS; balk (under which headland is now nested) interpolated into GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; thwart added to across/athwart/crosswise/thwart/transversely and across/athwart/thwart in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; onus/millstone/load/incumbrance/encumbrance/cumbrance/cumber/burden/albatross expanded by insertion of cumbrance and cumber in MISCELLANY; foil added to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.9.22: the latest advance in novercal discipline (YouTube)
• 2017.9.21: new review: Flowers in the Attic (Blogger)
• 2017.9.17: cool as cucumbers: assuage prepended to assuage/mitigate/moderate/mollify/relax/slack(en), lull interjected into abate/attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fail/fall off/flag/lessen/lower/lull/mitigate/moderate/reduce/relent/remit/slack (off)/slacken/subside/temper/weaken, appease/assuage/calm/gentle/hush/lull/mollify/pacify/quiet/quieten/settle/soothe/still/tranquilize purged in ACTS; elliptic(al) introduced in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT and tweaked in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; variants of tranquility/still(ness)/serenity/rest/repose/relaxation/quiet(ude)/peace(fulness)/calm(ness) parenthesized in CONDITIONS; quiet prefixed to quiet/reserved/restrained/reticent in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; allay/mollify/pacify/placate now nested under allay/alleviate/assuage/comfort/ease/help/lenify/mollify/pacify/quell/quiet/relieve/soothe/stanch, appease/assuage/calm/gentle/hush/lull/mollify/pacify/quiet/settle/soothe/still/tranquilize and calm [OR] settle (down)/lull/still/tranquilize added to FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; hush/quiet/quieten/settle/still/silence and hush/quiet/quieten/settle/still interpolated into SOUNDS
• 2017.9.14: new review: The Odd Couple II (Blogger); new photographs of goats, donkeys, a landscape, Gurney and Mephisto (Flickr); vivid videos of Mephisto & Gurney and a sweet goat kid (YouTube)
• 2017.9.10: trimming & nesting: decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, remit, temper and weaken cut from and relax interpolated into mitigate/moderate/mollify/relax/slack(en) (now nested under abate/attenuate/cut/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/mollify/reduce/relax/remit/slack(en)/slake/subdue/temper/weaken), decline, decrease, diminish, flag, lessen, reduce, remit, temper and weaken effaced from mitigate/moderate/relax/relent/slack(en)/subside (relegated under abate/attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fail/fall off/flag/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/reduce/relent/remit/slack (off)/slacken/subside/temper/weaken), steuerlich definition of remit excised, diminish deleted from belittle/dwarf and remit from slack(en)/relax/loosen in ACTS; radium introduced to SUBSTANCES; key fob interjected into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; new photos of goats, Freckles, donkeys, Mephisto, and plants and landscapes (Flickr)
• 2017.9.9: new review: A Wife's Nightmare (Blogger)
• 2017.9.7: new review: Lost in La Mancha (Blogger)
• 2017.9.4: chop, chop, chop: interlard/intersperse/punctuate excised, pepper cut from redefined intersperse/sprinkle, under which dot/pepper and interlard/intersperse/sprinkle are newly nested in ACTS; wainscot/wainscoting/wainscotting and wainscot added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; adumbrate prepended to adumbrate/define/delineate/describe/outline/trace and adumbrate/design/draft/sketch, pepper and sprinkle subjoined to interlard/intersperse/pepper/sprinkle, the definition of which has been enhanced in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; one of interlard's two definitions obliterated in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; punctuate expunged from inject/interject/interpolate/interpose, adumbrate and precis erased from abstract/brief/encapsulate/epitomize/outline/sketch/summarize/synopsize, pepper and sprinkle affixed to redefined interlard/intersperse/pepper/sprinkle, under which the definition of farce is improved in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interval interpolated into abeyance/caesura/cesura/interval/pause/suspension in CONDITIONS; logophilia newly nested beneath love/passion/philia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; logophile interjected into FIGURES; dot suffixed to tittle/dot in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; bit/dash/dot/modicum/ounce/shred/sprinkle/sprinkling/tad/touch/trifle extended with the interpolation of dot, sprinkle and sprinkling in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; two definitions of enthymeme relegated under paralogism and syllogism, under the latter of which the depth of subordinates major premise [OR] premiss and argument/mean/minor premise [OR] premiss have been deepened in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; adumbrate appended to obscure/obnubilate/obfuscate/eclipse/fog/cloud/befog/becloud/adumbrate in SIGHTS
• 2017.8.30: new review: Black Widow (Blogger)
• 2017.8.29: new photographs of clouds, landscapes and vegetation, goats and Popsi & Mifi (Flickr)
• 2017.8.25: Finally! Jackie Brown and Primer have been inventoried among my filmic favorites; fresh photos of Goof, Mephisto, Popsi and Whiskers, local landscapes, checkered refections and Mindy (Flickr)
• 2017.8.13: new South Park Studio Projects: Take Aim and November (Flickr)
• 2017.7.31: new South Park Studio Project: Eely Expiation (Flickr)
• 2017.7.30: a summer curiosity: grift interpolated into chisel/finagle/gazump/grift/mulct/rook/shark/swindle/wangle and beguile (of, out of)/bilk/cheat/chisel/chizz/con/cozen/defraud/diddle/euchre/finagle (out of)/fleece/gazump/grift/gyp/hornswoggle/mulct/rook/scam/sting/swindle/trick (out of), pepper interjected into intersperse/pepper/sprinkle in ACTS; bile/gall added to ANATOMY; ramada incorporated into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; guayabera introduced into ATTIRE; bitchy cut from aspersive/calumniatory/calumnious/defamatory/denigrating/denigratory/scandalous/scurrile/scurrilous, peppery inserted into vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/trenchant/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/pungent/pointed/peppery/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/astringent/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; prickly interposed into tricky/touchy/ticklish/thorny/tender/sticky/sensitive/prickly/delicate/awkward in CONDITIONS; cantankerous incorporated into realphabetized argumentative/cantankerous/confrontational/contentious/controversial/disputatious/disputative/dissentious/eristic(al)/feisty/pugnacious/quarrelsome, bile, dander, spleen and temper added to atrabiliousness/bile/biliousness/bitchiness/choler/crabbiness/crankiness/dander/feistiness/fractiousness/fretfulness/grouchiness/grumpiness/irascibility/irritability/liverishness/orneriness/peckishness/peevishness/pepperiness/perversity/pettishness/prickliness/spleen/temper/testiness/tetchiness/touchiness/waspishness, whiny/querulous/peevish/grouchy/fretful expanded with inclusion of grouchy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; gall inserted into acrimony/bitterness/dudgeon/gall/indignation/jaundice/offense/pique/rancor/resentment/umbrage, atrabiliousness/biliousness/bitchiness/choler/crabbiness/crankiness/fractiousness/fretfulness/grouchiness/grumpiness/irascibility/irritability/liverishness/orneriness/peckishness/peevishness/pepperiness/pettishness/prickliness/testiness/tetchiness/touchiness/waspishness deleted, spleen interjected into caprice/fancy/humor/impulse/megrim/spleen/vagary/whim/whimsy in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; grifter integrated into beguiler/bilk(er)/cheat(er)/chiseler/cozener/defrauder/diddler/finagler/fleecer/fraud/gazumper/grifter/gyp/gypper/gypster/rook/scammer/scamster/slicker/shark/swindler/tricheur/tricker in FIGURES; parabellum added to LATIN ON LOAN; slipstream introduced in MISCELLANY; prickly interposed into tricky/touchy/ticklish/thorny/tender/sticky/sensitive/prickly/delicate/awkward in QUALITIES; bile/gall interposed in SUBSTANCES
• 2017.7.23: another unexpectedly prodigious edit: beguile/bilk/cheat/chicane/chisel/cozen/defraud/diddle/euchre/finagle/fleece/gazump/gyp/hornswoggle/mulct/rook/scam/stiff/swindle/trick (out of)/wangle (and subordinate con/flim-flam/sting) reworked as chisel/finagle/gazump/mulct/rook/shark/swindle/wangle, bilk interjected into balk/bar/bilk/check/cumber/defeat/disappoint/embarrass/frustrate/hamper/hinder/hobble/impede/obstruct/stymie and balk/bilk/blight/confound/dash/defeat/disappoint/discomfit/foil/frustrate/scuttle/snooker/stop/stymie/thwart, cheat integrated into bypass/cheat/circumvent/dodge/duck/elude/evade/parry/shirk/sidestep/skirt, parenthesized, conditional around interpolated in dally (away)/dawdle/diddle (around)/dilly-dally/fritter (away)/idle/loiter/lollygag/piddle/shilly-shally/trifle (away), beguile (of, out of)/bilk/cheat/chisel/chizz/con/cozen/defraud/diddle/euchre/finagle (out of)/fleece/gazump/gyp/hornswoggle/mulct/rook/scam/sting/swindle/trick (out of) nested under deprive/dispossess/divest/expropriate/strip, goad incorporated into urge/stimulate/spur/spark/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/goad/galvanize/excite/(en)kindle/arouse/actuate, waggle/shake/jounce/diddle/agitate augmented with inclusion of diddle in ACTS; spur newly nested under eminence/eminency in ANATOMY; ambrosia/bloodweed/ragweed, sacahuista and wiregrass introduced to BOTANY; cheat and chicane interpolated into bamboozle/befool/betray/cheat/chicane/cozen/deceive/dupe/fool/fox/gull/hoodwink/humbug/illude/misinform/mislead/trick in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; stiff interposed into adamant/constant/decided/decisive/determined/dogged/firm/immovable/inflexible/intent/intractable/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/persistent/persisting/pertinacious/purposeful/resolute/resolved/rocky/set/stable/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stiff/stubborn/tenacious/unfaltering/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; gazump added to fleece/gazump/gouge/overcharge/rook/screw/soak/sting in ECONOMICS; trick inserted into shift/spell/stint/trick/turn in EVENTS; cheat(er)/rook/slicker/swindler/tricheur expanded as beguiler/bilk(er)/cheat(er)/chiseler/cozener/defrauder/diddler/finagler/fleecer/fraud/gazumper/gyp/gypper/gypster/rook/scammer/scamster/slicker/shark/swindler/tricheur/tricker (and hyponymous confidence [OR] con man/stinger and rook/sharp(er) in FIGURES; one definition of quadrant relegated under arc, and the other two introduced substantively, x-axis (and subordinate abscissa/abscisse/x coordinate) and y-axis (and hyponymous ordinate/y coordinate) subjoined to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; appellative reassigned from QUALITIES and relegated beneath nominal in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; prophylaxis interpolated into MEDICAL; fillip/goad/impetus/impulse/incentive/inducement/motivation/spur/stimulus extended with addition of goad and hyponym sting, deceit interjected into wile/trick/shift/ruse/dodge/device/deceit/contrivance/artifice in MISCELLANY; ignoratio elenchi newly nested under fallacy in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; chenille added to SUBSTANCES; spur appended to gaff/spur, the definition of which has been accordingly edited in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; grackle freshly relegated beneath passerine in ZOOLOGY
• 2017.7.18: new photos of clouds (Flickr)
• 2017.7.16: topography and clutter: post/placard/bill now nested under advertise/air/broadcast/publicize/spread, descent interjected into declension/decline/degeneration/degradation/descent/deterioration/ebb in ACTS; bank appended to embank/bank in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; hash subjoined to pastiche/hash, under which flipped pastiche/medley is now relegated in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; candelilla, carrizo and catclaw introduced into BOTANY; jumble interposed into conflate/confound/confuse/jumble/muddle in CEREBRATION; verbal and nominal definitions of bluff nested beneath bamboozle/befool/betray/cozen/deceive/dupe/fool/fox/gull/hoodwink/humbug/illude/misinform/mislead/trick and bamboozlement/betrayal/deceit/deception/dupery/humbug(gery), post/placard/bill newly nested under advertise/air/broadcast/publicize/spread in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; clutter and jumble inserted into bedlam/brouhaha/chaos/clutter/commotion/confusion/disorder/disruption/disturbance/havoc/jumble/maelstrom/mayhem/pandemonium/pother/stir/storm/turbulence/turmoil/upheaval/welter in CONDITIONS; rocky added to adamant/constant/decided/decisive/determined/dogged/firm/immovable/inflexible/intent/intractable/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/persistent/persisting/pertinacious/purposeful/resolute/resolved/rocky/set/stable/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stubborn/tenacious/unfaltering/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding and adamant/decided/decisive/determined/firm/immovable/inflexible/intractable/intransigent/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/pertinacious/resolute/rocky/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stubborn/uncompromising/unfaltering/unregenerate/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; chaos interpolated into abyss/chaos/chasm/crevasse/gulf, acclivity [OR] declivity/bank/slope and subordinates reworked as bank/incline/slope/talus (and hyponymous acclivity/ascent/upslope, bank(s)/waterside, bluff, riverbank/riverside, declension/decline/declivity/descent/dip/downslope, escarpment/scarp), definiton of caldera edited, scree/talus redefined and relegated under debris/detritus/rubble, floodplain, headland and nook/rincon interjected, precipice/steep reworked as precipice/steep/cliff/bluff (and subordinate palisades and scarp/escarpment), scabland (and hyponymous scabrock) introduced into GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; confusion/farrago/gallimaufry/hash/hodgepodge/jumble/medley/melange/mingle-mangle/miscellany/mishmash/oddments/omnium-gatherum/pastiche/potpourri/ragbag/salmagundi/welter reworked as assortment/medley/mélange/miscellanea/miscellany/mixture/omnium-gatherum/potpourri/salmagundi/variety (and hyponymous chaos/clutter/confusion/farrago/gallimaufry/hash/hodgepodge/jumble/medley/mélange/mingle-mangle/mishmash/omnium-gatherum/pastiche/ragbag/welter) in MISCELLANY; scree/talus redefined and relegated under debris/detritus/rubble in SUBSTANCES
• 2017.7.11: at long last, Wario's Woods is cataloged as one of my favorite video games
• 2017.7.8: fun with festivities: one definition of fete newly nested beneath amuse/distract/divert/entertain/tickle/treat, as the other's redefined in ACTS; festivity and frolic cut from conviviality/gaiety/jollity/jouissance/joviality/merriment, as gaiety from flightiness/frivolity/frivolousness/jocularity/levity/lightheartedness/silliness in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; carnival and fete cut from redefined festival, celebration/festival/festivity/fete/fiesta/gala/jubilee (and subordinates) reworked as carnival/celebration/festival/festivity/fete/fiesta/gala/jubilation/jubilee/merrymaking and hyponymous festival/fete/fiesta, Carnival, anniversary/festival, jubilee, frolic/jamboree/merrymaking/revel(s)/wingding in EVENTS; jubilee effaced from bliss/delight/ecstasy/elation/enchantment/euphoria/exaltation/exhilaration/exultation/felicity/gladness/glee/joy/joyance/jubilation/jubilance/jubilancy/rapture/transport, revel (in) appended to delight (in)/love/revel (in) in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; introduced celebratory/festal/festival/festive/festivous/gala, expunged festal from convivial/festive/frolic/holiday/jolly/jovial/merry in QUALITIES; fete interjected into redefined festival/fete/fiesta, under which Carnival is now nested in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2017.7.1: new photos of donkeys, goats, Popsi, Mephisto and sheep (Flickr); (more) goats (YouTube)
• 2017.6.24: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown belatedly added to my cinematic favorites
• 2017.6.20: a panoply of faunal qualifiers: meet (with) deleted in undergo/sustain/suffer in ACTS; assimilate cut from compare/liken, reprehend excised from criticize/deplore/disapprove/discountenance/reprobate, and vilipend appended to downgrade/minimize/trivialize/vilipend, criticize newly nested beneath appraise/approximate/assess/calculate/estimate/evaluate/gauge/judge, ruminant interpolated into cogitative/contemplative/deliberative/excogitative/meditative/musing/pensive/pondering/reflective/ruminant/ruminative/speculative in CEREBRATION; ashame added to abash/ashame/chagrin/confound/discomfit/discountenance/embarrass/humble/humiliate/mortify/shame in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; cetacean (and hyponymous delphine), octopine, odobenine, phocine, piscine (and subordinate elasmobranch/selachian) and scyphozoan introduced to retitled MARINE & NAUTICAL; meet interjected into applicable/apposite/appropriate/apropos/apt/becoming/befitting/condign/congruous/felicitous/fit/fitting/meet/opportune/proper/suitable, and meetly into applicably/appositely/appropriately/apt/becomingly/befittingly/congruously/duly/felicitously/fittingly/meetly/opportunely/properly/suitably in QUALITIES; animal/faunal interposed, under which anguilline/anguine/colubrine/serpentine (and subordinate viperine), anisopteran, apian, avian (and hyponymous gallinaceous, passeriform/passerine and strigine), camelid/cameline, canine (and subordinate lupine), ceratorhine/rhinerocerine, cetacean (and hyponymous delphine), cricetine, elephantine, equine (and subordinate asinine, caballine/equine, hippotigrine/zebrine), felid/feline (and hyponymous leonine, pardine, tigrine), gastropod(ous) (and subordinate limacine), hippocampine, hippopotamian/hippopotamic/hippopotamine, hyenine, hystricine, lemurine/lemuroid, lepidopteran/lepidopteral/lepidopterous, leporine, macropine/macropodine, mastodontic, murine, musteline (and hyponymous lutrine, meline, mephitine), myrmecophagine, octopine, odobenine, phocine, piscine (and subordinate elasmobranch/selachian), porcine (and hyponymous suilline), procyonine, ranine, reptilian (and subordinate chelonian, testudine, crocodilian/crocodiline), ruminant (and hyponymous alcelaphine, bovine, taurine, caprine/hircine, cervine, giraffine, ovine), sciurine, scyphozoan, soricine, talpine, tolypeutine, ursine and vulpecular/vulpine are now or newly nested in ZOOLOGY
• 2017.6.15: SEX deleted, and its exclusive content emended and disseminated: detumesce newly nested under attenuate/contract/decline/decrease/diminish/fall off/lessen/reduce/shrink, and detumescence beneath abatement/attenuation/curtailment/cut(back)/decline/decrease/decrement/drop/diminishment/diminution/fall/reduction/retrenchment/shrink/slash, coupling interjected into attachment/combination/conjugation/conjunction/connection/coupling/jointure/juncture/linkage/union, coitus interruptus/onanism/withdrawal (method), consummate, coquetry/dalliance/flirtation, prostitute/whore, sex (and hyponyms acokoinonia, onanism/masturbation, sex/(sexual) intercourse [OR] congress, avowtry/advoutry/adultery, sex/(sexual) intercourse [OR] congress/copulation/coitus, sodomy/buggery/anal sex [OR] intercourse, sodomy/oral sex/cunnilingus/cunnilinctus, sodomy/oral sex/fellatio(n)) introduced, whore prepended to whore/wench, wanton (and subordinate philander and whore) added to ACTS; racy inserted into piquant/racy/savory/spicy/tangy/zesty and tangy/sharp/racy/pungent/poignant in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; lascivious/libidinous/lubricious/lubricous/passionate/salacious/sultry and proposition incorporated, raunch subjoined to ribaldry/raunch and seduce added to COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; copulate interpolated into attached/colligated/conjoined/connected/copulate/coupled/joined/linked/united/yoked, unchaste and virtuous/virgin(al)/vestal/pure/chaste introduced to CONDITIONS; lusty integrated into alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/crisp/effervescent/energetic/feisty/lively/lusty/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/racy/sparkling/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy, cyprian/easy/fast/libertine/licentious/loose/sportive/wanton/whorish (and hyponymous bed-hopping/cyprian/easy/fast/licentious/loose/promiscuous/sluttish/slutty/swinging) newly nested beneath dissolute/fast/immoral/libertine/licentious/loose/profligate/unethical/wanton, frigid/cold, ithyphallic/lascivious/lewd/libidinous/salacious (and subordinate cyprian/dirty/goatish/lascivious/lecherous/lewd/libidinous/prurient/raunchy/salacious/wanton and priapic) and perverted/perverse/kinky/deviant introduced to DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; amatorial, amatorian and amatorious interposed into adoring/amative/amatorial/amatorian/amatorious/amatory/amorous/enamored/loving/romantic/warm, beneath which amative/amatorial/amatorian/amatorious/amatory/amorous/erotic/sportive is newly nested, lust interjected into ambition/avidity/avidness/eagerness/keenness/lust/voracity/zeal and hyponymous ardency/ardor/lust/passion, passion added to aggravation/exasperation/furor/fury/ire/lividity/outrage/passion/rage/wrath, aroused/erotic/horny/sexy/stimulated (and subordinate concupiscent/goatish/horny/lascivious/libidinous/lustful/lusty/passionate/prurient/randy) and carnal/fleshly/sensual (and hyponymous carnal/erotic/venereal) inserted, passion integrated into ebullition/flaw/gust/outburst/passion/sally, eros/libido/sex (and hyponymous concupiscence/lust/passion) now nested under orexis in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; deviant interposed into aberrant/anomaly/character/deviant/eccentric/erratic/oddball/weirdo, bawd/cocotte/cyprian/doxy/fille de joie/harlot/hooker/hustler/moll/prostitute/slut/strumpet/tart/tramp/trollop/trull/wench/whore extended with inclusion of slut and trollop, hussy appended to baggage/hussy, cyprian prepended to cyprian/floozy/hussy/jade/slut/strumpet/tart/tramp/trollop/wanton/wench/whore in FIGURES; aphrodisiac introduced to MISCELLANY; aphrodisiac(al)/erotic/lascivious/lubricious/lubricous/prurient/salacious/sensual/sexy/sultry/venereal (and subordinate dirty/lascivious/lecherous/lewd/obscene/prurient) relegated beneath affecting/emotional/emotive/moving/poignant/rousing/stirring/touching, under which filthy was inserted into abhorrent/antipathetic(al)/disgusting/filthy/foul/fulsome/gross/icky/loathsome/nasty/nauseating/nauseous/noisome/obscene/odious/offensive/rebarbative/repellent/repugnant/repulsive/revolting/sickening/ugly/vile/vomitous/yucky, and unsavory was reworked and escalated into bawdy/dirty/filthy/indecent/ithyphallic/lewd/obscene/raunchy/salacious/scabrous/smutty/unsavory/vulgar, bawdy/Rabelaisian/raunchy/ribald (and hyponymous gamey/gamy/racy/risqué) now nested under amusing/comic(al)/funny/humorous/laughable/mirthful/risible, androgynous/epicene added, wanton cut from baroque/elaborate/embellished/extravagant/exuberant/flamboyant/florid/luxuriant/ornate/rococo, beddable/cute/desirable/foxy/luscious/lush/sensual/sexy/sultry/toothsome (and subordinate nubile) introduced, worldly corrected and carnal affixed to worldly/terrestrial/terrene/temporal/sublunary/secular/mundane/material/earthly/carnal in QUALITIES; racy added to poignant/pungent/racy/sharp/tangy in SCENTS; chapter SEX EXPUNGED
• 2017.6.14: new photos of donkeys, Goof, Gurney, Mephisto, Snowfrisk and landscapes, clouds and a bunny (Flickr)
• 2017.6.12: new Evisceration: Sarah Pulliam Bailey Postulates Nonexistent Jewish Underrepresentation (Blogger)
• 2017.6.8: implements, part 3 of 3: treble/triple nested under augment/boost/enlarge/escalate/expand/heighten/increase/raise/swell and augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/heighten/increase/swell, clout/cuff/skelp/slap/smack/spank/spat/swat/whack/whomp alphabetized, pommel prepended to pommel/pummel, rowel relegated beneath drive/impel/propel/urge, definitions of hobble and pillory/gibbet rectified in ACTS; spindle subjoined to baluster/banister/spindle, tenon now nested under mortice/mortise, vitrine/showcase/display case interjected into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; infuse deleted from affect/arouse/elicit/evoke/excite/inspire/kindle/move/penetrate/pique/provoke/touch in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; setline/trawl (line) introduced in MARINE; complement/supplement now nested beneath adjunct/appendage/attachment in MISCELLANY; selvage relegated subjacent to weft in SUBSTANCES; pommel now nested under haft/hilt, pommel/horn reworked as horn/pommel/saddlebow, leister added, six replaced by five of (two- [OR] three- [OR] four- [OR] five-, etc.) ply, setline/trawl (line) and reworked setline/trotline inserted, parethesized suffix appended to strop(per), spindle excised from pivot, under which fulcrum is newly nested, space interposed in water gate/penstock/floodgate/head gate, subordinate to which head gate is affixed to sluicegate/sluice/head gate, definition of (screw) auger elaborated, selvage reassigned to SUBSTANCES, supplement/complement to MISCELLANY, tenon and vitrine/showcase/display case to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS from TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.6.6: new review: The Chosen Ones (Blogger)
• 2017.6.5: new Evisceration: George Will Whines About the Populist Right by Crushing on Bill Buckley's Corse (Blogger)
• 2017.6.3: new photos of donkeys, Popsi, goats and landscapes (Flickr)
• 2017.6.1: implements, part 2 of 3: handle prepended to handle/manipulate/operate/ply/wield/work and interpolated into catch/handle/prehend/take in ACTS; mortice/mortise and pale/paling/picket (pl. pales/paling/pickets) introduced to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; headpiece interjected into casque/headpiece/helmet, mochila inserted, panoply added, under which casque, cuirass (and subordinate cuirass/breastplate), gantlet/gauntlet and pauldron are now nested in ATTIRE; burin relegated under idiom/artistic style, and monodic(al) subjacent to melodic/melodious/tuneful in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; prevarication expunged from fabrication/falsehood/falsity/invention/lie/mendacity/story/untruth in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; grapple and grappling subjoined to grapnel/grapple/grappling in MARINE; redundant minuet deleted, nexus nested beneath succession/series/sequence/order in MISCELLANY; panoply relegated beneath apparatus/appurtenances/equipage/equipment/gear/kit/outfit/paraphernalia/rig/tackle, grapple and grappling appended to grapnel/grapple/grappling, haft added to grip/haft/handgrip/handle, headstall/headpiece relegated under halter, definitions of jumper (cable [OR] lead) and lariat/lasso/reata emended, lariat inserted, erroneous mochila purged, mortice/mortise and pale/paling/picket (pl. pales/paling/pickets) transferred to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS, common entry for pallet interposed, definition of pannier edited, panoply and pauldron reassigned to ATTIRE from TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.5.29: new review: I Believe in Unicorns (Blogger)
• 2017.5.25: implements, part 1 of 3: gear interjected into equip/fit (out)/furnish/gear/outfit/provide/rig (out, up)/supply, squail added to drub/flog/larrup/squail/thrash, nominal and verbal definitions of broadside relegated under fusillade/salvo/volley and fusillade/volley, respectively in ACTS; trapping appended to accessory/accouterment/accoutrement/trapping, under which aiguillette/aglet is newly and baldric, bangle, broach/brooch (and hyponymous breastpin & fibula), buckle, chevron, cordon, crown/diadem, epaulette, lavaliere, peplum, plume/panache, pompom, stickpin and tassel are now nested, costume/outfit relegated beneath clothe/dress/enclothe/rig, trappings deleted in ATTIRE; broach interposed into COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; baggage newly nested under bird/chick/lass/wench in FIGURES; broach freshly relegated beneath veer in MARINE; attachment subjoined to flipped adjunct/appendage/attachment, gear inserted into plural chattel/movable/moveable (pl. chattels/gear/movables/moveables/personal property/personalty) in MISCELLANY; peripheral interpolated into de minimis/desipient/dinky/fiddling/foolish/footling/frivolous/inconsequential/inconsiderable/insignificant/lilliputian/little/marginal/negligible/niggling/nugatory/paltry/peripheral/petty/picayune/piddling/piffling/pissant/slight/small/superficial/trifling/trivial/unimportant in QUALITIES; reassigned excelsior and redundant tektite excised from SUBSTANCES; appurtenance added to accessory/accoutrement/adjunct/appurtenance/attachment/supplement, parenthesized stop affixed to aperture (stop), impedimenta newly nested under baggage/dunnage/luggage, definition of catafalque revised, second definition of broadside effaced, definition of caisson edited, another caisson entry interjected, definition of caisson/cofferdam enhanced, definition of cistern redressed, parenthesized bucket suffixed to clamshell (bucket), cupola inserted, definitions of contraption/contrivance/device and subordinate medium revised, excelsior now nested under dunnage, bracelets/cuffs/handcuffs/irons/manacles/shackles (and subordinate fetters/irons/shackles) reworked as irons/shackles (and hyponymous bracelets/cuffs/handcuffs/manacles and fetters), buckle copied to relegation under skeuomorph in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2017.3.23: new Evisceration: Time's Bryan Walsh can't even (Blogger)
• 2017.5.22: new review: It Felt Like Love (Blogger)
• 2017.5.19: substances, part 2: aliment prepended to aliment/maintain/provide (for)/subsist, as vitriol to vitriol/vitriolize in ACTS; mass of (mass) medium parenthesized in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; vomitus interjected into vomit(us)/purge/puke/heave/emesis/disgorgement/barf in BODILY FUNCTIONS; vittle/victual/viand/edible/eatable/comestible/aliment (pl. vittles/victuals/viands/provender/pabulum/nutrition/nutriment/nourishment/food/edibles/eatables/comestibles/aliments) reworked as provender/meat/food/edible(s)/eatable(s)/comestible(s), under which provender/pasture/forage/fodder/feed, vittle/victual and viand are nested in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; quartz (and hyponyms amethyst, chalcedony, agate, carnelian/cornelian, onyx, chert and jasper) and sinter relegated beneath silica in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; balsam prepended to and nested under balsam/balm in MEDICAL; calcium oxide/calx/(burnt [OR] calcined [OR] fluxing [OR] unslaked) lime/quicklime and (oil of) vitriol/sulfuric acid relegated subordinate to caustic/corrosive, definition of (culture [OR] growth) medium enhanced, ocher prepended to ocher/ochre, pinchbeck now nested beneath ormolu, definitions of pee/piss/urine and scurf edited, quartz (and hyponyms amethyst, chalcedony, agate, carnelian/cornelian, onyx, chert and jasper), redefined sinter and tektite relegated beneath silica, substratum cut from substrate, food included in redefined sustenance/pabulum/nutrition/nutriment/nutrient/nourishment/food/aliment, under which vittle/victual/viand/edible/eatable/comestible/aliment (pl. vittles/victuals/viands/provender/pabulum/nutrition/nutriment/nourishment/food/edibles/eatables/comestibles/aliments) has been reworked as provender/meat/food/edible(s)/eatable(s)/comestible(s) and hyponymous provender/pasture/forage/fodder/feed, swill/slop(s), vittle/victual and viand, theriac and treacle combined and redefined as theriac/treacle, emesis deleted from vomit(us)/spew/puke/barf, sewerage interposed into wastewater/sewer water/sewerage/sewage and basalt redefined in SUBSTANCES
• 2017.3.18: new photos of Raphael (Flickr)
• 2017.3.17: new Evisceration: Roger Ebert Reviews (Without Viewing) Hellbound (Blogger)
• 2017.5.16: new review: The Ninth Configuration (Blogger)
• 2017.5.14: new South Park Studio Project: Kakophonisten, 1984 (Flickr)
• 2017.5.12: substances, part 1: froth added to pap/pabulum/pablum/froth/corn in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; jargon interjected into twattle/twaddle/jargon/gibber(ish)/fustian/claptrap/bombast in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; definition of oakum edited in MARINE; definition of adjuvant redacted in MEDICAL; miasm prepended to miasm/miasma in MISCELLANY; second definition appended to ablution, prelapsarian interpolated into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; definitions of adjuvant and amber revised, potassium of (potassium) bromide parenthesized, cinder/scoria/sinter/slag/tailings and hyponym dross interposed as substantive entry, attar/ottar/otto nested under essence, beneath which spirit has been prepended to essence/spirit, subordinate fibril/filament newly nested under fiber/fibril/filament/filum/strand/thread, galenite suffixed to galena/galenite, definitions of gold and meconium rectified, oakum introduced, sinter newly nested under silica, balsam prepended to balsam/balm, under which balsam has been relegated in SUBSTANCES
• 2017.5.11: new review: A Teacher (Blogger)
• 2017.3.10: my premiere Evisceration: Peter Maass on Ignorance and Paranoia (Blogger)
• 2017.5.3: ...tock, tock, tock, tock...: theretofore and theretofore/thitherto newly nested under afore/before/earlier/formerly/once/preveniently/previously, contiguous/immediate and nearest/proximal/proximate merged and redefined as contiguous/immediate/nearest/proximal/proximate, Devonian (Period) alphabetically transposed, second definition added to novennial, definitions of span and unpunctual/tardy/overdue/late/delayed/belated/behindhand redacted, weekly suffixed (and now superordinate to hebdomadal/hebdomadary/weekly) to TIME; new review: Stalked by My Doctor (Blogger)
• 2017.4.29: new review: À nos amours (Blogger)
• 2017.4.28: ...tick, tick, tick, tick...: soften/mollify/emolliate and subordinate steep/macerate reassigned from ACTS to TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; synchronism inserted into BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; loganamnosis now nested under fixation/fixed idea/idee fixe/obsession in CEREBRATION; fugitive added to divagating/drifting/erratic/expatiating/extravagant/extravagating/fugitive/maundering/meandering/migrant/migratory/oberrating/pererrating/rambling/ranging/roaming/roving/straying/vagrant/wandering, everyday and diurnal interjected into redefined quotidian/everyday/diurnal/daily in CONDITIONS; companionable/convivial/Falstaffian/forthcoming/gregarious/jovial/outgoing/sociable/social extended with inclusion of forthcoming in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; age redefined in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; commensurate interpolated into coextensive/commensurate/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; antecedent redefined in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; decade added to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; ephemeral prepended and fugitive appended to ephemeral/ephemeron/fugitive, synchronism newly nested under list(ing)/catalog in MISCELLANY; typo in definition of elective/electoral rectified in QUALITIES; antecedence prepended to antecedence/precedence/precedency/priority in RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES; soften/mollify/emolliate and hyponymous steep/macerate inserted into TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; aeon/age/eon, aeonian/ageless/dateless/eonian/eternal/everlasting/sempiternal/timeless, age/epoch/era/period, and anachronic(al) introduced, hitherto cut from heretofore and newly defined heretofore/hitherto suffixed, anachronic effaced from anachronistic/anachronous, forthcoming and impendent interposed into forthcoming/imminent/impendent/impending/pending/proximate, coexistent inserted into coetaneous/coeval/coexistent/concurrent/contemporaneous/contemporary/simultaneous, coetaneous, coextensive, conterminal, conterminous and coterminous added to coetaneous/coextensive/commensurate/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous, synchronic and synchronous affixed to coextensive/coincident/concurrent/contemporaneous/contemporary/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous/simultaneous/synchronic/synchronous, both definitions of Devonian (Period) revised, everyday deleted from redefined daily/diurnal, and diurnal and everyday incorporated into hyponymous and redefined daily/diurnal/everyday/quotidian, age redefined in TIME
• 2017.4.14: liquids, solids, gasses and goo: clot inserted into clod/clot/clump/gobbet/lump/mass in MISCELLANY; extenuate interjected into attenuate/extenuate/rarefy, withy interposed (from previously subordinate status) into bendable/bendy/flexible/flexile/limber/lissom(e)/lithe/pliable/pliant/supple/withy/yielding of tweaked definition, definition of coagulate(d)/congealed/curdled/gelled/jelled remedied, under which clotted is now nested, cake cut from coagulate/congeal/set, beneath which clot is now a hyponym of coagulate/congeal/curdle/gel/jell/set, flux excised from deliquium/dissolution/liquefaction/liquification, definition of dissolve/flux/liquefy/liquidize simplified for clarification, under which liquefy and liquidize have been appended to redefined condense/liquefy/liquidize, deliquesce/dissolve/liquefy/liquidize/melt has been expanded with the interpolation of deliquesce, liquefy and liquidize, and deliquesce's definition's been subtilized, tractile deleted from ductile/malleable/moldable/plastic/workable, pliant and supple expunged from hyponymous and redefined redefined pliable/tractable, and ductile prepended to subordinate ductile/tensile/tractile, solid and hard obliterated from and rigidulous newly nested beneath redefined unyielding/unbending/stiff/rigid/inflexible/firm in TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY
• 2017.4.6: Do the twist: assume interposed into annex/assume/appropriate/arrogate/expropriate/usurp and subordinate assume/usurp reversed, relegate suffxed to assign/designate/detail/name/relegate, proscribe interpolated into redefined banish/proscribe/relegate (now relegated beneath avoid/banish/dislodge/drive (out)/eject/expel/oust/rout), hyponymous to which proscribe added to and ostracize newly nested under banish/exile/expatriate/ostracize/proscribe/relegate, repose interjected into deposit/emplace/lay/locate/park/place/plant/posit/position/put/repose/set/situate/stick, prostrate effaced from ACTS; procumbent appended to prostrate/procumbent in BOTANY; pose inserted into act/affectation/appearance/display/facade/front/guise/masquerade/pose/pretense/semblance/show/simulation and suggest/submit/render/propound/propose/present/pose/offer/moot/advance in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; couchant interposed, second verbal definition of prostrate added, rest/repose/recumb/recline/lie/couch reworked as rest/lie and hyponymous rest/recumb/recline/lie and rest/repose/couch, resting/prostrate/prone/decumbent introduced, reposed cut from redefined resting/recumbent/reclining/decumbent/accumbent, couch inserted into stoop/couch/bend and subordinate crouch/couch in POSITIONS; couchant added to ZOOLOGY
• 2017.3.29: Do you hear what I hear? It's SOUNDS, pt.2: introduced amygdala to ANATOMY; nested skirl under (whole) consort/choir in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; deleted trenchancy from acuity/acuteness/incisiveness/insight/keenness/penetration/perceptiveness/perceptivity/percipience/percipiency/perspicaciousness/perspicacity/subtlety and trenchant from acute/astute/incisive/insightful/keen/penetrating/penetrative/perceptive/percipient/perspicacious/piercing/prehensile/sharp/subtle, inserted sharp and trenchant into apparent/clear/distinct/evident/frank/glaring/luminous/manifest/marked/obvious/overt/palpable/patent/plain/sharp/transparent/trenchant/unmistakable/visible, obliterated clear/distinct/plain/sharp/trenchant/unmistakable in CEREBRATION; skirl added to COLLECTIVES; trenchant interposed into vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/trenchant/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/pungent/pointed/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/astringent/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; sharp added to wily/vulpine/tricky/tricksy/trickish/subtle/sneaky/sly/shrewd/shifty/sharp/scheming/Machiavellian/guileful/foxy/devious/designing/cunning/crafty/calculating/artful in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; plain interjected into absolute/arrant/categoric(al)/complete/consummate/downright/gross/outright/perfect/plain/positive/pure/rank/real/sheer/stark/strict/teetotal/thorough/thoroughgoing/total/unadulterated/unalloyed/unconditional/undiluted/unequivocal/unmitigated/unqualified/utter in QUALITIES; whang suffixed to peal/whang, adjectival definition added to staccato, amplitude expunged from volume/loudness and verbal definition of zing revised in SOUNDS
• 2017.3.23: Hark! for SOUNDS, pt.1: inserted reverberate into bounce/bound/carom/rebound/reverberate/ricochet/recoil/resile in ACTS; added guttural to ANATOMY; appended ring to encircle/encompass/ring in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interpolated resound into call (out)/clamor/cry (out)/halloo/holler/resound/shout/vociferate/yell and call (out)/clamor/cry (out)/holler/resound/shout/vociferate/yell, affixed shrill to pipe/shrill and toll to redefined knell/toll, deleted stentorian/booming in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interjected clamorous and strident to clamorous/importunate/strident/urgent, interposed brassy into audacious/brash/brassy/brazen/cheeky/fresh/impertinent/impudent/insolent/lippy/nervy/pert/presumptuous/sassy/saucy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; aggrieved/bitter/disgruntled/indignant/jaundiced/rancorous/resentful now nested under angry/choleric/cross/irate/mad/sore/wroth in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; rectified definition of stentor in FIGURES; purl subjoined to eddy/purl in MISCELLANY; added dissonant to ajar/conflicting/discordant/dissonant/incompatible/incongruous/inconsistent/inconsonant/inharmonious/unharmonious, reassigned fusil(e)/fusible/meltable to TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY from QUALITIES; suffixed shrill to blinding/dazzling/glaring/shrill in SIGHTS; exended cacophonic/cacophonical/cacophonious/cacophonous/discordant/disharmonious/dissonant/grating/harsh/inharmonic/inharmonious/noisy/rough/rude/strident/stridulant/stridulous/unharmonious with inclusion of cacophonical, cacophonious, disharmonious, inharmonic, inharmonious, and blaring/clamant/clamorous/loud/noisy/raucous/strepent/strepitent/strident/stridulant/stridulous with strepent and strepitent, under which reworked gravelly/guttural/hoarse/rasping/raspy/throaty and hyponymous croaking/croaky/gruff/hoarse and hoarse/husky/throaty are now nested, interposed crackle/crepitation, interjected euphonical into dulcet/euphonic/euphonical/euphonious/euphonous/harmonious/mellisonant/melodic/melodious, and mellifluent and mellow into subordinate liquid/mellifluent/mellifluous/smooth and mellow/rich, added strepent and strepitent to blaring/clamant/clamorous/loud/noisy/raucous/strepent/strepitent/strident/stridulant/stridulous, and reworked piercing/sharp/shrill/strident/stridulant/stridulous, affixed ring to and revised subordinate definition of second peal/ring, edited nominal definition and added verbal definition of purl/babble, deleted second definition of and interposed reverberate and ringing into resonant/resonating/resounding/reverberant/reverberate/reverberating/ringing/sonorous/vibrant, prepended ringing to redefined, hyponymous ringing/silvery, introduced resonant/sonorous, excised peal from and redefined resound/reverberate/ring, under which peal and ring are now nested, righted definition of roll/rumble in SOUNDS; introduced crepitation and stridulate into ZOOLOGY
• 2017.3.20: new review: Jodorowsky's Dune (Blogger)
• 2017.3.16: metrics and measure, pt.2: dimension nested under shape/mold/model/form in ACTS; meager incorporated into asthenic/ectomorphic/lean/macilent/meager/spare/thin in ANATOMY; metrical revised as metric(al) in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; commensurable/commensurate purged, dimensions, proportions, size cut from and proportion interjected into magnitude/measurements/proportion/scale, dimension relegated beneath shape/mold/model/form in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; null added to void/vitiate/vacate/revoke/rescind/quash/overturn/nullify/null/negate/invalidate/defeat/avoid/annul in LAW; huge, massive, tremendous and vast inserted into abounding/abundant/ample/bounteous/bountiful/considerable/copious/extensive/full/fulsome/generous/huge/lavish/liberal/massive/opulent/plenteous/plentiful/plenty/profuse/rich/rife/substantial/substantive/tremendous/vast, redefined (polar) vector now nested beneath amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume, definitions of battalion/host/lot/mass/multiplicity/multitude/plurality/stack and bushel edited, commensurable/commensurate interposed, scale erased from and magnitude/measurements/proportion/scale nested under redefined dimensions/magnitude/measurements/proportions/size, amplitude excised from and grandness interposed into hyponymous enormity/enormousness/grandness/greatness/hugeness/immanity/immensity/magnitude/size/vastness, duo deleted from redefined duad/dyad/twain/two/twosome, and duad, duo and dyad added to subordinate, redefined brace/couple/couplet/doublet/duad/duo/dyad/pair, longitudinal introduced, quantitative newly nested under metric(al), definition of metrology rectified, ponderary added, stature/height redefined, ternary/threefold/treble/trifold/tripartite/triple/triplex transposed in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; couple appended to nexus/link/couple in MISCELLANY; monstrous interposed into abominable/abysmal/appalling/atrocious/awful/deplorable/dreadful/execrable/flagitious/frightful/ghastly/god-awful/heinous/horrendous/horrible/monstrous/rotten/shocking/terrible/vile and horrible/horrid/monstrous/obnoxious/outrageous/vile, elephantine into awkward/bulky/bunglesome/clumsy/clunky/cumbersome/elephantine/hulking/ponderous/ungainly/unhandy/unmanageable/unwieldy, prodigious into baleful/dark/dire/direful/forbidding/foreboding/menacing/minacious/minatory/ominous/portentous/prodigious/sinister/threatening, vast into enormous/exceeding/exceptional/extraordinary/fantastic/great/prodigious/surpassing/tremendous/vast, null into immaterial/indifferent/insignificant/little/nugatory/null/unimportant, and null and paltry into null/otiose/paltry/useless/worthless in QUALITIES
• 2017.3.14: new review: The Dark Crystal (Blogger)
• 2017.3.10: metrics and measure, pt.1: inserted lot into allot/deal (out)/dish out/dispense/distribute/divide/dole (out)/lot/mete (out)/parcel (out)/portion (out)/share and hyponymous allot/apportion/deal (out)/divide/lot/mete (out)/prorate/share, added mass to assemble/collect/congregate/congress/convene/flock/forgather/foregather/gather/mass/meet/muster/rally, excised wanton from caper/cavort/disport/frisk/frolic/gambol/lark/prance/rollick/romp/skylark/sport in ACTS; interjected plethoric into turgid/tumid/tumescent/rhetorical/purple/plethoric/overwrought/orotund/magniloquent/grandiloquent/fustian/flatulent/declamatory/bombastic/aureate in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNICATION & SPEECH and LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; expanded vivid/vibrant/rich/brilliant/bright with inclusion of rich in COLORS; interpolated generous into cheerful/generous/magnanimous/ungrudging, which is now nested under benevolent/benign/benignant/gentle/good/goodhearted/gracious/humane/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/meek/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted, added fulsome to unctuous/smarmy/oleaginous/oily/greasy/fulsome/buttery in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interposed contingent into contingence/contingency/contingent/eventuality/possibility in EVENTS; relegated haphophobia/haptophobia/thixophobia under phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; appended tad to boy/lad/stripling/tad in FIGURES; replete deleted from and corrected definitions of abounding/abundant/ample/bounteous/bountiful/considerable/copious/extensive/full/fulsome/generous/lavish/liberal/opulent/plenteous/plentiful/plenty/profuse/rich/rife/substantial/substantive and subordinate excess/extra/overabundant/plethoric/redundant/superabundant/supererogatory/superfluous/supernumerary/surplus/wanton, cut argosy and copiousness and incorporated quantity into abundance/amplitude/lot/mass/plenitude/plenteousness/plentifulness/plentitude/plenty/profusion/quantity/stack/volume/wealth, effaced oversupply from and tweaked definition of hyponymous embarrassment/excess/glut/nimiety/overabundance/overplus/plethora/superabundance/superfluity/surfeit/surplus/surplusage, full erased from amplitude/fill/plenty, revised definition of allocation/allotment/cut/dividend/lot/moiety/portion/quantum/ration/share/slice, deleted drop and added touch to bit/dash/modicum/ounce/shred/tad/touch/trifle, inserted grain and touch into subordinate atom/drop/grain/hint/iota/particle/scintilla/scruple/smidge(n)/smidgin/soupcon/speck/trace and particle into redefined grain/jot/particle/tittle/whit, reworked dearth/deficiency/lack/paucity/scarcity/shortage/shortfall/want into dearth/paucity/scarcity and deficiency/deficit/insufficiency/lack/shortfall/shortage/want, affixed rise to increase/raise/rise in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; introduced abundance/argosy/plenty and hyponymous glut/overabundance/oversupply/superfluity, and nested stack beneath pile/mound/heap/cumulus/cumulation/accumulation in retitled MISCELLANY; interpolated substantial and substantive into actual/authentic/bona fide/genuine/kosher/legitimate/real/substantial/substantive/true/veritable and fulsome into abhorrent/antipathetic(al)/disgusting/foul/fulsome/gross/icky/loathsome/nasty/nauseating/nauseous/noisome/obscene/odious/offensive/rebarbative/repellent/repugnant/repulsive/revolting/sickening/ugly/vile/vomitous/yucky, obliterated substantive from different/discrete/distinct/individual/separate/single and substantiveness from discreteness/distinctness/individuality/separateness/singleness/singularity, inserted profuse into extravagant/improvident/infrugal/lavish/prodigal/profligate/profuse/spendthrift/thriftless/wasteful, prepended supererogant and supererogative to supererogant/supererogative/supererogatory in QUALITIES
• 2017.3.7: new review: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Blogger)
• 2017.3.5: recumbent Mifi & Popsi (YouTube)
• 2017.3.2: I believe in space: conjunction incorporated into attachment/combination/conjugation/conjunction/connection/jointure/juncture/linkage/union, and emersion into departure/egress/egression/emergence/emersion/exit/leave in ACTS; definitions of accretion and cislunar edited, alignment cut from redefined conjunction, definitions of syzygy, empyrean/firmament/heavens/sky/sphere/welkin, ingress/immersion, line [OR] parallel of latitude/parallel, sublunar(y), umbra, Ursa Minor/Little Bear and hyponymous Little Dipper and Vesper/Hesperus/evening star revised in ASTRONOMY; red/rubicund/ruddy/sanguine extended by inclusion of rubicund and sanguine in COLORS; parallel affixed to assimilate/compare/liken/parallel and exposit/expound reversed in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; squintingly cut from askance/askant/asquint and mien from aspect/countenance/(facial) expression/visage, nominal definition added to redefined frown/lour/lower/scowl, second substantive definition appended to and lour and lower excised from glare/glower, purged wince/squinch/flinch, nominal definitions subjoined to leer/ogle and sneer, blanched interjected into white/wan/pallid/pale/colorless/bloodless/blanched/ashen in COUNTENANCE; countenance inserted into attitude/bearing/behavior/comportment/conduct/countenance/demeanor/deportment/manner/mien in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; alignment nested under arrangement/array/configuration/disposal/disposition/formation/grouping/layout/placement/positioning, contorted prepended to contorted/convolute(d) and interjected into wry/twisted/distorted/contorted/awry/askew in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; parallel inserted into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; polestar/pole star interposed into PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; parallel incorporated into affinity/analogy/comparability/comparison/correspondence/likeness/parallel/resemblance/semblance/similarity/similitude in QUALITIES; egress, ingress and latitude/leeway/liberty/scope introduced into RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES; perspective/prospect/scene/view/vista reversed and aspect prepended to aspect/outlook in SIGHTS
• 2017.2.23: ...with my little eye: introduced coruscation, appended twinkle to dance/flit/play/skip/twinkle, inserted spark into urge/stimulate/spur/spark/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/galvanize/excite/(en)kindle/arouse/actuate, affixed flicker to vibrate/tremble/quiver/quaver/quake/pulsate/palpitate/flutter/flicker in ACTS; amended definition of excursus in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interposed glow into blush/crimson/flush/glow/redden and glowing into blushed/crimson/flushed/glowing/reddened in BODILY FUNCTIONS; addle/amaze/baffle/bamboozle/becloud/bedevil/befog/befuddle/bemuse/bewilder/cloud/confound/confuse/discombobulate/discomfit/disorient/floor/flummox/flurry/fog/fox/muddle/mystify/obfuscate/obnubilate/perplex/puzzle/stump/throw enhanced with inclusion of becloud, cloud and obnubilate in CEREBRATION; limpid inserted into calm/degage/halcyon/limpid/placid/relaxed/secure/serene/tranquil/unflustered/unperturbed/unruffled/untroubled in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; dark interjected into abstract/abstruse/baffling/bewildering/confusing/dark/enigmatic/mysterious/mystifying/obscure/opaque/perplexing/puzzling/recondite/sphinxlike, obscure into ambagious/ambiguous/equivocal/obscure/oracular, dark and shadowy into arcane/cabalistic/cryptic(al)/dark/enigmatic/mysterious/mystic/mystical/mystifying/obscure/occult/oracular/secret/shadowy, and shadowy into deceiving/deceptive/delusive/delusory/fallacious/false/illusional/illusionary/illusive/illusory/misleading/shadowy in QUALITIES; extended blaze/dazzle/glow/incandescence with interpolation of glow, reworked blink/coruscate/flash/gleam/glint/scintillate/sparkle/twinkle/wink and subordinate bicker/glisten/glister/glitter into coruscate/flash/gleam/glint/scintillate/spark and hyponymous flash/gleam/glint/glisten/glister, blink/scintillate/twinkle/wink, twinkle, coruscate/scintillate/sparkle and glister/glitter/sparkle/twinkle, redacted blink/coruscation/flash/gleam/glimmer/glint/scintilla/spark/sparkle/twinkle/wink and hyponymous glisten/glister/glitter into blink/coruscation/flash/gleam/glimpse/glint/scintilla/spark and subordinates blink/flicker/glimmer/glimpse/shimmer/twinkle/wink, glisten/sparkle/twinkle and glister/glitter/sparkle, bicker and flicker added to bicker/blink/flicker/glimmer/twinkle, under which glimmer/glimpse and shimmer are now nested, definition of carcel edited, project subjoined to redefined image/project, will-o'-the-wisp suffixed to ignis fatuus/will-o'-the-wisp, obscure, fog, cover, cloud, beshroud, befog and becloud interposed into and obnubilate/cloud/becloud relegated under veil/shroud/screen/occult/obscure/mantle/mask/hide/fog/enshroud/cover/conceal/cloud/cloak/block/beshroud/befog/becloud, photic introduced, vista/view/scene/prospect/perspective and hyponyms outlook, panorama and vista nested beneath redefined sight/spectacle, shadowy cut from and umbratile/shady/shadowy/dusky relegated under tenebrous/tenebrious/tenebrific/stygian/obscure/murky/gloomy/dusky/dim/dark, translucent/semitransparent/pellucid/lucent, umbratile/umbratic(al) and vitreous/transparent/pellucid/lucent/limpid/glassy/clear redefined in SIGHTS
• 2017.2.22: new review: Orchestra Rehearsal (Blogger)
• 2017.2.16: I spy: interjected note into discern/distinguish/perceive/pick out/note/notice/observe/spot in ACTS; added regard to admire/appreciate/approve/esteem/favor/prize/regard/respect/value and luminous to apparent/clear/distinct/evident/frank/glaring/luminous/manifest/marked/obvious/overt/palpable/patent/plain/transparent/unmistakable/visible in CEREBRATION; magnified beaming/beamy/bright/brilliant/effulgent/fulgent/irradiant/lucent/luminous/lustrous/radiant/refulgent/resplendent/shining/shiny/splendent with elimination of irradiating and inclusion of brilliant, effulgent, fulgent and resplendent cut from hyponymous blazing/dazzling/incandescent, dazzling inserted into redefined blinding/dazzling/glaring, interpolated brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, fulgency, irradiancy, lucence, refulgence, refulgency, resplendence and splendor into brightness/brilliance/brilliancy/effulgence/fulgency/irradiance/irradiancy/lucence/lucency/luminance/luminosity/luster/radiance/radiancy/refulgence/refulgency/resplendence/resplendency/shine/splendor, most of which were deleted from subordinate and redefined blaze/dazzle/incandescence, lambence corrected as lambency, incorporated discern into behold/discern/eye/observe/see/sight/view, rectified definition of behold/consider/examine/eye/eyeball/inspect/note/observe/peruse/regard/scan/scrutinize/sift/study/survey/view/watch, beneath which spy and survey are newly nested, improved definitions of descry/espy/spot/spy and hyponyms glimpse/sight, expunged gaure from and redefined gaze/ogle/stare, appended gaze to gaure/gaze and stare to redefined goggle/stare, erased sweeping from bird's-eye/panoramic in SIGHTS; inserted decade and subordinate luster/lustrum in TIME
• 2017.2.14: new review: Diabolique (Blogger)
• 2017.2.9: sniff, sniff: tweaked definition of interpenetrate in ACTS; interpolated pungent into vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/pungent/pointed/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/astringent/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH, and biting/caustic/corrosive/cutting/incisive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/pointed/pungent/sarcastic in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT and QUALITIES; rectified verbal definition of infix in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; inserted odiferous into aromatic/odiferous/odoriferous/odorous/redolent/smelling and odiferous, odoriferous and odorous into fetid/foul/funky/gamy/malodorous/mephitic/minging/noisome/odiferous/odoriferous/odorous/pongy/rank/reeking/smelly/stinking/stinky, appended scent to redefined embalm/perfume/scent, deleted perfuse and steep from fill/impregnate/interpenetrate/permeate/pervade/saturate, corrected definition of petrichor in SCENTS; interpolated attar/ottar/otto into SUBSTANCES
• 2017.2.7: new review: Opening Night (Blogger)
• 2017.2.3: a pleasant little edit: rectified two definitions of exposition, prepended facetia to facetia/jeu d'esprit (pl. facetiae/jeux d'esprit) in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; effaced ribbing from and incorporated pleasantry and sport into badinage/banter/chaff/persiflage/pleasantry/raillery/sport, deleted facetiae/jeux d'esprit, purged wisecrack, sport, pleasantry from and added facetia and plural forms to zinger/witticism/sally/quip/jeu d'esprit/jest/facetia/crack/bon mot (pl. zingers/witticisms/sallies/quips/jeux d'esprit/jests/facetiae/cracks/bons mots) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH
• 2017.1.31: new review: Wetlands (Blogger)
• 2017.1.28: interpolated Deathtrap into my fave filmic catalog; executed a prodigious redaction: inset appended to inflow/influx/influxion/inset, and hokum interpolated into trumpery/tommyrot/nonsense/humbug/hokum/bunk/bosh/baloney in ACTS; ithyphallus interpolated into ANATOMY; nonobjective cut from redefined abstract/nonfigurative, abstract/nonobjective/nonrepresentational introduced, definition of acrostic tweaked , interpret defined and nested under act/enact/play/portray/render/represent, underplay's definition altered, ad-lib hyphenated in redefined ad-lib/extemporaneous/extemporary/extempore/impromptu/improvised, definition of ad libitum tweaked, screen effaced from telecast/televise, interposed allegorical and hyponymous fabular/parabolic(al), precis and survey deleted from and rectified definition of apercu/brief/conspectus/epitome/outline/overview/resume/sketch/summary/summation/synopsis, and expanded and altered definitions of its subordinate abstract/brief/epitome/precis/synopsis and argument/synopsis, definitions of auctorial/authorial and belles-lettres edited, chyron added, coda/finale reworked into finale and hyponymous coda, one of colophon's definitions amended, one definition of historiography relegated beneath corpus, corrigendum's definition fixed, obliteraed eradicate from cut/delete/efface/erase/excise/expunge/obliterate, emended both definitions of cyclorama/panorama, define/delineate/describe/outline/trace and hyponyms deepened, foreshorten's definition remedied, divergent deleted from redefined desultory/digressive/discursive/excursive/meandering/rambling, two of three definitions of diminuendo/decrescendo altered, discourse/disquisition/monograph now superordinate to exordium/prologue and tractate/treatise, under the latter of which antidotary, exordium/prologue, exposition and nomography are nested in turn, chromatology obliterated, purged doublet, illustrator and superfluous second line of drafter/draftsman [OR] draftswoman/draftsperson cut, definition of elegiac(al) extended, ensemble/consort tweaked and now superordinate to (broken) consort and (whole) consort/choir (supplanting consort/choir), definitions of envoy and equestrian revised, added second definition to excursus, erased facetiae/jeux d'esprit, edited one definition of folio, foreword deleted, definitions of fresco, frontispiece, gambist and hagiography emended, harmonious/melodic/melodious/tuneful excised, harmonic and harmonic/harmonious inserted, definitions of historiography, hymnody/hymnology (Christian), hymnody/psalmody (Christian), hymnody/hymnology/psalmody (Christian), iconography and idiom/artistic style corrected, inlay card interjected, definitions of intaglio, interlard/intersperse, interpolate, inversion/double counterpoint revised, ithyphallic interpolated, jeu d'esprit (pl. facetiae/jeux d'esprit) amplified, insert/inset nested under redefined leaf, page's definition altered, swing cut from lilt and swinging from lilting, lucubration(s) enhanced, definition of medley/pastiche tweaked, melodic/melodious and melodic/melodious/tuneful inserted, metrician's definition elaborated, one definition of mimesis cut, definitions of minuet enlarged, monodic(al) enhanced, monody added, offprint/reprint reworked into reprint and hyponym offprint, definitions of oratorio, paean, pagination/paging and pagination edited, panegyry/panegyric/eulogy/eulogium/encomium redefined and enlarged with incorporation of panegyry and eulogium, parabolic(al)/fabular/allegorical expunged, burlesque relegated subjacent to redefined parody/spoof/travesty, pathos/poignancy's definition altered, bathos/corn/hokum/mawkishness/mush/sappiness/schmaltz/schmalz/sentimentality/slop/slush/syrup reworked into bathos/glop/mawkishness/maudlinism/mush(iness)/sappiness/sentimentality/schmaltz(iness)/schmalz/syrup, prosopopeia excised from personification, pharmacopoeia deleted, definitions of picaresque and postscript remediated, premise erased from preface/precede/introduce, exordium/prologue nested under prolusion, foreword redefined, prologue affixed to redefined preamble/preface/proem/prologue, unpoetical cut from truncated prosaic, three new definitions ascribed to psalmody (Christian), second definition attributed to quadrille, definitions of quarto and recension revised, dodecaphonic relegated beneath serial, phallus and hyponymous ithyphallus nested under redefined simulacrum/semblance/likeness/image/effigy, skirl added, sonnet and threnody/requiem/lament/elegy/dirge/coronach redefined, pap/pabulum/pablum/corn defined and relegated under trash/garbage/dreck, slop and glop cut from and schmalz, schmaltz, hokum and corn added to treacle/schmalz/schmaltz/hokum/corn, hokum interpolated into twattle/twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/piffle/humbug/hooey/hokum/hogwash/gibberish/folderol/codswallop/bunk/bosh/bilge/baloney/balderdash, definitions added to underline/underscore and variorum, verbalism effaced, score and sonnet nested under write/pen/make/indite/compose/author in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; chromatics prepended to chromatics/chromatology, second definition of which was excised in COLORS; sonnet nested under applaud/approve/commend/laud/praise, divergent purged from redefined desultory/digressive/discursive/excursive/meandering/rambling, paean deleted from and panegyry and eulogium interjected into panegyry/panegyric/eulogy/eulogium/encomium, hokum added to twattle/twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/prattle/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/jargon/humbug/hooey/hokum/hogwash/guff/gibber(ish)/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/blather/bilge/baloney/balderdash/babble in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; adventitious prepended to adventitious/exogenic/exogenous/exterior/external/extraneous/extrinsic/outside in CONDITIONS; inserted longueur into EVENTS; illustrator expunged from drafter/draftsman [OR] draftswoman/draftsperson and envoy from emissary/legate in FIGURES; quadrille inserted into GEOMETRY & SHAPES; prosopopeia/personification nested under trope/image/figure of speech in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; definition of ad libitum rectified in LATIN ON LOAN; antidotary incorporated, and definition of pharmacopoeia/pharmacopeia refined in MEDICAL; adventitious purged from accidental/casual/chance/contingent/fortuitous/incidental in QUALITIES; hagiography, hymnody/hymnology (Christian), hymnody/hymnology/psalmody (Christian), hymnody/psalmody (Christian), and psalmody (Christian) redefined in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; aroused/concupiscent/erotic/goatish/horny/ithyphallic/lascivious/libidinous/lustful/lusty/passionate/prurient/randy/salacious/sexy/sportive/stimulated and hyponymous goatish/ithyphallic/lascivious/lecherous/lewd/libidinous/lubric/prurient/salacious/wanton, bawdy/dirty/filthy/ithyphallic/lewd/obscene/raunchy/ribald/salacious/scabrous/smutty/vulgar and ithyphallic/lascivious/libidinous/lubric/lubricious/lubricous/passionate/salacious/sportive/sultry/wanton all augmented with interpolation of ithyphallic in SEX; harmonious deleted from dulcet/euphonic/euphonious/euphonous/harmonious/mellisonant/melodic/melodious, skirl introduced into SOUNDS
• 2017.1.24: new review: Fantastic Voyage (Blogger)
• 2017.1.18: a wee edit: wassail/party/carouse now nested under redefined roister/revel/party/make merry [OR] whoopie/cavort in ACTS; illate cut from conclude/deduce/derive/educe/infer, conclude prepended to conclude/decide/determine/purpose in CEREBRATION; appended roister to bluster/boast/brag/crow/gasconade/gloat/rodomontade/roister in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; new review: Little Big Man (Blogger)
• 2017.1.13: very satisfying: prefix/prepend and subjoin/suffix newly nested under affix/annex/append/attach/fasten/tack, infix interposed into implant/impress/imprint/inculcate/infix/infuse/ingrain/instill in ACTS; diction/phraseology/phrasing/wording relegated under idiom/artistic style, and prepend beneath affix/add, suffix (ironically!) prepended to suffix/subjoin/append/affix in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; excised apologetic/compunctious/contrite/penitent/regretful/remorseful/repentant/rueful/sorry, suffixed suffix to subjoin/suffix, cut articulation from and revised definition of delivery/diction/elocution/locution/phraseology/phrasing/speech/wording, prepended delivery to delivery/diction/enunciation in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; introduced apologetic/compunctious/contrite/penitent/regretful/remorseful/repentant/rueful/sorry, tweaked definition of barefaced/impenitent/obdurate/remorseless/shameless/unabashed/unapologetic/unashamed/unblushing/uncontrite/unregenerate/unrepentant/unrepenting in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; amended definition of apologetic/compunctious/contrite/penitent/regretful/remorseful/repentant/rueful/sorry, and inserted barefaced/impenitent/obdurate/remorseless/shameless/unabashed/unapologetic/unashamed/unblushing/uncontrite/unregenerate/unrepentant/unrepenting into FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; edited definition of aphorism/apophthegm/apothegm/byword/dictum/gnome/maxim/proverb/saw, nested prefix, infix and suffix under and altered definition of affix, tweaked definition of matronymic, effaced articulation/delivery/diction/elocution/locution/phraseology/phrasing/speech/wording, interposed attributive and its hyponyms prenominal and preverbal, revised definition of beheadment, interposed connective in buzzword/catchword [OR] catchphrase/shibboleth and reversed its subordinate motto/shibboleth/slogan, dissevered cipher/cypher as individual entry, nested mondegreen under eggcorn, inserted speech into dialect/patois/speech/vernacular, erased attribute from adjective and rectified definition of subordinate attributive, flipped appellative/common noun, fixed misspelling of octothorpe in octothorpe/number [OR] pound sign/hash/crosshatch/#, expunged erroneous second definition of orthoepy, eradicated dissect from parse/analyze, emended defintion of polysyllabic, deleted prenominal/attributive, tweaked definition of turgid/tumid/tumescent/rhetorical/purple/overwrought/orotund/magniloquent/grandiloquent/fustian/flatulent/declamatory/bombastic/aureate and reflexive, revised semantics as semantic, corrected part of speech specified in definition of semantics/semasiology, inserted synonym, under which hyponymous hyponym/subordinate word is now nested, relegated metonymy under trope/image/figure of speech, affixed speech to vernacular/speech, obliterated common from and added second definition to vernacular/vulgar in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; paraphasia newly nested under aphasia in MEDICAL; ambage prepended to ambage/ambiguity/equivocacy/equivocality/oracularity, and ambagious to ambagious/ambiguous/equivocal/oracular in QUALITIES
• 2017.1.8: new review: True Crime (Blogger)
• 2017.1.5: pick, pick, pick: prepended twattle to twattle/twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/piffle/humbug/hooey/hogwash/gibberish/folderol/codswallop/bunk/bosh/bilge/baloney/balderdash and subordinate twattle/twaddle/fustian/claptrap/bombast, nested rave under write/pen/make/indite/compose/author in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; reworked babble/blather/piffle/prate/prattle/twaddle/twattle, babble/maunder/rave, gab/maunder, twitter/yabber and all subordinate entries thereunder as babble/blabber/gab (and hyponymous babble/blabber/chatter/gab/jabber/prate/prattle/twitter/yabber/yak/yatter), babble/blabber/gab/maunder/palaver (and hyponymous babble/palaver/prate/prattle/yak/yatter), babble/blather/blither/gibber/piffle/prattle/twaddle, babble/jargon/jargonize/maunder (and hyponymous babble/gabble/gibber/jabber/yabber and rave), and twitter, expanded on definition of rave, reworked babble/gabble/gibber/jabber/jargon as babble/gibberish/jargon (and subordinate babble/gabble/gibber/gibberish/jabber/yabber), enlarged twattle/twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/prattle/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/jargon/humbug/hooey/hogwash/guff/gibber(ish)/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/blather/bilge/baloney/balderdash/babble with inclusion of twattle, prattle, jargon and babble, and twattle/twaddle/gibber(ish)/fustian/claptrap/bombast beneath with twattle and gibber(ish), in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; appended babble to purl/babble in SOUNDS
• 2017.1.3: new review: Sharknado 2: The Second One (Blogger)
• 2016.12.30: another insomnial grind: interjected compass into accomplish/achieve/attain/compass/consummate/do/effect/effectuate/fulfill/manage/nail/reach/realize, added rake to angle/cant/incline/lean/rake/slant/slope/tilt/tip, introduced cant, inserted inscribe into catalog/enter/inscribe/inventory/itemize/list and subordinate inscribe/register, interposed cant into bevel/cant/chamfer in ACTS; augmented apprehend/catch/compass/comprehend/discern/fathom/follow/get/grasp/perceive/prehend/see/seize/twig/understand and compass/contrive/hatch/intrigue/machinate/plot/scheme with inclusion of compass in CEREBRATION; cant newly nested under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, pointed incorporated into vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/pointed/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/astringent/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; reassigned flank from CONDITIONS to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; interpolated pointed into biting/caustic/corrosive/cutting/incisive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/pointed/sarcastic in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT and QUALITIES; satrap freshly relegated beneath chief/governor/head/honcho/leader/lord/regent/ruler in FIGURES; added circumference to ambit/border/(outer) boundary/bounds/bourn/brim/circumference/compass/edge/end/fringe/limits/marge/margin/mete/periphery/perimeter/rim/skirt/verge in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; deleted acute/pointed/pointy/sharp, added circumference to ambit/border/(outer) boundary/bounds/bourn/brim/circumference/compass/edge/end/fringe/limits/marge/margin/mete/periphery/perimeter/rim/skirt/verge deleted hyponymous ambit/circumference/perimeter and reworked ambit/circuit/circumference/compass/perimeter, inserted rake into angle/cant/incline/lean/rake/slant/slope/tilt/tip and cant into askew/aslant/awry/bevel/beveled/cant/crooked/diagonal/inclined/oblique/skew/slant/slanting/slantwise/sloping, enlarged bevel/cant/grade/incline/lean/pitch/rake/shelve/slant/slope/tilt/tip/verge with additions of bevel and rake, interposed circumference/perimeter, replaced circumferential and surrounding with compassing in circumferent/compassing/encompassing, cut inscribe from circumscribe, nested coil under coil/whorl and contour/figure/line/outline subjacent to configuration/conformation/contours/figure/form/mold/shape, unified entries of convolute(d), consolidated arcuate/bent/bowed/crooked/curved and curvilineal/curvilinear as bent/compass/crooked/curvate/curved/curvilineal/curvilinear, under which arcuate/bowed is newly nested and crenate(d)/scalloped has been relegated under sinuate, introduced curvilineal/curvilinear, effaced diam from diameter, added flank, appended superjacent to incumbent/superincumbent/superjacent, inserted inscribe, nested coextensive/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous, equiangular and equilateral beneath isometric and trilateral under multilateral, reworked orthogonal/orthographic(al), redacted definition of parallel/collateral and sundered noun of parallel, relegated orthogonal/orthographic(al)/perpendicular/rectangular beneath reversed rectilineal/rectilinear, interjected cant into chamfer/cant/bevel and pointy into sharp/pointy/pointed/needlelike/keen/acute/acuate, erased trilateral from triangle/trigon, flipped riffle/ripple, subjoined awry and askew to wry/twisted/distorted/awry/askew in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; added orthographic(al) to LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
• 2016.12.28: new review: Shaft (Blogger)
• 2016.12.22: twice checked for accurate redaction: nested flit under abscond/absquatulate/decamp in ACTS; augmented definition of and cut enlarge from dwell/dilate, under which expatiate/expand/enlarge/elaborate/dilate is now relegated in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; deleted enlarge from, appended spout to and enhanced definition of dilate*/dwell*/perorate/spout, beneath which dilate/elaborate/enlarge/expand/expatiate is newly nested, expanded definition of amplify/dilate/elaborate/enlarge/expand/expatiate, and obliterated dilate, enlarge, expand and expatiate from amplify/elaborate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH
• 2016.12.18: new review: Dark Horse (Blogger)
• 2016.12.14: woozy work: appended mesh to coordinate/match/mesh, now nested under accommodate/accord/conciliate/conform/harmonize/parallel/reconcile/square/tally, prepended reclaim to reclaim/recoup/recover/regain/repossess/retrieve, interpolated colligate into attach/colligate/combine/conjoin/connect/couple/join/link/unite/yoke, juncture into attachment/combination/conjugation/connection/jointure/juncture/linkage/union, insulate into cloister/insulate/isolate/seclude/segregate/sequester/sequestrate and mesh into tangle/net/mesh/entangle/enmesh/catch in ACTS; interjected intramural into ANATOMY; affixed ambulatory to cloister/ambulatory in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; introduced daze/grogginess/stupor/stupefaction/trance and hebetude/languor/lassitude/stupor/stupefaction, prepended view to view/prospect/outlook/expectation/anticipation in CEREBRATION; redefined and relegated attended/fraught under accompanying/associated/associative/attendant/collateral/concomitant/connected/related, inserted mesh into and nested cohere/consist beneath accord/agree/coincide/conform/consist/consort/correspond/equate/fit/harmonize/jibe/match/mesh/parallel/square/suit/tally, expanded adynamia/debilitation/debility/enervation/enfeeblement/faintness/feebleness/incapacitation/infirmity/languor/prostration/weakness with inclusion of languor and prostration, supplanted noctivagant/noctivagous with noctambulant, cut rambling from meandering, transferred amentia/idiocy to MEDICAL, subjoined yoke to attachment/colligation/conjugation/conjunction/connection/connectivity/junction/juncture/link/union/yoke, prepended attingent to attingent/contiguous/tangent/touching, deleted unserviceable from broken/dead/down/inoperable/inoperative/kaput, prepended celebrity to celebrity/distinction/eminence/fame/greatness/honor/illustriousness/popularity/renown/reputation, excised view from prospect, purged comity, reversed and relegated cover/span under comprehend/encompass/include, obliterated disagree, discord and diverge from differ/vary, nested odium/opprobrium and obloquy individually under reworked disgrace/dishonor/disrepute/ignominy/infamy/shame, effaced equivalence from coequality/equality/equity/parity, erased serviceable and useful from and added operable and operative to functional/functioning/operable/operational/operating/operative/working, included seclusion and sequestration in insularism/insulation/isolation/seclusion/segregation/sequestration, expunged space from latitude/leeway/liberty/scope, added acute to manqué in manqué*/unfulfilled/unsuccessful, deleted nearness/propinquity/proximity/vicinity, eradicated attachment from and redefined rapport/intimacy/friendship/comradeship/companionship/camaraderie/bond, reassigned sober/dry and hyponymous teetotal to DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT, appended celebrity to reputation/renown/popularity/illustriousness/honor/greatness/fame/eminence/distinction/celebrity, excised hebetude from and altered definition of torpor/torpidness/torpidity/listlessness/lethargy/lassitude/languor, expunged trance/torpor/stupor/stupefaction/muddle/haze/grogginess/daze, cut objectifiable from reifiable in CONDITIONS; nested dry/sober (and subordinate teetotal) beneath abstemious/restrained/temperate, and comity under civility/cordiality/courtesy/courteousness/deference/graciousness/obeisance/politeness/respectfulness in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; affixed attendant to corollary/attendant in EVENTS; redefined languor/dreaminess in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; inserted cloister into GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY, nearness/propinquity/proximity/vicinity into GEOMETRY & SHAPES, severalty into LAW, amentia/idiocy into MEDICAL, and cohere/consist into PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; erased propriety and interposed severalty into RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES; cut vicinity from nearness/propinquity/proximity in TIME
• 2016.12.11: new review: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Blogger)
• 2016.12.8: a facile task under abject circumstances: inserted irreverence into affront/cut/discourtesy/irreverence/indignity/insult/offense/slight/snub in ACTS, and affront/contumely/cut/denigration/disparagement/insult/irreverence/revilement/slur in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; redefined and cut require from connote/entail/implicate/imply/import/involve/mean/necessitate in CONDITIONS; appended irreverent to flip/flippant/irreverent in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; introduced epigon/epigone to FIGURES; appended involve criminate/implicate/incriminate/inculpate/involve, and inserted obligate/oblige into LAW
• 2016.12.6: new review: The Innkeepers (Blogger)
• 2016.12.2: something new: interpolated indurate into condition/desensitize/harden/indurate/inure/season/toughen in ACTS; added ictus to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; inserted parous and hyponyms multiparous, oviparous, ovoviviparous and viviparous (reassigned from MEDICAL) into BODILY FUNCTIONS; deleted astringent from acerbic/acid(ic)/acrid/bitter/sharp/sour/tart in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; incorporated astringent into vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/astringent/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; appended swoon to and rectified definition of exult/glory/jubilate/rejoice/swoon in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; nested enervate under ablate/extirpate, tweaked definition of abscess, relegated analgesic/anodyne/painkiller and subordinate demulcent beneath alleviant/palliative, nested anomia and dysphasia under aphasia, edited definition of infectious/infective/pestiferous/pestilent/pestilential, cut indurated from sclerotic/sclerosed, enlarged spasm/seizure/paroxysm/ictus/fit/convulsion with interjection of ictus, nested abscess beneath suppurate/fester, relegated liniment/embrocation under unguent/unction/salve/ointment in MEDICAL; interposed empirical into a posteriori/empiric/empirical/experiential/experimental in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; interposed pestilent into bad/baleful/baneful/damaging/deleterious/detrimental/evil/harmful/heinous/hurtful/inimical/injurious/malefic/maleficent/malevolent/malign/malignant/mischievous/noisome/pestilent/pestilential and pestiferous, pestilent and pestilential into insidious/pernicious/pestiferous/pestilent/pestilential/subtle in QUALITIES; inserted adjuvant, astringent/styptic, theriac, treacle into, nested liniment/embrocation under unguent/unction/salve/ointment in SUBSTANCES; introduced deliquium/dissolution/flux/liquefaction/liquification into TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY
• 2016.11.30: new review: Marebito (Blogger)
• 2016.11.27: new review: Stakeout (Blogger)
• 2016.11.25: drudgery during a dull day: interposed net, ensnare and obliterated entangle in trap/net/entrap/ensnare/catch, interjected net, entangle and catch into tangle/net/entangle/enmesh/catch, and added tangle, entangle, enmesh and catch to tangle/snare/entangle/ensnare/enmesh/catch in ACTS; swelled absorbed/captivated/engrossed/immersed/intent/monopolized/obsessed/preoccupied/prepossessed/rapt with incorporation of intent in CEREBRATION; reworked tenor/substance/strain/spirit/significance/purport/meat/intent/import/gist/drift as drift/import/intent/meaning/purport/sense/significance/signification/substance and subordinates connotation/overtone, drift/implication/import/intent/purport/significance/signification/strain/tenor, gist/meat/sense/strain/substance and spirit in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; inserted import into connote/entail/implicate/imply/import/involve/mean/necessitate/require and denote/image/import/mark/mean/represent/signify/symbolize/type/typify in CONDITIONS; augmented complexion/constitution/disposition/humor/makeup/mettle/nature/spirit/temper/temperament with addition of spirit in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; expunged connotation/overtone from LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; added gist to LAW; incorporated strain into bracket/brand/breed/category/class/classification/genus/grade/kind/nature/rubric/sort/species/stamp/strain/type/variety and obliterated substance from sum/pith/nub/meat/marrow/kernel/heart/gist/essence/core in MISCELLANEOUS; inserted tenor into attribute/character/characteristic/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/tenor/trait and subjoined strain to intrinsic/strain in QUALITIES; interjected spirit into sprite/spirit/pixie/fay/fairy/faerie in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; reversed, nested poignant/pungent/sharp/tangy beneath aromatic/odoriferous/odorous/redolent/smelling in SCENTS; introduced essence, under which quintessence is now and spirit newly nested in SUBSTANCES; prepended drift to drift/drive/drove in ZOOLOGY; Meritous and The Worst Witch have been newly itemized among my preferent pics and pixels
• 2016.11.20: new review: Last Embrace (Blogger)
• 2016.11.18: this was refreshingly facile: scrumble now nested under abstract/prescind/remove/take/withdraw in ACTS; enlarged asthenic/ectomorphic/lean/macilent/spare/thin with interpolation of ectomorphic, appended skeletal to bony/emaciated/gaunt/scrawny/skeletal, cut spindly (to redefine it individually) from tweaked ectomorphic/rangy (under which gangling/gangly/lank/lanky is now subordinate), relegated cistern(a)/reservoir, gullet/pharynx, lacuna, fontanel and vestibule beneath atrium, tweaked definition of excrescence, nested esophagus/gullet/oesophagus/throttle and trachea/windpipe under canal/channel/tube and adnate beneath connate/coadunate, excised embonpoint, chubby and plump from redefined buxom/Rubenesque/zaftig, relegated manus beneath hand/mitt/paw, interposed bracketed conjunctive into Morton's toe [OR] foot, reworked nevus and hyponyms beauty spot [OR] mark/birthmark and beauty spot [OR] mark/mole, edited definitions of node and nodule, reworked ocular/optic/optical/visual, inserted optical into, nested sclerotic under and revised definition of ocular/optic/optical/ophthalmic, permuted and nested skeletal beneath osteal/osseous/bony, affixed bony to and relegated skeletal under osteal/bony, nested node and subordinate nodule under outgrowth/process, altered definition of proximal, reversed, interjected rudimental into primitive/rudimental/rudimentary, reworked thump/throb/race/pound/palpitate/flutter as throb/race/flutter and hyponymous thump/throb/pound and palpitate/flutter, subjoined rudimental to vestigial/rudimentary/rudimental in ANATOMY; expunged childbed from birth/childbirth/delivery/parturition, laxate from defecate/purge/shit and tooting from fart/flatulation, appended sneeze to sternutation/sneeze, nested regurgitate under vomit/upchuck/spew/retch/regorge/purge/puke/heave/disgorge/barf and regurgitation beneath vomit/purge/puke/heave/emesis/disgorgement/barf in BODILY FUNCTIONS; redacted definitions of celebrity/fame/popularity/renown, distinction/eminence/fame/greatness/honor/illustriousness/popularity/renown/reputation and reputation/renown/popularity/illustriousness/honor/greatness/fame/eminence/distinction in CONDITIONS; inserted auricular into GEOMETRY & SHAPES; affixed carcass to ossature/carcass in MISCELLANEOUS; relegated mesomorphic under intermediary/intermediate/mean/middle in QUALITIES
• 2016.11.16: new review: Working Girl (Blogger)
• 2016.11.13: new review: The Tenant (Blogger)
• 2016.11.11: oh, dear lord: incorporated subserve in relegation under abet/aid/assist/back/help/minister [to]/serve/subvent and arch beneath traverse/span/range/pass/cross/cover in ACTS; cut arbor from redefined pergola, nested loggia under arcade, introduced two definitions of arch under which extrados, intrados, archway, arcade, arcature, proscenium (arch) and viaduct, and extrados, intrados and archway are hyponymously relegated, reworked canopy/awning/marquee as awning and subordinate canopy, reworked and reassigned bastion/citadel as bastion/citadel/fortress/stronghold and hyponymous citadel and bower/arbor as alcove/arbor/bower and bower/embower (to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY), edited definition of bower and corbel, tweaked definition of newly independent cove/coving, relegated portiere under door/doorway, revised definition of entresol/mezzanine, appended marquise to marquee/marquise and cut marquise from tweaked marquee, divided definition of mezzanine into two (the latter of which is subordinate), prepended ossuarium to and emended definition of ossuarium/ossuary, reworked colonnade, column/pillar and all their subordinate words as pillar and its hyponyms column, annulet, colonnade, arcade, arcature, peristyle and newel, inserted porch/lanai (under which veranda(h)/porch/lanai is now nested), appended porch to and edited definition of portico/porch in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; affixed jeux d'esprit to facetiae/jeux d'esprit, interposed jeu d'esprit (under which squib is nested) into BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interjected fixation/fixed idea/idée fixe/obsession into CEREBRATION; affixed jeux d'esprit to facetiae/jeux d'esprit, and interpolated jeux d'esprit into zinger/witticism/wisecrack/sport/sally/quip/pleasantry/jeu d'esprit/jest/crack/bon mot in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; switched exterior and external in exterior/external/outer/outside, purged suffusing/steeping/saturating/pervading/permeating/perfusing/penetrating/interpenetrating/infusing/impregnating/imbuing/filling/bathing in CONDITIONS; incorporated busybody/interloper/meddler/quidnunc, frotteur and gossip(er)/gossipmonger/quidnunc/rumormonger into FIGURES; introduced alcove/arbor/bower, bastion/citadel/fortress/stronghold (and subordinate citadel), bower/embower, Cotopaxi and archway (under entrance/entranceway/entry/entryway/ingress/portal/threshold) in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; interposed columnar/columniform/columnlike, hypotenuse/hypothenuse and subjacent/underlying into GEOMETRY & SHAPES; appended bight to bay/bight, added cordage (under which hawser and ratlin(e) are now nested) to MARINE; interpolated battledore (and shuttlecock) into MISCELLANEOUS; introduced caoutchouc/gum elastic/rubber in SUBSTANCES; interposed ossuarium/ossuary into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2016.11.6: new review: The Parallax View (Blogger)
• 2016.11.4: ARGH! The grind: relegated girt under gauge/measure/mensurate/mete, prepended girt to girt/gird/bind/belt/begirt/begird, beneath which hobble and spancel are now nested, prepended scud to scud/skim/skate in ACTS; injected nare/naris/nostril into ANATOMY; interposed escritoire into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; interpolated brief into apercu/brief/conspectus/epitome/outline/overview/precis/resume/sketch/summary/summation/survey/synopsis and its hyponymous abstract/brief/epitome in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; nested bonne bouche under vittle/victual/viand/edible/eatable/comestible/aliment in COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; added crisp and curt to and individually relegated compendious, and pithy/sententious under brief/compact/concise/crisp/curt/succinct/summary/terse, reworked brief/clipped/crisp/curt/laconic/terse as crisp/laconic/spartan/terse and subordinate abrupt/brief/brusk/brusque/curt/gruff/snappish/snappy/terse in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; incorporated crisp into alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/crisp/effervescent/energetic/feisty/lively/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/sparkling/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy, rectified abrupt/brusk/brusque/curt/snappish/snappy/unceremonious as abrupt/brief/brusk/brusque/curt/gruff/snappish/snappy/terse, inserted crisp/laconic/spartan/terse and hyponymous abrupt/brief/brusk/brusque/curt/gruff/snappish/snappy/terse, affixed snappy to redefined mordacious/snappish/snappy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interjected dudgeon into anger/choler/dander/dudgeon/hackles/ire and subordinate acrimony/bitterness/dudgeon/indignation/jaundice/offense/pique/rancor/resentment/umbrage in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; introduced ex nihilo in LATIN ON LOAN; added mast (and hyponyms foremast/fore-mast, mainmast/main-mast and mizenmast/mizzenmast/mizzen-mast), ratlin(e), scud, taffrail (under stern) and two definition of yawl to MARINE; interposed moiety into allocation/allotment/cut/dividend/lot/moiety/portion/quantum/ration/share/slice in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; inserted rheum into MEDICAL; expended counterfeit/fake/forgery/pinchbeck/postiche/sham with inclusion of pinchbeck; introduced samiel/simoom/simoon to MISCELLANEOUS; integrated Pyrrhonism, pyrrhonism and telos into PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; interpolated pinchbeck into bogus/counterfeit/fake/false/faux/forged/phony/pinchbeck/sham, crisp into bracing/brisk/crisp/energizing/fortifying/invigorating/lively/strengthening/vitalizing/vivifying and instanter into directly/forthwith/immediately/instanter/instantly/promptly/straightaway/straightway in QUALITIES; introduced in petto in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; inserted coir, pinchbeck and rheum into SUBSTANCES; added escritoire to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; new review: Tideland (Blogger)
• 2016.11.2: new review: Someone's Watching Me! (Blogger)
• 2016.10.30: new review: Body Bags (Blogger)
• 2016.10.29: new review: Two-Lane Blacktop (Blogger)
• 2016.10.27: new review: To Live and Die in L.A. (Blogger)
• 2016.10.25: new review: The Trouble with Harry (Blogger)
• 2016.10.23: new review: Le mans (Blogger)
• 2016.10.21: a pleasant edit: prepended bathe to bathe/deluge/drown/engulf/flood/immerse/inundate/overflow/overrun/overwhelm/submerge/swamp/whelm, cut charge, and relegated hyponymous drench/fill/imbue/impregnate/interpenetrate/permeate/pervade/saturate/soak/steep beneath reworked bathe/infuse/penetrate/perfuse/permeate/suffuse, interjected imbue into blemish/blot/blotch/imbrue/imbue/maculate/spot/stain, obliterated infuse from breathe/confer/endow/endue/gift/impart/indue/invest/lend, interposed quassation/agitation in ACTS; expanded impute/charge/blame/affix/accuse with inclusion of blame and accuse in CEREBRATION; imbue/saturate newly nested under redefined perfuse/suffuse in COLORS; charge interpolated into behest/charge/command(ment)/dictate/direction/directive/enjoinment/imperative/injunction/instruction/order and bid/charge/command/dictate/direct/enjoin/instruct/order/tell in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interposed infuse and penetrate into affect/arouse/elicit/evoke/excite/infuse/inspire/kindle/move/penetrate/pique/provoke/touch, subjoined suffuse to redefined charge/infuse/suffuse FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; merged both entries of charge d'affaires in FIGURES; interjected petrifactive/petrific, petrified and hyponymous petrific/petrifying in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; flipped charge/indict in LAW; inserted fill into amplitude/fill/full/plenty in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; introduced crepitation/crepitus into MEDICAL; appended steep to and reassigned welter/steep from CONDITIONS to POSITIONS; inserted penetrate/perfuse/permeate/suffuse and subordinates embalm/perfume and fill/impregnate/interpenetrate/perfuse/permeate/pervade/saturate/steep into SCENTS; introduced bathe/perfuse/permeate/suffuse to SIGHTS; added crepitation/crepitus to SOUNDS
• 2016.10.17: new review: The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (Blogger)
• 2016.10.15: new review: Police (Blogger)
• 2016.10.14: good gravy! The moil: corrected tricheur as tricher in bamboozle/cheat/chicane/chouse/cozen/dupe/fool/fox/gull/hoax/hoodwink/hornswoggle/illude/shaft/sucker/tricher/trick in ACTS; cut underappreciate from misprize/underestimate/underrate/undervalue in CEREBRATION; obliterated burden from tenor/substance/strain/spirit/significance/purport/meat/intent/import/gist/drift in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; relegated monopsonist, oligopsonist and scalper/tout beneath buyer/client/customer/emptor/purchaser/vendee in ECONOMICS; excised febrile from delirious/fevered/feverish/frantic/frenetic/frenzied/hysterical/mad/manic/nympholeptic/overexcited/overwrought/wild, nested eleutheromania under mania and medorthophobia under phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; effaced anathema from and interpolated twat into abhorrence/abomination/asshole/bete noire/cocksucker/cullion/cunt/detestation/dickhead/fink/fuckface/hate/jerk/motherfucker/rat/scumbag/shithead/swine/twat/whoreson/wretch, relegated bastion, monopolist and oligopolist under adherent/advocate/advocator/apostle/backer/booster/champion/devotee/evangelist/exponent/partisan/promoter/propagandist/proponent/supporter/votary, and beggar/cadger/mendicant/mooch(er)/panhandler and remittance man beneath reversed almsman/eleemosynary, added anathema and anathema, nested avatar/byword/embodiment/epitome/image/incarnation/personification (and subordinate quintessence) under archetype/byword/epitome/example/exemplar/exemplification/image/model/paradigm/prototype/specimen, appended twat to ass/boob/chump/clot/donkey/doofus/fathead/fool/goof/goofball/goon/halfwit/idiot/jackass/moron/muttonhead/nincompoop/ninny/nitwit/putz/sap/shithead/simpleton/twat, nested sylph beneath bird/chick/lass/wench, patron and reversed scalper/tout under buyer/client/customer/emptor/purchaser/vendee, mountebank beneath chapman/hawker/packman/peddler/pedlar, and alcalde, demagogue, despot/dictator/tyrant, dynast, heresiarch, jefe, liege/suzerain, nabob/nawab, regent and suzerain under reversed chief/governor/head/honcho/leader/lord/regent/ruler, reversed parson/rector and minister/parson, relegated ancestor/antecedent/ascendant/forebear/forefather/parent/predecessor/primogenitor/progenitor (and truncated hyponym primogenitor) beneath cognate/kin/kinsman [OR] kinswoman/relation/relative/sib, enophile/oenophile under cognoscente/connoisseur/maven, abettor/accomplice/confederate (and subordinate accessary/accessory) and arsonist/firebug/incendiary beneath criminal/crook/culprit/felon/lawbreaker/malefactor/offender/perp/perpetrator/wrongdoer, and despot/dictator/tyrant and freebooter/looter/marauder/pillager/plunderer/raider/reaver under culprit/evildoer/felon/malefactor/malfeasant/miscreant/reprobate/scoundrel/sinner/transgressor/villain/wrongdoer, promoted envoy/envoy extraordinary/minister plenipotentiary, relegated battle-axe/bitch/gorgon/virago beneath harpy/harridan/hellcat/jade/shrew/termagant/virago/vixen, affixed ostler to hostler/ostler, under which farrier and stableman are newly nested, nested hermaphrodite/androgyne under redefined intersex/gynandromorph/epicene/androgyne, relegated brazier, hooper/cooper, lapidist/lapidary beneath journeyman/craftsperson/craftswoman [OR] craftsman/artisan/artificer, cut landsman and secondary definition from landlubber/lubber, nested pandectist under legist, reversed noctambulist/sleepwalker/somnambulator/somnambulist, nested orthoepist under prescriptivist, edited definition of substantive sylph, relegated lubber/landsman/landlubber under tar/seaman/seafarer/salt/sailor/rating/matelot/mariner/Jack in FIGURES; nested abettor/accomplice/confederate (and hyponymous accessary/accessory), arsonist/firebug/incendiary, bandit/brigand/picaroon (and subordinates highwayman and road agent) beneath criminal/crook/culprit/felon/lawbreaker/malefactor/offender/perp/perpetrator/wrongdoer in LAW; deleted landsman from landlubber/lubber, nested lubber/landsman/landlubber under tar/seaman/seafarer/salt/sailor/rating/matelot/mariner/Jack in MARINE; added butt to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; introduced anathema to MISCELLANEOUS; rectified second definition of interoperable (finally!) in QUALITIES; reversed parson/rector and minister/parson in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; relegated pack under doggery and interposed wisdom into ZOOLOGY
• 2016.10.13: new review: Nocturnal Uproar (Blogger)
• 2016.10.11: new review: Branded to Kill (Blogger)
• 2016.10.8: new review: Manon 70 (Blogger)
• 2016.10.7: one fun whopper: quit and release effaced from reversed abandon/abnegate/forego/forgo/forsake/give up/relinquish/renounce/resign/waive, under which release and relinquish have been interpolated into cede/concede/deliver/release/relinquish/surrender/yield, quit cut from abandon/desert/drop/forsake, introduced abandon/give up/quit/resign and hyonyms abdicate and surrender/yield, inserted abnegate into abjure/abnegate/abstain (from)/avoid/deny (oneself)/dispense with/eschew/forgo/forego/resist and purged subordinate abnegate/deny (oneself), augmented cease/discontinue/end/halt/pretermit/quit/stint/stop/surcease/suspend/terminate with interjection of quit, appended quit to relinquish/release/quit, incorported give up into yield/surrender/succumb/submit/render/give up/capitulate/bow in ACTS; relegated cavalcade/procession and defile under column/file/line/train in COLLECTIVES; excised yield from acknowledge/admit/allow/avow/cede/concede/confess/grant and subordinate concede in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; reassigned windy/windswept from QUALITIES to CONDITIONS; affixed quit to acquit/act/bear/behave/carry/comport/conduct/deport/quit in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interposed quit into clear/discharge/liquidate/pay/quit/settle/square in ECONOMICS; prepended abiding to abiding/aeonian/eonian/enduring/everlasting/perennial/permanent/perpetual/persistent, obliterated abiding from two subordinate entries of haunting/indelible/memorable/unforgettable, prepended aeolian and eolian to aeolian/eolian/windy and prepended aeolian to and redefined hyponymous aeolian/eolian in QUALITIES
• 2016.10.6: new review: The Triplets of Belleville (Blogger)
• 2016.10.4: new review: Heavenly Creatures (Blogger)
• 2016.10.2: new review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Blogger)
• 2016.9.30: new review: Illegally Yours (Blogger)
• 2016.9.28: new review: Missing (Blogger)
• 2016.9.27: Ugh! an exigent edit: inserted step into ambulate/tread/step/walk, under which step is newly nested, appended range to graze/range in ACTS; introduced (chromatic) spectrum to COLORS; relegated collateral beneath cognate/kin/kinsman [OR] kinswoman/relation/relative/sib in FIGURES; augmented locale/locality/site/scene/setting/stage/venue with interjection of stage, now relegated under locale/locality/location/locus/place/position/site/situation/spot in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; added scale to dimensions/magnitude/measurements/proportions/scale/size in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; reversed modifier/qualifier, under which degree is now nested in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; added scale to dimensions/magnitude/measurements/proportions/scale/size and measure/metric/metrology/scale in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; interposted grade into bracket/brand/breed/category/class/classification/genus/grade/kind/nature/rubric/sort/species/stamp/type/variety, inserted stage into diligence/stage/stagecoach, obliterated range and spectrum from redefined gradation/scale, subordinate to which measure and stage were excised from redefined cut/degree/gradation/grade/level/notch/step; affixed carf to kerf/carf, now subordinate to score/notch
• 2016.9.26: new review: Sorcerer (Blogger)
• 2016.9.24: new photos of donkeys, Jeep & Sophie, Plippy, Mephisto and Popsi, Popsi, Mindy and Raphael (Google)
• 2016.9.23: refreshingly emended for this Autumnal commencement: revised definition of chide/reprehend/reproach/reprove and interjected reprehend and reprove into hyponymous berate/castigate/censure/chastise/chide/flagellate/lambast(e)/objurgate/rate/rebuke/reprehend/reprimand/reproach/reprove/scold/upbraid/whip under which harangue has been cut from lecture and reprimand newly nested, chiding supplanted by monishment in admonishment/admonition/monishment, beration and beratement deleted from and reprehension, reproach, reproof and reproval interpolated into castigation/censure/chastisement/objurgation/rebuke/reprehension/reprimand/reproach/reproof/reproval, under which lecture and reprimand are now subordinate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; exogenic/exogenous/exterior/external/extraneous/extrinsic/outside, exterior/external/extrinsic/outside and external/exterior/outer/outside introduced to CONDITIONS; outside interposed into superficies/superfice/periphery/outside/external/exterior in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; exogenic/exogenous/exterior/extraneous/extrinsic excised, and extrinsic replaced with outside in redefined exoteric/external/exterior/outside in QUALITIES; new review: The Stendhal Syndrome (Blogger)
• 2016.9.21: new review: Blue is the Warmest Color (Blogger)
• 2016.9.19: new review: Le Sauvage (Blogger)
• 2016.9.16: another speedy edit: prepended agonize to agonize/endeavor/exert/strive/struggle, obliterated afflict/ail/hurt/pain/trouble (and hyponyms thereof) and torture/torment/rack/plague/hurt/bedevil/anguish/agonize/afflict in ACTS; interpolated aposiopesis into COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; reworked torture/torment/rack/plague/hurt/distress/bedevil/anguish/agonize/afflict as afflict/ail/hurt/pain and subordinate agonize/anguish/bedevil/distress/dretch/excruciate/plague/rack/torment/torture, prick/smart/sting and twinge, inserted afflict/ail/hurt/pain/trouble and hyponymous agonize/anguish/dretch/excruciate/plague/rack/torment/torture, burn/prick/smart/sting and twinge in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; subjoined external and exterior to superficies/superfice/periphery/external/exterior in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; interposed carious and periodontal disease/pyorrhoea in MEDICAL; purged superficies/superfice/periphery from MISCELLANEOUS; introduced exogenic/exogenous/exterior/extraneous/extrinsic, cut extraneous from and revised definition of exoteric/external/exterior/extrinsic in QUALITIES; new review: Miami Connection (Blogger)
• 2016.9.14: new review: Gomorrah (Blogger)
• 2016.9.12: new review: Sex is Comedy (Blogger)
• 2016.9.10: new review: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (Blogger)
• 2016.9.8: a quick revision: surbate obliterated from bruise/contuse, prejudice interposed into prepossess/prejudice/predispose/predetermine in ACTS; abstractedness/abstraction/preoccupancy/preoccupation newly nested under absorption/captivation/engrossment/fixation/immersion/obsession/preoccupancy/preoccupation/prepossession/raptness in CEREBRATION; obstinate cut from headstrong/perverse/wayward/willful, unyielding subjoined to calcified/fossilized/ossified/rigid/set/unregenerate/unyielding, inflexible and unyielding effaced from immovable/implacable/inexorable/obdurate/relentless/unappeasable/unrelenting in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; surbate expunged from badger/bedevil/beset/bother/devil/harass/harry/hassle/hound/nag/persecute/pester/plague/press, apathetic/dispassionate/emotionless/immovable/impassive/passionless/stolid/stony/unemotional augmented with insertion of immovable, transports deleted from ardency/ardor/fervency/fervor/fire/incandescence/intensity/passion/vehemence/warmth, and transported from ardent/fervent/fervid/fierce/fiery/impassioned/incandescent/inflamed/intense/passionate/torrid/vehement/warm, transport appended to bliss/delight/ecstasy/elation/enchantment/euphoria/exaltation/exhilaration/exultation/felicity/gladness/glee/joy/joyance/jubilation/jubilance/jubilancy/jubilee/rapture/transport in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; confederate affixed to abettor/accomplice/confederate in FIGURES and LAW; definitions of mirabiles auditu, dictu and visu rectified in LATIN ON LOAN; uninterrupted deleted from contiguous/immediate in TIME; new review: Lila (Blogger)
• 2016.9.6: new photographs of wiggly Mindy (Google); new review: Fort Saganne (Blogger)
• 2016.9.4: new review: Mauvais Sang (Blogger)
• 2016.9.3: fresh photos of Isaac, Mary and Zoogles (Google)
• 2016.9.2: hopefully, this year's last exhausting edit: nested surbate under ambulate/tread/walk and accresce/accrue/accumulate/cumulate/gather/grow (and hyponymous agglomerate/bunch/clump/cluster/mass) beneath augment/boost/enlarge/escalate/expand/heighten/increase/raise/swell and augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/heighten/increase/swell, cut frazzle from and relegated overtire under debilitate/devitalize/emasculate/enervate/enfeeble/exhaust/incapacitate/prostrate/tire/weaken, beneath which frazzle and prostrate were interjected into and surbate deleted from drain/exhaust/fatigue/frazzle/jade/prostrate/tire/weary inserted paddock into ACTS; introduced quoin/coin/coign to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; prepended and relegated hyponym of mackintosh to mackintosh/raincoat/slicker in ATTIRE; effaced individual entry of volley in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; prepended adynamia to, interjected debility and feebleness into, and obliterated devitalization and frailty from adynamia/debilitation/debility/enervation/enfeeblement/faintness/feebleness/incapacitation/infirmity/weakness, inserted frazzle and rectified definition of hyponymous exhaustion/fatigue/frazzle/lassitude/prostration/tiredness/weariness in CONDITIONS; inserted jaded into abandoned/debauched/dissipated/dissolute/fast/intemperate/jaded/nice/overindulgent/profligate/unregenerate/wanton and infirm into ambivalent/dithering/doubtful/dubious/hesitant/indecisive/infirm/irresolute/oscillating/tentative/torn/uncertain/undecided/unsettled/unsure/vacillating/waffling/wavering in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; nested esurience/hunger (and hyponyms famishment/ravenousness and edacity/esurience/ravenousness/voracity/voraciousness under orexis, and kopophobia and hypnymous ponophobia beneath phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; interposed sap into ass/boob/chump/clot/donkey/doofus/fathead/fool/goof/goofball/goon/halfwit/idiot/jackass/moron/muttonhead/nincompoop/ninny/nitwit/putz/sap/shithead/simpleton and dupe/fool/gull/pigeon/sap/victim in FIGURES; prepended barranca and barranco to barranca/barranco/canyon/coulee/defile/gorge/ravine, nested paddock beneath enclosure in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; cut effete from and subjoined prostrate to feckless/helpless/impotent/impuissant/ineffective/ineffectual/otiose/powerless/prostrate; new review: Tragic Ceremony (Blogger)
• 2016.8.31: new review: Eastern Boys (Blogger)
• 2016.8.29: new review: The Last Mistress (Blogger)
• 2016.8.27: new review: Hugo Pool (Blogger)
• 2016.8.26: so edifying: introduced bicker, burr and burr/deburr into ACTS; obliterated absent/absentminded/abstracted/distrait/heedless/inattentive/insensible/oblivious/unheeding/unmindful/unthinking, nested absent/abstracted/distrait/preoccupied and absent/absent-minded/distrait under absorbed/captivated/engrossed/immersed/monopolized/obsessed/preoccupied/prepossessed/rapt and in amnesiac/amnesic/amnestic beneath forgetful/oblivious/unmindful CEREBRATION; nested burr under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, added burr to COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interjected insensible into apathetic/careless/disinterested/indifferent/insensible/perfunctory/unconcerned/uninterested/uninvolved and hyponymous blithe/callous/careless/heartless/heedless/inconsiderate/insensible/insensitive/offhand/thoughtless/uncaring/unfeeling/unkind/unthinking, added forgetful and unthinking to careless/derelict/forgetful/heedless/inadvertent/inattentive/neglectful/negligent/remiss/slack/thoughtless/unmindful/unthinking in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interpolated excursion/jaunt/outing/sally into and purged erroneous sortie from EVENTS; appended sally to ebullition/flaw/gust/outburst/sally in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; interposed related definitions of burr into MISCELLANEOUS and TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; relegated coot and heron/hern under bird/fowl in ZOOLOGY
• 2016.8.25: new review: Downhill Racer (Blogger)
• 2016.8.23: new review: The Marquise of O (Blogger); new photo of Popsi and album of goats (Google)
• 2016.8.21: an especially satisfying edit: obliterated polemic(al) and polemicist/polemist from BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; emended definition of and inserted eristic(al) into contentious/controversial/eristic(al)/polemic(al)/thorny/vexed, expunged eristic(al) and polemics from COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; augmented adamant/constant/decided/decisive/determined/dogged/firm/immovable/inflexible/intent/intractable/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/persistent/persisting/pertinacious/purposeful/resolute/resolved/set/stable/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stubborn/tenacious/unfaltering/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding with inclusion of constant and stable, interjected eristic(al) into argumentative/confrontational/contentious/controversial/eristic(al)/disputatious/disputative/dissentious/feisty/pugnacious/quarrelsome in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; reversed, added debater and relegated polemicist/polemist to controversialist/debater/disputant/eristic/polemic in FIGURES; subtilized definition of and added another to constant in MATHEMATICS; nested polemic under argument/contention/thesis, edited definition of eristic/polemics in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; interpolated stable into aeonian/ageless/amaranthine/endless/eonian/everlasting/interminable/perennial/permanent/perpetual/sempiternal/stable/undying/unending, alphabetized aeonian/eonian/enduring/everlasting/perennial/permanent/perpetual/persistent, cut rigid and set, interjected unvariable into and expanded definition of changeless/constant/firm/fixed/immutable/invariable/invariant/static/steady/unchanging/uniform/unvariable/unvarying, elaborated definition of and increased firm/fixed/immutable/inalterable/inflexible/invariable/stabile/unalterable/unchangeable/unvariable with introduction of firm, fixed, and unvariable in QUALITIES; new review: Images (Blogger)
• 2016.8.19: new review: Doppelganger (Blogger)
• 2016.8.17: new review: A Real Young Girl (Blogger)
• 2016.8.15: new review: Cronos (Blogger)
• 2016.8.13: new review: Innocence (Blogger)
• 2016.8.12: another immane undertaking: emended definition of and relegated equate/identify under account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as), deleted equation/identification in CEREBRATION; changeable newly nested beneath variegated/varicolored/rainbow/polychromatic/multihued/multicolored/colorful in COLORS; interposed and relegated (a subordinate definition of) halloo to call (out)/clamor/cry (out)/halloo/holler/shout/vociferate/yell, nested halloo under call/clamor/cry/holler/outcry/shout/vociferation/yell, relegated equate beneath character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/image/portray/render and twaddle/fustian/claptrap/bombast under twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/humbug/hooey/hogwash/guff/gibber(ish)/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/blather/bilge/baloney/balderdash in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; expanded divagating/drifting/erratic/expatiating/extravagant/extravagating/maundering/meandering/migrant/migratory/oberrating/pererrating/rambling/ranging/roaming/roving/straying/vagrant/wandering with interjection of erratic, nested temperamental under defective/down/faulty/malfunctioning in CONDITIONS; relegated contrary/froward/peevish/perverse/wayward/willful under disobedient/fractious/indocile/noncompliant/recalcitrant/unruly, inserted inconstant into disloyal/faithless/false/inconstant/insidious/perfidious/punic/recreant/renegade/traitorous/treacherous/unfaithful/untrue, reworked capricious/changeable/erratic/fickle/flighty/inconstant/labile/mercurial/moody/mutable/temperamental/unstable/variable/variant/veering/volatile/wayward/whimsical as erratic/moody/mercurial/temperamental/unstable and hyponymous capricious/changeable/fickle/flighty/impulsive/inconstant/mercurial/variable/volatile/wayward/whimsical in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interpolated erratic into aberrant/anomaly/character/eccentric/erratic/oddball/weirdo in FIGURES; introduced fronton in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; interposed variable in MATHEMATICS; interposed quinine into MEDICAL; appended volant to agile/deft/light-footed/lightsome/lissom(e)/nimble/volant, inserted variable to assorted/diverse/diversified/heterogeneous/manifold/miscellaneous/mixed/multiple/multiplex/variable/varied/variegated; subjoined variant to changeable/fluctuant/fluid/inconstant/labile/mutable/unsettled/unstable/variable/variant; interjected and relegated (a subordinate definition of) variant to and under different/differing/dissimilar/distinct/diverse/unalike/unlike/variant/various; interpolated inconstant and variant into fluid/inconstant/mutable/shifting/unsettled/variant/varying, added volant/volatile to QUALITIES; affixed volatile to brief/ephemeral/fleeting/fugacious/fugitive/passing/quick/short/temporal/transient/transitory/volatile in TIME; cute new webcam photos of me (Google)
• 2016.8.11: new review: Freaked (Blogger)
• 2016.8.9: new review: The Night We Never Met (Blogger)
• 2016.8.7: new review: Criminal Law (Blogger)
• 2016.8.6: a more satisfying edit: added resist to abjure/abstain (from)/avoid/eschew/forbear/refrain (from)/refuse/resist/withhold (from), emended definition of subordinate abstain, augmented abjure/abstain (from)/avoid/deny oneself/dispense with/eschew/forgo/forego/resist with interjection of deny oneself, reworked abnegation/abstention/abstinence/denial/self-denial/self-deprivation as abjuration/abnegation/abstention/abstinence/abstinency/denial/eschewal/resistance/self-denial, interposed forbear into avoid/eschew/forbear/shun, prepended avoid to avoid/banish/dislodge/drive (out)/eject/expel/oust/rout, inserted forego and forgo into waive/quit/resign/renounce/relinquish/release/give up/forsake/forgo/forego/abnegate/abandon in ACTS; introduced bedframe/bedstead to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; added singlet to ATTIRE; interpolated presbytery (Presbyterian) to COLLECTIVES; deleted ridiculous iterations of curate (Protestant) and purged individual cordelier in FIGURES; interposed presbytery/rectory (Roman Catholic) and presbytery (Presbyterian) in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; divided initial nouns of benefice (Roman Catholic) and benefice/rectory (Anglican), deleted ridiculous iterations of curate (Protestant), inserted presbytery (Presbyterian) and presbytery/rectory (Roman Catholic) in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; added hebdomadal/hebdomadary/weekly to TIME
• 2016.8.5: new review: Cul-de-Sac (Blogger)
• 2016.8.3: new review: The Flower of My Secret (Blogger)
• 2016.8.1: new review: Chocolat (Blogger); a new South Park Studio Project: Are They Right or What? (Picasa/Google)
• 2016.7.30: ugh! persisting drudgery: revised brad and nested tack under affix/annex/append/attach/fasten/tack, subjoined tack to slalom/tack, incorporated gentle into appease/assuage/calm/gentle/hush/lull/mollify/pacify/quiet/quieten/settle/soothe/still/tranquilize and uplift/sublime/gentle/exalt/ensky/ennoble/elevate/dignify, and added tack to ACTS; introduced cardiac/cordial and genial to ANATOMY; interposed bandstand in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; reworked affable/amicable/benevolent/benign/benignant/caring/congenial/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/goodhearted/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/meek/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted into benevolent/benign/benignant/gentle/good/goodhearted/gracious/humane/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/meek/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted and hyponymous affable/amiable/approachable/benevolent/benign/congenial/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/kind/nice/warm/warmhearted, under the former of which bounteous/bountiful/freehanded/generous/handsome/kind/lavish/liberal/munificent/openhanded/prodigal/unselfish/unsparing/unstinting and caring/compassionate/empathetic/empathic/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/sympathetic/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted are newly nested; interjected gentle into agreeable/amenable/biddable/compliant/conformable/docile/gentle/meek/obedient/submissive/supple/tame/tractable/yielding, civil/civilized/cordial/courteous/deferential/gentle/gracious/mannerly/obeisant/polite/respectful (under which gracious is now relegated) and its subordinate chivalrous/gallant/gentle, enlarged alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/effervescent/energetic/feisty/lively/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/sparkling/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/warm/zippy with the inclusion of warm, and buoyant/cheerful/cheery/genial/glad/jolly/lighthearted/merry/upbeat with the addition of genial in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; added warm to agog/avid/eager/enthusiastic/keen/warm/zestful, its hyponymous ardent/warm and ardent/fervent/fervid/fierce/fiery/impassioned/incandescent/inflamed/intense/passionate/torrid/transported/vehement/warm, inserted caring/compassionate/gracious/sympathetic into FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; interposed finca (under which hacienda/estancia is now relegated) in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; reversed abrupt/steep, its subordinate abrupt/precipitous/sheer and gentle/gradual in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; interpolated nice into acceptable/adequate/fair/fine/nice/palatable/passable/satisfactory/sufficient/tolerable, benign into advantageous/auspicious/benign/bright/favorable/fortunate/promising/propitious/rosy/toward, friendly and kind into advantageous/behovely/beneficial/constructive/effective/effectual/favorable/friendly/fruitful/gainful/helpful/invaluable/kind/productive/profitable/serviceable/useful/valuable, kindly into agreeable/alluring/appealing/attractive/cheerful/congenial/engaging/enjoyable/felicific/felicitous/glad/gratifying/ingratiating/kindly/likable/nice/pleasant/pleasing/pleasurable/satisfying, and and kind into quiddity/kind/essence in QUALITIES; incorporated breviary into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2016.7.30: new review: Savage Streets (Blogger)
• 2016.7.28: new review: Cash McCall (Blogger)
• 2016.7.26: new review: Hotel des Amériques (Blogger)
• 2016.7.24: new review: F for Fake (Blogger)
• 2016.7.23: at long last...excised administer from and interposed dole (out) and mete (out) into allot/deal (out)/dish out/dispense/distribute/divide/dole (out)/mete (out)/parcel (out)/portion (out)/share (now relegated to accommodate/afford/furnish/provide/provision/render/supply), under which allot/apportion/deal (out)/divide/mete (out)/prorate/share was enlarged by the interpolation of divide and the definition of dole (out) and ration were tweaked, allot/apportion newly nested under allocate/allot/appropriate/assign/destine/earmark/intend, as was divide and hyponyms bisect, bisect/halve, bifurcate/bisect/fork, prorate beneath decouple/detach/discerp/disconnect/disjoin/disjoint/dissever/disunite/divorce/part/separate/sever/split/sunder/uncouple/unfasten/unyoke, and divide under disjoin/disjoint/dissever/disunite/part/separate/sever/split/sunder/uncouple/unfasten, divide affixed to diverge/divide and mete to gauge/measure/mensurate/mete in ACTS; puttee/putty added to ATTIRE; lot/parcel introduced in ECONOMICS; ardency prepended to ardency/ardor and ardency/ardor/fervency/fervor/fire/incandescence/intensity/passion/transports/vehemence/warmth in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; mete inserted into ambit/border/(outer) boundary/bounds/bourn/brim/compass/edge/end/fringe/limits/marge/margin/mete/periphery/perimeter/rim/skirt/verge in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY and GEOMETRY & SHAPES; lot/parcel relegated beneath amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES
• 2016.7.22: new review: The Last Slumber Party (Blogger)
• 2016.7.20: new review: Runaway (Blogger)
• 2016.7.18: new review: Big Trouble (Blogger)
• 2016.7.17: to match the antonym of the third: relegated cobble under doctor/fix/furbish/mend/recondition/repair/service, edited definitions of cobble and squire in ACTS; emended definition of cobble in ATTIRE; transferred ratiocination from CEREBRATION to PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; relegated acquiescent under and deleted deferential, docible, flexible, pliable, pliant from agreeable/amenable/biddable/compliant/conformable/docile/meek/obedient/submissive/supple/tame/tractable/yielding, beneath which abject/meek/obsequious/servile/slavish/subservient/supple is newly nested and abject, ingratiating, ingratiatory, slavish, subservient and supple were excised from redefined bootlicking/fawning/groveling/obsequious/servile/sycophantic/toadying/toadyish, and uxorious was redefined, affable/amicable/benevolent/benign/benignant/caring/congenial/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/goodhearted/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/meek/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted augmented with insertion of meek in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; repeater/recidivist nested under criminal/convict/con in LAW (as in FIGURES); ingratiating interposed into agreeable/alluring/appealing/attractive/cheerful/congenial/engaging/enjoyable/felicific/felicitous/glad/gratifying/ingratiating/likable/nice/pleasant/pleasing/pleasurable/satisfying, conformable into akin/analogous/comparable/conformable/correspondent/corresponding/like/kindred/parallel/similar, slavish into banal/bromidic/cliche(d)/commonplace/corny/hack/hackneyed/hoary/mundane/musty/overused/overworked/shopworn/slavish/stale/threadbare/timeworn/tired/trite/uncreative/uninventive/unoriginal, and tame into boring/dreary/dry/dull/flat/humdrum/insipid/irksome/jejune/stodgy/tame/tedious/tiresome/tiring/uninteresting/vapid/wearisome, tractable cut from controllable/governable/manageable and appended to its sole hyponym, docile/tractable in QUALITIES; definition of bendable/bendy/flexible/flexile/limber/lissom(e)/lithe/pliable/pliant/supple/yielding tweaked in TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; aerial inserted into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; finally remediated an omission by interpolating SuperTuxKart among my favorite games
• 2016.7.16: new review: Drácula (Blogger)
• 2016.7.14: new review: Dirty Pair: Project Eden (Blogger)
• 2016.7.12: new review: Four Minutes (Blogger)
• 2016.7.10: new review: Halloween II (Blogger)
• 2016.7.9: a felicitously facile revision: relegated complete/consummate/perfect/polish beneath ameliorate/amend/better/enhance/help/improve/meliorate/mend; edited definition of and added fix and mend to amend/correct/fix/mend/rectify/redress/remediate/remedy/repair/revise/right, under which revised, reversed, redefined doctor/fix/furbish/mend/recondition/repair/service and hyponymous patch are newly nested; augmented ameliorate/better/improve/meliorate/mend with incorporation of better; interjected enhance into amplify/boost/enhance/enlarge/escalate/heighten/increase/intensify/magnify/raise/strengthen/swell and boost/enhance/heighten/increase/raise/swell; interpolated repair into aby/atone/compensate/expiate/redeem/redress/repair/right; flipped, nested reprieve/respite beneath cunctate/defer/delay/demur/intermit/postpone/prorogue/remit/suspend/waive; inserted repair into freshen/reanimate/re-energize/refresh/regenerate/reinvigorate/rejuvenate/renew/repair/restore/revitalize/revive/revivify in ACTS
• 2016.7.8: new review: April Fool's Day (Blogger)
• 2016.7.6: new review: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Blogger)
• 2016.7.4: new review: Le choc (Blogger)
• 2016.7.3: this week's indispensable edit: added extend to amplify/augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/extend/increase and augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/extend/grow/increase, inserted disobedience/noncompliance and hyponyms insubordination/recusancy, contumacy, defiance, mutiny/rebellion, contumacy and mutiny in ACTS; prepended rough to rough/shaggy in ANATOMY; reworked boisterous/disorderly/fractious/indocile/intractable/obstreperous/rambunctious/raucous/refractory/riotous/robustious/rough/rowdy/rumbustious/undisciplined/unmanageable/unruly/wild and defiant/disobedient/insubordinate/mutinous/noncompliant/rebellious/recalcitrant/recusant (with hypoyms contumacious/recalcitrant/refractory/restive and mutinous as disobedient/fractious/indocile/noncompliant/recalcitrant/unruly and subordinate terms contumacious/refractory, obstreperous, restive, boisterous/disorderly/fractious/obstreperous/rambunctious/raucous/riotous/robustious/rough/rowdy/rumbustious/unruly/wild, insubordinate/recalcitrant/recusant, contumacious/refractory, defiant, mutinous/rebellious, contumacious, mutinous and defiance/disobedience/insubordination/mutiny/noncompliance/rebellion/rebelliousness/recalcitrance/recalcitrancy/recusancy and subordinate contumacity/contumacy/recalcitrance/recalcitrancy/refractoriness as fractiousness/indocility/recalcitrance/recalcitrancy/unruliness and hyponymous contumacity/refractoriness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance/recalcitrancy, defiance, rebelliousness, contumacity in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; augmented substantial/sturdy/stout/staunch/stalwart/rugged/robustious/robust with interjection of robustious in QUALITIES; split bight into bight and bight/slack in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2016.7.2: new review: Black Christmas (Blogger)
• 2016.6.30: new review: Act of Vengeance (Blogger)
• 2016.6.28: new review: Abuse of Weakness (Blogger)
• 2016.6.27: added À nos amours to my filmic faves; finally, a felicific revision: cut designate and incorporaed destine and intend into redefined allocate/allot/appropriate/assign/destine/earmark/intend, excised design from and edited definition of destine/earmark/intend/mean in ACTS; nested index under addendum/appendix/codicil/supplement, consort/choir beneath ensemble/consort, interleaf under leaf, treacle/slop/glop beneath trash/pap/pabulum/pablum/garbage/dreck, and twaddle/fustian/claptrap/bombast under twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/piffle/humbug/hooey/hogwash/gibberish/folderol/codswallop/bunk/bosh/bilge/baloney/balderdash, appended two definitions to farce, beneath which hyponymous corrigendum travesty/farce was eradicated, affixed reprint to offprint/reprint, reversed and subjoined travesty to parody/spoof/travesty in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; relegated farce under interlard/intersperse in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interposed mean into denote/image/mark/mean/represent/signify/symbolize/type/typify in CONDITIONS; expanded atrocious/barbaric/barbarous/beastly/brutal/brutish/cruel/ferocious/fiendish/flagitious/harsh/horrible/immane/inhuman/mean/monstrous/sadistic/savage/truculent/vicious with incorporation of mean in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interpolated mean into _argument/mean/minor premise [OR] premiss in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; inserted felicitous into _agreeable/alluring/appealing/attractive/cheerful/congenial/engaging/enjoyable/felicific/felicitous/glad/gratifying/likable/nice/pleasant/pleasing/pleasurable/satisfying, earmark newly nested under attribute/character/characteristic/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/trait, enlarged bad/bum/cheap/cheesy/chintzy/crummy/dismal/inferior/lousy/low-grade/low-quality/mean/miserable/poor/schlocky/shabby/shoddy/substandard/tacky, intermediary/intermediate/mean/middle and tumbledown/tatty/shabby/seedy/rickety/ratty/ramshackle/mean/dilapidated/derelict/decrepit/decaying/crummy/creaky/bedraggled with inclusion of mean in QUALITIES
• 2016.6.26: new review: Dirty Like an Angel (Blogger)
• 2016.6.24: new review: Angel Dust (Blogger)
• 2016.6.19: two days posterior, I emend the inverse entries: appended raise to accumulate/amass/collect/cumulate/gather/garner/raise, reworked amplify/augment/dilate/enlarge/escalate/expand/increase/magnify/raise/swell, augment/dilate/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/increase/swell/wax, amplify/augment/boost/escalate/heighten/increase/intensify/raise/swell and augment/boost/escalate/heighten/increase/intensify/swell/wax into amplify/augment/boost/enlarge/escalate/expand/increase/magnify/raise/swell, augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/increase/swell (and hyponymous wax), amplify/augment/boost/heighten/increase/raise/strengthen, augment/heighten/increase/strengthen (and subordinate wax), amplify/augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/increase, augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/increase (with hyponymous wax), amplify/boost/enlarge/escalate/heighten/increase/intensify/magnify/raise/strengthen/swell, enlarge/escalate/grow/heighten/increase/intensify/strengthen/swell (with nested wax), augment/boost/enlarge/escalate/expand/heighten/increase/raise/swell, augment/enlarge/escalate/expand/grow/heighten/increase/swell (and relegated wax), boost/heighten/increase/raise/swell and grow/heighten/increase/swell, interposed raise into beget/cause/create/effect/effectuate/elicit/encompass/engender/generate/induce/inspire/make/occasion/produce/prompt/provoke/raise/spawn/trigger and _solicit/raise/instigate/incite/foment/ferment in ACTS; added wax to ASTRONOMY; introduced augment, enlarge and intensify to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; affixed magnify to acclaim/applaud/ensky/exalt/extol/glorify/laud/magnify, nested amplify (on) under converse/discourse/speak/talk, expanded assemble/call/convene/convoke/gather/rally/raise/summon with interpolation of raise, prepended amplify to two variants of amplify/dilate/elaborate/enlarge/expand/expatiate, subjoined amplify to overstate/overcharge/magnify/hyperbolize/exaggerate/dramatize/amplify in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; affixed wax to tantrum/temper/tirret/wax in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; relegated increase/raise under amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; incorporated magnify into SIGHTS
• 2016.6.17: another elephantine edit: enlarged abandon/desert/drop/forsake/quit with interpolation of drop, reworked abate/attenuate/decrease/diminish/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/mollify/reduce/relax/remit/slack/slacken/slake/subdue/temper/weaken (and hyponymous taper), abate/attenuate/decrease/diminish/ebb/fall off/flag/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/reduce/relax/relent/remit/slack (off)/slacken/subside/weaken (and subordinate decline/dwindle/fail/taper/wane), abate/attenuate/contract/curtail/cut(back)/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/minify/reduce/retrench/shrink (with hyponymous pare (down), minify/minimize and slash), and abate/attenuate/contract/decrease/diminish/lessen/reduce/shrink (with relgated decline/dwindle/wane) as abate/attenuate/cut/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/mollify/reduce/relax/remit/slack(en)/slake/subdue/temper/weaken (with hyponymous dwindle/pare (down)/taper), abate/attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fail/fall off/flag/lessen/lower/mitigate/moderate/reduce/relent/remit/slack (off)/slacken/subside/temper/weaken (under which dwindle/taper (off)/wane is nested), abate/attenuate/curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/pare/reduce/retrench (and relegated dwindle/pare (down)/taper, minimize and slash), abate/attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fall (off)/lessen/lower/reduce (with relegated dwindle/taper (off)), attenuate/contract/curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/lessen/minify/reduce/pare/shrink (beneath which dwindle/pare (down)/taper and minify/minimize are nested), attenuate/contract/decline/decrease/diminish/fall off/lessen/reduce/shrink (and subordinate dwindle/taper (off)/wane), attenuate/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/reduce/weaken, attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fail/flag/fall off/lessen/reduce/weaken (and hyponymous wane), attenuate/drop/decrease/diminish/lessen/lower/reduce/shrink, attenuate/decline/decrease/diminish/drop/fall off/lessen/lower/reduce/shrink, curtail/cut/decrease/diminish/lessen/reduce/pare/retrench/shrink (incl. subordinate dwindle/pare (down)/taper and minimize), decline/decrease/diminish/lessen/reduce/shrink dwindle/taper (off), decrease/diminish/lessen/mitigate/moderate/mollify/reduce/remit/slack(en)/temper/weaken, decline/decrease/diminish/flag/lessen/mitigate/moderate/reduce/relax/relent/remit/slack(en)/subside/temper/weaken, added decline, decrement, drop, fall, shrink and slash to abatement/attenuation/curtailment/cut(back)/decline/decrease/decrement/drop/diminishment/diminution/fall/reduction/retrenchment/shrink/slash, replaced wane with taper of decrement/taper, excised minification from minimization, interpolated and prepended cut to affront/cut/discourtesy/indignity/insult/offense/slight/snub (and hyponymous cut/slight/snub), affront/cut/disoblige/indignify/insult/miff/offend/pique/snub (and subordinate cut/slight/snub), cut/do/execute/exercise/fulfill/give/implement/make/perform, and cover/cross/cut/measure/peregrinate/range/ride/travel/traverse, interjected fail into decline/deteriorate/droop/fade/fail/flag/languish/waste/weaken/wilt/wither, incorporated pare, nested recess/break under rest/repose/relax, relegated cut beneath shape/mold/model/form, affixed loosen to slack(en)/remit/relax/loosen and cut to veer/swerve/stray/skew/sheer/diverge/deviate/depart (from)/cut in ACTS; introduced wane in ASTRONOMY; added cutback/flashback and diminish to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interpolated attenuate into BOTANY, inserted reduce into retitled COMESTIBLES, CONSUMPTION & COOKERY; interposed cut into affront/contumely/cut/denigration/disparagement/insult/revilement/slur and slash into animadvert (on, upon)/attack/blast/castigate/censure/chastise/clobber/condemn/crucify/declaim (against)/deplore/excoriate/flay/fulminate (against)/hammer/inveigh (against)/pan/rail (at, against)/reproach/reprobate/savage/scathe/scorch/scourge/slam/slash/vituperate/whip/zing in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; appended temper to aplomb/composure/cool/equanimity/equilibrium/phlegm/poise/repose/sangfroid/self-possession/temper and complexion/constitution/disposition/humor/makeup/mettle/nature/temper(ament) in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interjected economize/retrench into ECONOMICS; nested new tantrum/temper/tirret beneath ebullition/flaw/gust/outburst in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; relegated cut under shape/mold/model/form in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; incorporated diagonal/separatrix/shilling mark/slant/(forward) slash/solidus/stroke/virgule// into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; nested abate under void/vitiate/vacate/revoke/rescind/quash/overturn/nullify/negate/invalidate/defeat/avoid/annul in LAW; beneath amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume, abatement/decrease/reduction was newly nested and drop interposed into bit/dash/drop/modicum/ounce/shred/tad/trifle and atom/drop/hint/iota/particle/scintilla/scruple/smidge(n)/smidgin/soupcon/speck/touch/trace in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; attenuate added to MEDICAL; cut prepended to cut/degree/gradation/grade/level/measure/notch/stage/step in MISCELLANEOUS and cut/dilute/extenuate/reduce in TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; drop prepended to drop/gallous/gallows (tree)/gibbet and taper introduced in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2016.6.10: in the personal dictionary, all definition tabs have been deleted, and nesting tabs have been replaced with underscores
• 2016.5.31: this week's edit: interjected form into and relegated conceive beneath appear/arise/begin/come/commence/emerge/engender/form/initiate/issue/originate/proceed/rise/spring/start/stem, incorporated create into appoint/assign/constitute/create/designate/make/name/nominate/propose in ACTS; create newly nested under act/enact/interpret/play/portray/render/represent, added create/design/produce to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; appended produce to bear/birth/deliver/mother/produce in BODILY FUNCTIONS; reworked conceive/design/excogitate/form/make, conceive/concoct/contrive/create/design/devise/fabricate/formulate/invent/produce, contrive/design/devise/machinate/meditate/plan/scheme, contrive/design and contrive/hatch/machinate/plot/scheme as conceive/design/form/make/produce and hyponymous concoct/contrive/design/devise/excogitate/formulate, concoct/create/invent/excogitate, concoct/fabricate/invent, contrive/design/devise/hatch/plan/machinate/scheme, contrive/design/devise, contrive/hatch/intrigue/machinate/plot/scheme, contrive/scheme and create/design/produce, integrated meditate into purpose/propose/plan/meditate/mean/intend/design/aim in CEREBRATION; prepended perceiver to and expatiated definition of perceiver/percipient in FIGURES; added devise to, nested entail under and reassigned bequeath/devise/leave/will from ACTS to LAW; relegated schedule/program/docket/agendum/agenda beneath tactic/stratagem/shift/scheme/plan/device/contrivance/artifice, and subjoined design to scheme/plot/machination/intrigue/device/design in MISCELLANEOUS
• 2016.5.25: in the personal dictionary, cortege was nested under (flipped) cavalcade/procession in COLLECTIVES and QUALITIES (NEGATIVE) was integrated into QUALITIES
• 2016.5.24: my list of preferred pics was slightly swelled from my inclusion of Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World and (finally!) Crumb
• 2016.5.21: more moil: cut vigorous from emphasized/emphatic/explicit/intense/stressed/strong/vehement in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; excised amenity in CONDITIONS; interposed energetic and vigorous into and relegated ebullient/exuberant to redefined alacritous/animate/animated/bouncy/bubbly/effervescent/energetic/feisty/lively/mercurial/peppy/perky/pert/sparkling/spirited/sprightly/spunky/vibrant/vigorous/vital/vivacious/zippy; revised definition of, incorporated animacy, bubbliness, effervescency, energy, peppiness, perkiness, pertness, vibrance, vibrancy, vitality, vivaciousness, into, effaced vivification from and nested ebullience/exuberance/exuberancy under alacrity/animacy/animation/bounce/bubbliness/brio/effervescence/effervescency/elan/energy/esprit/feistiness/liveliness/pep/peppiness/perkiness/pertness/sparkle/spirit/spiritedness/sprightliness/spunk/verve/vibrance/vibrancy/vigor/vim/vitality/vivaciousness/vivacity/zing/zip, obliterated amenity in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; relegated ebullient/exuberant to agog/avid/eager/enthusiastic/keen/zestful, interpolated vigor and vim to avidity/avidness/eagerness/enthusiasm/gusto/heart/relish/vigor/vim/zest/zestfulness/zing, under which ebullience/exuberance/exuberancy is newly nested in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; introduced agreeability/agreeableness/amenity/attraction/charm/congeniality/congenialness/gladness/gratification/pleasurability/pleasure/pleasantness and hyponymous delightfulness/divineness/gloriousness/jolliness/loveliness/merriness, expanded baroque/elaborate/embellished/extravagant/exuberant/flamboyant/florid/luxuriant/ornate/rococo/wanton with interjection of exuberant, added lively to bracing/brisk/energizing/fortifying/invigorating/lively/strengthening/vitalizing/vivifying in QUALITIES; inserted lavish into extravagant/improvident/infrugal/lavish/prodigal/profligate/spendthrift/thriftless/wasteful; zing and zip in SOUNDS
• 2016.5.19: ugh, this year's unequivocally worst revision entailed the conflation of QUALITIES (POSITIVE) and QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) as QUALITIES, wherein verity/veracity/truthfulness/truth/fidelity/exactness/accuracy was reversed as accuracy/exactness/fidelity/truth/truthfulness/veracity/verity and tenable/defensible as defensible/tenable (under which impenetrable/impregnable/inviolable/unassailable is now relegated); entries necessarily reassigned from QUALITIES include limber/lissom(e)/lithe/lithesome/supple (ANATOMY), legitimate (LAW), tenable/sound/justifiable/defensible (PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC) and duly/promptly/punctually/readily (TIME)
• 2016.5.16: still more revisions of the personal dictionary: relegated catch, catch/clutch/grab/seize/snatch, catch/grapple/grasp/grip, catch/clutch/grasp/grip/take and catch/grab/seize to reworked catch/prehend/take in ACTS; introduced upbeat/pickup/anacrusis and upbeat to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; incorporated catch into apprehend/catch/comprehend/discern/fathom/follow/get/grasp/perceive/prehend/see/seize/twig/understand in CEREBRATION; appended sanguine to red/sanguine in COLORS; nested sanguine under redefined buoyant/cheerful/cheery/glad/jolly/lighthearted/merry/upbeat, added cheerful and ungrudging to cheerful/magnanimous/ungrudging, tweaked definition of conviviality/festivity/frolic/gaiety/jollity/jouissance/joviality/merriment, inserted optimistic/upbeat and hyponymous sanguine into DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; cut jolly from beatific/blissful/delighted/ecstatic/elated/enchanted/enraptured/euphoric/exalted/exhilarated/exultant/glad/gleeful/joyful/joyous/jubilant/overjoyed/radiant/rapt/rapturous/rhapsodic/thrilled/transported in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; nested camber under arc/arch, tandem under arrangement/array/configuration/disposal/disposition/formation/grouping/layout/placement/positioning, bevel/chamfer and pitch/rake under bevel/cant/grade/gradient/inclination/incline/rake/slant/slope/tilt, tandem under colinear/collinear, curlicue, lemniscate and oval/ellipse under curve/arc, involute, sinuate and undulant/undulate/undulating/wavy under reversed curvilineal/curvilinear, and chamfer/bevel beneath contour (of shape/mold/model/form) in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; inserted seize into MARINE; interjected grip into influenza/grippe/grip/flu in MEDICAL; interpolated cheerful and glad into agreeable/alluring/appealing/attractive/cheerful/congenial/engaging/enjoyable/felicific/glad/gratifying/likable/nice/pleasant/pleasing/pleasurable/satisfying and subjoined merry to hyponymous charming/delightful/divine/enchanting/glorious/heavenly/jolly/lovely/merry, edited definition of conviviality/festivity/gaiety/jollity/joviality/merriment in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); augmented slaughterous/sanguineous/sanguine/sanguinary/bloody with inclusion of sanguine in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); incorporated brood/cletch/clutch and clutch into ZOOLOGY
• 2016.5.12: the MILITARY chapter of my personal dictionary has been expunged, and its exclusive entries or definitions thereof reassigned to ACTS; ATTIRE; COLLECTIVES; DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; EVENTS; FIGURES; GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; MISCELLANEOUS; QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); and TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2016.5.7: my revision during vacation: transferred appease/gruntle/placate/propitiate and hyponyms conciliate/propitiate and humor from ACTS to FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; interpolated prehend into apprehend/comprehend/discern/fathom/follow/get/grasp/perceive/prehend/see/seize/twig/understand in CEREBRATION; incorporated impulsive into CONDITIONS; nested madcap/reckless/temerarious under apathetic/careless/disinterested/indifferent/perfunctory/unconcerned/uninterested/uninvolved, expanded atrabiliar/atrabilious/bilious/bitchy/cantankerous/choleric/crabbed/crabby/cranky/crotchety/dyspeptic/feisty/fractious/frampold/fretful/grouchy/grumpy/hasty/hotheaded/irascible/irritable/liverish/nettlesome/ornery/peckish/peevish/peppery/perverse/pettish/prickly/splenetic/temperamental/testy/tetchy/touchy/waspish with inclusion of hasty and hotheaded, edited definition of and injected foolhardy into audacious/foolhardy/temerarious, expunged hasty, hurried, imprudent, incautious and overhasty from redefined brainish/foolhardy/hotheaded/impetuous/improvident/madcap/precipitant/precipitate/precipitous/rash/sudden/temerarious, under which brainish/impulsive/madcap/precipitant and madcap/reckless/temerarious are newly nested, added precipitateness and precipitousness to, and deleted brainishness, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, overhaste, precipitation from reworked foolhardiness/impetuosity/impetuousness/improvidence/rashness/precipitateness/precipitousness/temerariousness, beneath which impulsiveness/impulsivity and recklessness/temerariousness are now relegated in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; rash inserted into EVENTS; madcap introduced to FIGURES; added rash to MEDICAL; interjected cumulus, interposed cumulus into pile/mound/heap/cumulus/cumulation/accumulation in MISCELLANEOUS; interposed haste into alacrity/briskness/celerity/expedition/haste/quickness/rapidity/speed/swiftness in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); added impetuous to destructive/impetuous/rough/ruinous/violent, subjoined sudden to cursory/hasty/hurried/passing/rushed/sudden under which hurried/overhasty/precipitate/precipitous is nested in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); La Cérémonie is newly itemized in my fave flicks list
• 2016.5.2: hey, PETE BECKER
• 2016.5.1: I've interpolated a newly preferent pic to my list: The Ninth Configuration (thanks again, WPB!); one of my old doodles was uploaded to my welter gallery: ¡Frug! (Picasa)
• 2016.4.15: an unscheduled edit: deleted hyponymous commensurate and favor/espousal/approval/adoption/acceptance, alphabetized withstand/resist/repugn/oppose/fight/dispute/counteract/counter/combat in ACTS; expanded admire/appreciate/approve/esteem/favor/prize/respect/value with inclusion of approve and favor in CEREBRATION; interpolated favor into advocate/boost/champion/commend/endorse/favor/promote/recommend/support, under which adopt/espouse has been relegated, incorporated approve into applaud/approve/commend/laud/praise in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; inserted avidity into acquisitiveness/avarice/avariciousness/avaritia/avidity/covetousness/cupidity/greed/rapacity, nested ardor/zeal under constancy/devotion/faith/faithfulness/fealty/fidelity/loyalty/troth and ardent/zealous beneath constant/dedicated/devoted/faithful/fast/firm/liege/loyal/staunch/steadfast/true/unswerving, cut vulpecular from wily/vulpine/tricky/tricksy/trickish/subtle/sneaky/shrewd/sly/shifty/scheming/Machiavellian/guileful/foxy/devious/designing/cunning/crafty/calculating/artful in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; relegated ardent to reworked agog/avid/eager/enthusiastic/keen/zestful, prepended avidity, avidness and eagerness to and nested ambition/avidity/avidness/eagerness/keenness/voracity/zeal and ardor under avidity/avidness/eagerness/enthusiasm/gusto/heart/relish/zest/zestfulness/zing, redefined and prepended affright to affright/alarm/consternation/dismay/fright/panic, prepended dread to dread/reverence/veneration, inserted liminal and relegated affright to terror/panic/horror/dread to FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; redefined propaedeutic in MISCELLANEOUS; reversed and appended dread to venerable/reverend/dread in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); relegated propaedeutic under didactic(al)/educational/instructional/instructive/preceptive in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); included dread in appalling/creepy/direful/dread(ful)/frightful/ghastly/ghoulish/grim/grisly/gruesome/hideous/horrendous/horrible/horrid/horrific/horrifying/macabre/morbid/nightmarish/petrifying/shocking/terrible/terrific/terrifying/tremendous in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); a few new photos of Goof and Popsi in repose (Picasa)
• 2016.4.11: WHEW: appended wangle to beguile/bilk/cheat/chicane/chisel/cozen/defraud/diddle/euchre/finagle/fleece/gazump/gyp/hornswoggle/mulct/rook/scam/stiff/swindle/trick (out of)/wangle, relegated jangle/wrangle beneath acquire/gain/garner/get/land/obtain/secure, incorporated spat into clout/cuff/slap/skelp/smack/spank/spat/swat/whack/whomp, contest into competition/contention/contest/rivalry, and fight and wrangle into contend/cope/deal/face/fight/grapple/handle/manage/tackle/wrangle, prepended bicker to bicker/flicker/gutter, inserted dispute into withstand/oppose/resist/repugn/fight/dispute/counteract/counter/combat in ACTS; added quarrel to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; argument newly nested under apercu/conspectus/epitome/outline/overview/precis/resume/sketch/summary/summation/survey/synopsis in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interpolated debate into cogitate/consider/contemplate/debate/deliberate/excogitate/meditate (on, upon)/mull (over)/muse/ponder (on, upon, over)/reflect (on, upon)/ruminate (on, upon)/speculate (on, upon)/think (about) and cogitation/consideration/contemplation/debate/deliberation/excogitation/meditation/reflection/rumination/speculation/thought, interposed discept into differ/disaccord/disagree/discept/discord/dissent/diverge/vary in CEREBRATION; deleted submission from argument/contention/thesis, now relegated beneath affirmation/allegation/assertion/asseveration/averment/avowal/claim/declaration/predication/profession/protestation/statement, excised discept and nested altercate and contend (as contend/contest) under redefined argue/contest/controvert/debate/dispute, under which argue, bicker, and feud were added to and clash, differ and squabble cut from altercate/argue/bicker/dispute/feud/fight/hassle/quarrel/wrangle, to which bicker/squabble/spat/tiff is now subordinate, relegated altercation, contention and controversy/dispute beneath reworked argument/contestation/controversy/debate/disagreement/disceptation/disputation/dispute/variance, hyponymous of affray/altercation/argument/bicker/disagreement/dispute/feud/fight/fracas/fuss/hassle/jangle/quarrel/rhubarb/wrangle augmented by inclusion of argument, bicker, disagreement and jangle, and excision of clash, squabble and variance, contretemps superseded by bicker and squabble in bicker/squabble/miff/spat/tiff, fuss prepended to fuss/objection/protest/protestation/remonstrance/remonstration in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; feud interjected into benefice/feud/fief/vassalage in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; choleric affixed to bilious/choleric in MEDICAL; argument prepended to argument/minor premise [OR] premiss in POSITIONS and bicker to bicker/glisten/glister/glitter in SIGHTS; new photos of Baby Cream, Mephisto, Gurney, Isaac, Mary and Zoogles, Popsi and a turkey rooster and chicken hen (Picasa)
• 2016.4.8: another splendiferous augmentation: inserted diverge, to which bifurcate/fork and divaricate are relegated, alphabetized veer/swerve/stray/skew/sheer/diverge/deviate/depart (from), added veer to ACTS; nested sesquipedalian under purple/ornate/flowery/florid/empurpled/aureate in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; interjected fugacious into BOTANY; introduced gemeinschaft and gesellschaft to COLLECTIVES; incorporated anthropophagism/anthropophagy/cannibalism into COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; distort/misrepresent/pervert/skew/sophisticate/twist and distorted/misrepresented/perverted/skew/twisted with the inclusion of skew, relegated sesquipedalian to purple/ornate/flowery/florid/empurpled/aureate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; interjected anthropophagous/cannibalistic, incorporated eximious into courtly/dignified/distinguished/eximious/gallant/grand/lofty/lordly/majestic/proud/regal/sedate/stately in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; included nympholeptic in delirious/febrile/fevered/feverish/frantic/frenetic/frenzied/hysterical/mad/manic/nympholeptic/overexcited/overwrought/wild, beneath which nympholeptic is newly nested, added oniomania relegate to mania, included orexis in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; expanded alternate/proxy/relief/replacement/sub/substitute/succedaneum/surrogate by interpolation of succedaneum, inserted anthropophagus/cannibal and disbeliever/nullifidian into FIGURES; introduced diverge (under which bifurcate/fork and divaricate are relegated) to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; nested sesquipedalian under polysyllabic and polysyllable in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; included eximious in A1/ace/bang-up/beautiful/boss/brilliant/choice/crack/dandy/divine/fine/exceeding/excellent/exceptional/eximious/exquisite/fab/fabulous/fantastic/first-rate/glorious/grand/great/high-grade/high-quality/magnificent/marvelous/outstanding/premium/prime/quality/recherche/select/sensational/smashing/special/splendid/splendiferous/super/superb/superior/surpassing/swell/terrific/top-notch/transcendental/tremendous/uncommon/wonderful, interpolated felicific into agreeable/alluring/appealing/attractive/congenial/engaging/enjoyable/felicific/gratifying/likable/nice/pleasant/pleasing/pleasurable/satisfying, nested sprachgefühl under ability/accomplishment/adeptness/adroitness/capability/capacity/competence/deftness/facility/faculty/power/proficiency/skill/technique in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); haecceity relegated to attribute/character/characteristic/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/trait in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); fugacious inserted into brief/ephemeral/fleeting/fugacious/fugitive/passing/quick/short/temporal/transient/transitory in TIME; enchiridion/handbook included in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2016.4.4: o, happy day: interjected illustrate as a hyponym of clarify/elucidate/enucleate/explain/explicate/exposit/expound/interpret in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; split and redefined embody/epitomize/exemplify/illustrate/image/impersonate/incarnate/incorporate/personify/represent/typify as embody/epitomize/image/impersonate/incarnate/incorporate/personify and epitomize/exemplify/image/represent/typify in CONDITIONS; reversed and prepended exoteric to exoteric/external/exterior/extraneous/extrinsic, incorporated incorporate into immaterial/incorporate/incorporeal/insubstantial/intangible/metaphysical/nonmaterial/unsubstantial in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); excised refulgence from brightness/irradiance/lucency/luminance/luminosity/luster/radiance/radiancy/shine and replaced fulgence with fulgency in hyponymous blaze/brilliance/effulgence/fulgency/incandescence/luster/refulgence/refulgency/resplendence/resplendency/splendor in SIGHTS
• 2016.3.31: another arduous edit: interjected ramble into amble/paseo/perambulation/promenade/ramble/saunter/stroll, deleted wander from amble/linger/mosey/perambulate/promenade/ramble/saunter/stroll/tootle, nested noctivagate under ambulate/tread/walk and caravan beneath superior ambulate/itinerate/journey/locomote/move/peregrinate/travel/wend, relegated extravagate to and expunged evagate, oberrate, peregrinate and pererrate from divagate/drift/expatiate/extravagate/maunder/meander/ramble/range/roam/rove/stray/stroll/wander, rectified definition of noctivagate, affixed ramble to meander/ramble, interpolated extravagate, purged peregrination from and included extravagation and wander in divagation/evagation/expatiation/oberration/pererration/roam/rove/vagation/wander, subordinate to which mundivagation was replaced with extravagation in ACTS; erased drift from deviate/digress/divagate/ramble/stray in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; evagating and peregrinating effaced from divagating/drifting/expatiating/extravagant/extravagating/maundering/meandering/migrant/migratory/oberrating/pererrating/rambling/ranging/roaming/roving/straying/vagrant/wandering, roaming and roving subjoined to errant/roaming/roving, extravagating relegated, vagrant appended to migrant/migratory/nomadic/vagabond/vagrant, mundivagant obliterated and noctivagant/noctivagous redefined in CONDITIONS; propriety/proprieties/manners/etiquette reassigned from MISCELLANEOUS to DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT
• 2016.3.28: now, this gratifies: interpolated personification/prosopopeia into BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; appended instance, exemplify and example to instantiate/instance/exemplify/example and interjected instance into hyponymous invoke/instance/cite in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; introduced extramural, intramural and intermural to CONDITIONS; reworked definition of and integrated byword, epitome and image into avatar/byword/embodiment/epitome/image/incarnation/personification (to which quintessence is now relegated), expanded beau ideal/best/exemplar/ideal/jewel/model/nonesuch/nonpareil/paradigm/paragon/perfection with exemplar, model and paradigm, interjected archetype, example, image and specimen into and purged personification from archetype/byword/epitome/example/exemplar/exemplification/image/model/paradigm/prototype/specimen in FIGURES; added extramural to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; relegated prosopopoeia to trope/image/figure of speech in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; magnified redefined avatar/byword/embodiment/epitome/image/incarnation/personification with byword, epitome and image (and newly nested quintessence), interposed exemplar, model and paradigm into beau ideal/best/creme de la creme/exemplar/ideal/jewel/model/nonesuch/nonpareil/paradigm/paragon/perfection, inserted archetype, example, image and speciment into and cut personification from archetype/byword/epitome/example/exemplar/exemplification/image/model/paradigm/prototype/specimen in MISCELLANEOUS
• 2016.3.25: ARGH! another inundation: measure added to cover/cross/measure/peregrinate/range/ride/travel/traverse, press relegated to apply/bestow/employ/use/utilize, make interposed into appoint/assign/constitute/designate/make/name/nominate/propose, drive (out) interjected into banish/dislodge/drive (out)/eject/expel/oust/rout, dragoon cut from coerce/compel/constrain/drive/force/impel/make/oblige/press/pressure/pressurize/urge, under which dragoon was appended to coerce/dragoon, oblige to obligate/oblige and constrain/impel/obligate/oblige/pressure/pressurize and dragoon are newly nested, make incorporated into constitute/establish/found/institute/make/plant, crowd/flock/pullulate/pour/press/serry/shoal/stream/swarm/throng/troop augmented with press, press affixed to redefined express/press and compel subjoined to suppress/subject/subdue/stifle/squelch/squash/repress/quell/pacify/overpower/crush/compel in ACTS; dissepiment/septum added to ANATOMY; petroglyph freshly relegated to simulacrum/semblance/likeness/image/effigy, make included in write/pen/make/indite/compose/author in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; make appended to conceive/design/excogitate/form/make in CEREBRATION; image added to character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/image/portray/render in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; make affixed to compose/comprise/constitute/form/make, image interjected into denote/image/mark/represent/signify/symbolize/type/typify and embody/epitomize/exemplify/illustrate/image/impersonate/incarnate/incorporate/personify/represent/typify in CONDITIONS; obligate introduced to ECONOMICS; press interpolated into badger/bedevil/beset/bother/devil/harass/harry/hassle/hound/nag/persecute/pester/plague/press/surbate, and urge nested under caprice/fancy/humor/impulse/megrim/vagary/whim/whimsy FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; image inserted into avatar/embodiment/image/incarnation/personification in FIGURES; image incorporated into trope/image/figure of speech, under which synecdoche is now relegated in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; make subjoined to constitute/enact/legislate/make in LAW; measure/modicum now nested under amount/measure/quantity/quantum/volume in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; image interpolated into avatar/embodiment/image/incarnation/personification, and measure into degree/gradation/grade/level/measure/notch/stage/step in MISCELLANEOUS; image newly nested under cast/project/throw, and similitude/semblance/resemblance/likeness/image/affinity expanded with inclusion of image in SIGHTS; drive prepended to drive/drove in ZOOLOGY
• 2016.3.21: more gratification: appended ballyhoo to tout/flog/ballyhoo in ACTS; inserted dyslogy, relegated panegyrize/eulogize to write/pen/indite/compose/author in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; included dyslogia/dyslogy in CEREBRATION; reworked acclaim/applaud/ballyhoo/celebrate/commend/ensky/eulogize/exalt/extol/hymn/laud/panegyrize/proclaim as applaud/commend/laud/praise and hyponymous acclaim/applaud/ensky/exalt/extol/glorify/laud, acclaim/celebrate/proclaim, eulogize/panegyrize and hymn, nested dyslogy under animadversion/criticism/deprecation/disapproval/reprehension in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; prepended ballyhoo to ballyhoo/clatter/hubbub/hullabaloo/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/tumult/uproar in CONDITIONS and ballyhoo/clatter/hubbub/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/tumult/uproar in EVENTS
• 2016.3.18: an especially satisfying revision: erased adjutant, aide, auxiliary, coadjutant, coadjutor, mate from adjunct/assistant/junior/secondary/subaltern/subordinate/subsidiary/underling/vassal, to which mate and hyponymous (first) mate are now relegated, interposed secondary into agent/ambassador/commissary/delegate/deputy/envoy/proxy/representative/secondary/surrogate/vicar in FIGURES; added mate and hyponymous (first) mate to MARINE; replaced erroneous auxiliary with subaltern in adjunct/assistant/junior/subaltern/subordinate/subservient/subsidiary, incorporated occult into arcane/esoteric/occult/rarefied/recondite in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); interjected obscure into tenebrous/tenebrious/tenebrific/stygian/shadowy/obscure/murky/gloomy/dusky/dim/dark, reworked veil/shroud/screen/occult/obscure/obnubilate/obfuscate/mask/mantle/hide/enshroud/eclipse/conceal/cloud/cloak/block/becloud as obscure/obnubilate/obfuscate/eclipse/fog/cloud/befog/becloud, under which obnubilate/cloud/becloud and veil/shroud/screen/occult/mantle/mask/hide/enshroud/conceal/cloak/block are nested in SIGHTS
• 2016.3.16: thrilling new edits: cut scamper from and relegated rollick/romp under caper/cavort/disport/frisk/frolic/gambol/lark/prance/rollick/romp/skylark/sport/wanton, purged fait accompli/accomplished fact, and interpolated cavort to wassail/roister/revel/party/make merry [or] whoopie/cavort/carouse in ACTS; inserted Capparis spinosa/caper into BOTANY; added caper to COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; interjected sport into twit/tease/taunt/sport/scoff/ridicule/needle/mock/jibe/jeer/flout/gibe/deride, sport/ridicule/mockery/derision and zinger/witticism/wisecrack/sport/sally/quip/pleasantry/jest/crack/bon mot in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; inserted frolic into conviviality/festivity/frolic/gaiety/jollity/jouissance/joviality/merriment and sport into trifle/sport/jest/frivol/dally in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; interposed frolic into festival/festivity/frolic/gaiety/jamboree/jollification/jubilation/merrymaking/revel/revelry/wingding in EVENTS; subjoined wanton to excess/extra/overabundant/plethoric/redundant/superabundant/supererogatory/superfluous/supernumerary/surplus/wanton and interposed Brobdingnagian/colossal/elephantine/enormous/gargantuan/giant/gigantic/grand/great/huge/humongous/immane/immense/jumbo/mammoth/massive/mastodontic/mighty/monstrous/mountainous/prodigious/stupendous/titanic/tremendous/vast/whopping into MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; added frolic to convivial/festal/festive/frolic/holiday/jolly/jovial/merry in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); appended wanton to baroque/elaborate/embellished/extravagant/flamboyant/florid/luxuriant/ornate/rococo/wanton, reassigned Brobdingnagian/colossal/elephantine/enormous/gargantuan/giant/gigantic/grand/great/huge/humongous/immane/immense/jumbo/mammoth/massive/mastodontic/mighty/monstrous/mountainous/prodigious/stupendous/titanic/tremendous/vast/whopping to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES, expunged enormously/exceeding/exceedingly/exceptionally/extraordinarily/extremely/fantastically/greatly/prodigiously/surpassingly/tremendously from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); nested lark under passerine, and Alauda arvensis/skylark beneath lark in ZOOLOGY
• 2016.3.12: interpolated solid into the Douche-English Dictionary; introducing the all-new United States-English Political Dictionary!
• 2016.3.10: this week's lexical edits: cut recuperate from recoup/recover/regain/repossess/retrieve; relegated one definition of lapidate/stone to dispatch/grease/ice/kill/liquidate/smoke/waste; tweaked definition of sway/incline/dispose/bias in ACTS; expunged proclivity from affection/bent/disposition/inclination/leaning/ply/predisposition/tendency and hyponymous affinity, altered definition of love/penchant, changed definition of and prepended proclivity to proclivity/propensity, revised definitions of custom/habit/habitude/way/wont and indulgence/lenience/leniency/lenity in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; inserted recuperate and repaired definition of repossess in ECONOMICS; reversed, appended tedium to boredom/ennui/tedium in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; introduced oblate in FIGURES; interposed commensurable/commensurate, commensurable/commensurate/proportional/proportionate, proportionate, and refined definitions of symmetric/symmetrical (now symmetric(al)) and hyponymous bilateral/bilaterally symmetric(al)/isobilateral in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; commensurable and proportional to MATHEMATICS; inserted commensurable/commensurate/proportional/proportionate, dimensions/magnitude/measurements/proportions/size and subordinate amplitude/enormity/enormousness/greatness/hugeness/immanity/immensity/magnitude/size/vastness to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; tweaked definition of bellicism in MILITARY; removed amplitude/enormity/enormousness/greatness/hugeness/immanity/immensity/magnitude/size/vastness to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES and expunged commensurable/commensurate/even/proportional/proportionate from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); interjected oblate into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; interpolated stridulant into cacophonic/cacophonous/discordant/dissonant/grating/harsh/noisy/rough/rude/strident/stridulant/stridulous and hyponyms blaring/clamant/clamorous/loud/noisy/raucous/strident/stridulant/stridulous and piercing/sharp/shrill/strident/stridulant/stridulous, excised strident from piercing/sharp, relegated peal/ring and roll/rumble to peal/resound/reverberate/ring, emended peal(ing)/roll(ing) and subordinate peal(ing) as peal and roll/rumble in SOUNDS; included commensurate in TIME
• 2016.3.3: another inundating editorial excess: nested hull/husk/shell/shuck under bare/denude/husk/strip/unclothe/uncover/unveil in ACTS; added protean to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; introduced blight, semantically split and relegated panicle to both inflorescence and hyponymous raceme, nested canker beneath necrosis and pith under parenchyma in BOTANY; reassigned au fait/au courant/abreast from QUALITIES (POSITIVE) to CEREBRATION; tweaked definition of adjure/appeal/beg/beseech/crave/entreat/impetrate/implore/obsecrate/obtest/plead/pray/press/solicit/supplicate/urge/woo, prepended behest to behest/command(ment)/dictate/direction/directive/enjoinment/imperative/injunction/instruction/order, conveyed rident from QUALITIES (POSITIVE) to COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; relegated omnipresent/ubiquitous/universal under common/predominant/prevailing/prevalent/rampant/rife/widespread, dying/moribund/terminal to dead/deceased/departed/expired/late/perished, exhaustion/fatigue/lassitude/prostration/tiredness/weariness (and subordinate inanition) beneath debilitation/devitalization/enervation/enfeeblement/faintness/frailty/incapacitation/infirmity/weakness, dualism/duality/duplicity to plurality, interjected dangerous/dicey/hazardous/parlous/perilous/risky/treacherous/unsafe and hyponymous precarious/treacherous, shifted of choice/favored/preferred with relegate favorite/preferent, chosen/elected/picked/preferred, infrangible/inviolable and workable/viable/realizable/practicable/possible/feasible/executable/attainable from QUALITIES (POSITIVE), accepted/authoritative/canonic(al)/established/recognized/standard and hyponymous definitive, causeless/uncaused and its hyponym spontaneous, contingent/possible/uncertain, forcible/vigorous, quotidian/daily, nightly and novennial (now beneath repeated/recurring/recurrent/perennial) virtually/practically/nigh/nearly/near/almost and reifiable/objectifiable (nested under aforementioned workable/viable/realizable/practicable/possible/feasible/executable/attainable) from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL), and tricky/touchy/ticklish/thorny/tender/sticky/sensitive/delicate/awkward from QUALITIES (NEGATIVE) to CONDITIONS; interpolated exchangeable/fungible/replaceable into ECONOMICS; reversed, nested repeater/recidivist subordinate to criminal/convict/con in FIGURES; reworked defintion of idiom/parlance, interposed parlance into hyponymous argot/cant/dialect/jargon/lingo/patois/parlance/slang/vernacular and lingo into argot/lingo/slang, erased idiom from dialect/patois/vernacular and redressed definition of dialect/patois in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; transferred metric from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; moved equestrian/mounted from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) to POSITIONS; reversed and nested clashing/jarring under ajar/conflicting/discordant/incompatible/incongruous/inconsistent/inconsonant/inharmonious/unharmonious, reversed affinity/analogy/comparability/comparison/correspondence/likeness/resemblance/semblance/similarity/similitude, adherent/adhering/adhesive/agglutinate(d)/bonded/coherent/cohering/clinging/consistent relegated to coherent/cohesive/tenacious, breakaway/separatist and factious/fissiparous/schismatic(al) to factious/schismatic(al), multiplex to parallel, emeritus to titular/nominal/formal and katabatic to windy, inserted protean into QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); nested blatant/flagrant/gross under brackish/disagreeable/displeasing/distasteful/exceptionable/frightful/icky/objectionable/offensive/rebarbative/repellent/ugly/unpalatable/unpleasant/unsavory/vile and improvidence/infrugality/thriftlessness beneath folly/foolishness/imprudence/indiscretion/injudiciousness in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); cut precursive and precursory antecedent/anterior/earlier/precedent/preceding/prevenient/previous/prior, incorporated span (from CONDITIONS), anachronistic/anachronic/anachronous, daily/diurnal/everyday and hyponyms daily and daily/quotidian, nightly/nocturnal and hyponymous nightly and novennial (from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL)), and unpunctual/tardy/overdue/late/delayed/belated/behindhand from (QUALITIES (NEGATIVE)) into TIME
• 2016.2.25: this week's edits are opulent: appended wile to allure/attract/becharm/beguile/bewitch/captivate/charm/enchant/enthrall/fascinate/magnetize/mesmerize/seduce/spellbind/tempt/wile and artifice/chicane(ry)/dupery/fraud/fraudulence/knavery/legerdemain/skulduggery/skullduggery/trickery/wile, reversed and conveyed custom/habit/practice/wont and lurch/stagger/swag from MISCELLANEOUS to ACTS; nodule nested 'neath node, definition of scapular(y) rectified in ANATOMY; tribune relegated to apse, ciborium/baldachin and valance nested beneath canopy, comma interposed in definition of column/pillar, to which hyponymous annulet is now relegated in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; bedizen's definition tweaked in ATTIRE; foreshorten relegated to delineate/depict/describe/limn/picture/portray/render/represent and exordium/prologue to discourse/disquisition/monograph/tractate/treatise, two entries of extravaganza and one of pathos purged, definitions of polemic(al) and ruffle repaired in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; spitting cut from expectoration, fart(ing) and tooting from fart/flatulation, chewing from mastication/manducation/manduction, sneezing from sternutation and snoring from stertor in BODILY FUNCTIONS; tarnish introduced to COLORS; wile affixed to allure/entice/lure/tempt/wile, prophesizing, foretelling and forecasting effaced from and prohecy interposed into vaticination/prophecy/prognostication/prediction/divination, under which cheiromancy/chiromancy/palmistry is now nested in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; abyss/chasm/divergence/divide/division/gap/gulf shifted from MISCELLANEOUS to CONDITIONS; cargo/consignment/delivery/freight/lading/shipment and hyponymous payload moved from MISCELLANEOUS to ECONOMICS; merestone reassigned from MISCELLANEOUS to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; preterit(e), past perfect/pluperfect and subjunctive relegated to verb and impersonal, preterit(e), past perfect/pluperfect, and subjunctive to verbal in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; infarction nested under gangrene/mortification/necrosis/sphacelus and confinement/accouchement unfastened from and relegated under travail/parturiency/labor in MEDICAL; artifice and contrivance prepended to artifice/contrivance/expedient/shift, outlier nested under data point/datum/fact, phantasmagoria/phantasmagory inserted, machination erased from and shift added to tactic/stratagem/shift/scheme/plan/device/contrivance/artifice, under which maneuver/machination/ploy/gambit and scheme/plot/machination/intrigue/device are newly nested, shift and evasion were interposed into and ruse was excised from subterfuge/shift/evasion/dodge, and stratagem, ploy, maneuver, gambit dodge, were eradicated from and contrivance was added to wile/trick/shift/ruse/dodge/device/contrivance/artifice, now superior to stratagem/ruse/ploy in MISCELLANEOUS; phantasmagory subjoined to redefined phantasmagoria/phantasmagory in SIGHTS; amble added to ZOOLOGY
• 2016.2.20: Winter Cinema Titles (YouTube)
• 2016.2.19: following a brief hiatus, more edits of my personal dictionary: appease and assuage prepended to appease/assuage/quench/slake, appease, assuage and mollify incorporated into appease/assuage/calm/hush/lull/mollify/pacify/quiet/quieten/settle/soothe/still/tranquilize, mollify and pacify cut from and conciliate/propitiate and humor relegated to prop appease/gruntle/placate/propitiate in ACTS; appease and placate deleted from allay/alleviate/assuage/comfort/ease/help/lenify/mollify/pacify/quell/quiet/relieve/soothe/stanch, allay/mollify/pacify/placate introduced in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; acokoinonia interposed in SEX; afore/before/ere included in TIME
• 2016.2.8: new revisions: aptitude and will cut from and penchant and propensity relegated beneath affection/bent/disposition/inclination/leaning/ply/predisposition/proclivity/tendency, under which fondness added to affection/fondness/inclination/liking/partiality/predilection/preference/propensity/taste and proclivity subjoined to affinity/proclivity in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; perfervid relegated under ardent/fervent/fervid/fierce/fiery/impassioned/incandescent/inflamed/intense/passionate/torrid/transported/vehement, inclination and taste supplanted by fondness and relish in affection/fondness/liking/relish, hyponymous of which penchant, predilection and relish purged from love/passion/philia, ailurophilia was interposed and partiality/weakness expunged, mania added, under which ablutomania, eremiomania, hylomania, kathisomania, litigiomania and pyromania are newly nested in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS
• 2016.2.5: my weekly edits: florilegium appended to redefined anthology/florilegium, under which omnibus is now nested, florilegium introduced to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; benthos added to BOTANY; prescind redefined in CEREBRATION; benthic division/benthonic zone/benthos interposed, bush and chaparral relegated under and clump excised from boscage/boskage/bosk/brake/brush(wood)/coppice/copse/thicket, holt/hurst/wood/woods inserted, under which boscage/boskage/bosk/coppice/copse, covert and grove/holt are nested in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; hyponymous copula/linking verb relegated under verb in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; proximo and ultimo tweaked, removed from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) to TIME; benthos interposed into ZOOLOGY
• 2016.1.29: this week's personal dictionary revisions: sundered excessive/exorbitant/extortionate/extravagant/immoderate/inflated/outrageous/overpriced/steep/stiff/unconscionable/unreasonable as inflated/overpriced/steep/stiff and hyponymous exorbitant/extortionate/extravagant/outrageous/unconscionable, under which prohibitive and usurious are still nested in ECONOMICS; incorporated enormously, exceptionally, extraordinarily, fantastically, greatly, prodigiously, surpassingly and tremendously into enormously/exceeding/exceedingly/exceptionally/extraordinarily/extremely/fantastically/greatly/prodigiously/surpassingly/tremendously in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); redefined and effaced steep and stiff from excessive/exorbitant/extravagant/immoderate/outrageous/unconscionable/unreasonable in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE)
• 2016.1.23: brand-spanking-new edits of my personal dictionary: prepended twaddle to twaddle/fustian/claptrap/bombast in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; relegated babble beneath disbosom/disclose/discover/divulge/expose/leak/release/reveal/tell, nested babble/blather/piffle/prate/prattle/twaddle/twattle, gab/maunder, babble/palaver/prate/prattle/yatter and volley under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, where babble was consolidated into and blather, palaver, twaddle, twattle were excised from babble/blabber/chatter/gab/prate/prattle/twitter/yabber/yak/yatter, (now relegated under twitter/yabber), and babble and rave were added to and piffle eliminated from maunder/piffle, now superior to babble/gabble/gibber/jabber/prattle/yabber and rave, prepended twaddle to twaddle/fustian/claptrap/bombast, incorporated gibber and blather into twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/humbug/hooey/hogwash/guff/gibber(ish)/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/blather/bilge/baloney/balderdash, and reversed blandish/blarney/cajole/coax/inveigle/palaver/wheedle and blandishment/blarney/cajolery/palaver in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; prepended blabber(mouth) to blabber(mouth)/chatterbox/chatterer/gasbag/magpie/prattler/windbag
• 2016.1.20: in the personal dictionary, I...introduced dispatch/grease/ice/kill/liquidate/smoke/waste, under which dispatch/eliminate/execute/grease/ice/murder/smoke/terminate/waste, assassinate/execute/hit/terminate, decimate, dispatch/execute, electrocute/fry, halter/hang, gibbet, guillotine and slay in ACTS; interpolated region and territory into ambit/area/compass/horizon/purview/orbit/range/region/scope/sphere/territory in CEREBRATION; reassigned arduous/hard/labored/laborious/strenuous from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) to CONDITIONS; cut blithe, casual, cavalier, cool, degage, insouciant, nonchalant, offhand from and added disinterested to apathetic/careless/disinterested/indifferent/perfunctory/unconcerned/uninterested/uninvolved, under which blase has been edited, careless, offhand were interposed into blithe/callous/careless/heartless/heedless/inconsiderate/insensitive/offhand/thoughtless/uncaring/unfeeling/unkind/unthinking, and blithe/casual/cavalier/cool/insouciant/nonchalant/offhand and degage/detached/dispassionate/passionless were newly nested, cool relegated beneath audacious/brash/brazen/cheeky/fresh/impertinent/impudent/insolent/lippy/nervy/pert/presumptuous/sassy/saucy in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; territory excised from demesne/district/precinct/region/ward, the definition of which was emended along with that of hyponymous sector/zone, and under which precinct was freshly relegated in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; region and territory incorporated into ambit/area/compass/orbit/purview/range/region/scope/territory, and bailiwick prepended to bailiwick/forte/metier/niche/specialty in MISCELLANEOUS
• 2016.1.18: two great British comedy series newly itemized among my my fave flicks: (behindhand) Limmy's Show! and The Peter Serafinowicz Show
• 2016.1.9: bran-new edits to the personal dictionary: dilacerate, dilaniate, rend and rip cut from discerp/pull/rive/tear, under which pull/rend/rip/rive/tear, rend and dilacerate/dilaniate/discerp/shred have been relegated in ACTS; eminence prepended to eminence/eminency in ANATOMY; prominence and its hyponym filament interposed in ASTRONOMY; celebrity/fame/popularity/renown and hyponymous distinction/eminence/fame/greatness/honor/illustriousness/popularity/renown/reputation and preeminence inserted, renown, prominence, illustriousness obliterated from and honor and distinction added to stature/repute/reputation/prestige/note/honor/greatness/eminence/distinction/cachet, under which reputation/renown/popularity/illustriousness/honor/greatness/fame/eminence/distinction and preeminence have been nested in CONDITIONS; cachet's definition corrected in MISCELLANEOUS
• 2016.1.6: my first fresh South Park Studio Project in five months: Self Seen and Signified (Picasa)
• 2016.1.2: the new year's initial lexicographical revisions: prepended nuance to nuance/refine/subtilize in ACTS; nested admit/avouch/avow/confess/disbosom beneath acknowledge/admit/allow/avow/cede/concede/confess/grant/yield, reworked and reassigned adage/aphorism/apophthegm/apothegm/byword/dictum/gnome/maxim/proverb/saw from COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; cut discrepance from, added unlikeness to and redefined difference/disparity/dissimilarity/distinction/unlikeness/variance in CONDITIONS; relegated prohibitive to excessive/exorbitant/extortionate/extravagant/immoderate/inflated/outrageous/overpriced/steep/stiff/unconscionable/unreasonable in ECONOMICS; interpolated lass into bird/chick/lass/wench and mistress/lass/ladylove/inamorata/dulcinea/doxy, and byword into byword/epitome/exemplar/exemplification/model/paradigm/personification/prototype in FIGURES; introduced adage/saw and hyponymous aphorism/apophthegm/apothegm/byword/dictum/gnome/maxim/proverb/saw to LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; prepended byword to byword/epitome/exemplar/exemplification/model/paradigm/personification/prototype in MISCELLANEOUS; added axiom, inserted maxim to and redefined axiom/maxim/truism, nested axiom/posit/postulate under proposition and deleted contradistinction in PHILOSOPHY & LOGIC; included disparity and unlikeness to, eradicated discrepance from and redefined difference/disparity/dissimilarity/distinction/unlikeness/variance, under which contradistinction is now nested, effaced divergent from, relegated heterogeneous and disparate to and edited the definition of different/differing/dissimilar/distinct/diverse/unalike/unlike/various, redefined and appended substantive to different/discrete/distinct/individual/separate/single/substantive, obliterated differentness (ick!) and distinctiveness from, and inserted distinctness, separateness, singleness, substantiveness into discreteness/distinctness/individuality/separateness/singleness/singularity/substantiveness in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL)
• 2015.12.26: chromatic relgation abounds in this edit of the personal dictionary: definition of blush/crimson/flush/redden corrected in BODILY FUNCTIONS; definitions of sepal and verdure/greenery/green remedied in BOTANY; nominal, modifying and verbal definitions decoupled in COLORS, wherein aquamarine, azure/cerulean/sky blue, baby blue, cyan, midnight blue, navy (blue), peacock blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, royal blue, sapphire, steel blue, ultramarine nested under substantive blue, amber, bay, beige, buff, ecru, biscuit, burnt sienna, camel, caramel, chestnut, dun, fawn, hazel, khaki, mahogany, oatmeal, rust, rufous, sand, sanguine, sable, sepia, tan, tawny/fulvous, umber, burnt umber relegated under nominal brown, amber, bay, beige, buff, biscuit, dun, nut-brown, sable, sepia, tawny/fulvous nested under qualifying brown, dye/hue and dye/hue/imbue/perfuse/suffuse revised corrected and consolidated as color/dye, to which qualifying blue, brown/embrown, crimson, empurple/purple/purpurate, green, imbue/perfuse/suffuse, tincture/tinge/tint, vermilion and yellow are relegated, aquamarine, jade (green), olive and pea green nested under nominal green, viridescent cut from modifying green, burnt sienna nested under substantive orange, aubergine/eggplant and violet relegated under nominal purple, violet nested under modifying purple, amaranthine, cardinal, cherry/cherry-red, crimson, carmine, rose, maroon, ruby/ruby-red, scarlet, cinnabar/vermeil/vermilion, wine red and burgundy relegated to substantive red, cherry/cherry-red, crimson and scarlet nested under qualifying red/ruddy, particolored nested under variegated/varicolored/rainbow/polychromatic/multihued/multicolored/colorful, amber, beige, buff, ecru, lemon (yellow), mustard relegated under nominal yellow, amber, bay, beige and buff nested beneath modifying yellow/xanthous; definition of jasper amended in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; anosmia introduced in MEDICAL; lascivia cut from concupiscence/lust/passion, jade and wench interposed in floozy/hussy/jade/slut/strumpet/tart/tramp/trollop/wanton/wench/whore in SEX; definitions of jasper, tektite and travertine righted in SUBSTANCES
• 2015.12.19: this week's (mercifully brief!) revisions: swoop/souse/pounce and hyponymous stoop reworked as swoop/stoop/souse/pounce, and wench relegated under troop/socialize/mix/fraternize/consort/associate in ACTS; armoire inserted in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; three definitions of placket (under one of which armscye has been nested) introduced to ATTIRE; admire/appreciate/esteem/prize/respect/value transferred from FEELINGS & SENSATIONS and relegated under account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as) in CEREBRATION; verbal definition of chine corrected in COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; gorgon subjoined to bitch/cunt/gorgon, amazon/virago added, battle-axe/fishwife/gorgon/harpy/harridan/hellcat/jade/scold/shrew/termagant/virago/vixen/witch sundered and redefined as battle-axe/bitch/gorgon/virago, harpy/harridan/hellcat/jade/shrew/termagant/virago/vixen and its hyponym fishwife, dame, doll and skirt cut from reversed bird/chick/wench, to which damsel/demoiselle/maid/maiden/miss has been relegated, dog/gorgon added, under which beast and beldam(e)/crone/hag/witch are hyponyms, jade and wench interpolated to floozy/hussy/jade/slut/strumpet/tart/tramp/trollop/wanton/wench/whore, scold interjected in FIGURES; thicken/inspissate/condense flipped as condense/inspissate/thicken in TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY
• 2015.12.12: still more lexicographic amendments: expunged nominal participles in ACTS (abatement/attenuation/curtailment/cut(back)/decrease/diminishment/diminution/reduction/retrenchment and hyponymous decrement/wane, abetment/aid/assistance/help/ministration/service/subvention, ablution, artifice/chicane(ry)/dupery/fraud/fraudulence/knavery/legerdemain/skulduggery/skullduggery/trickery, denudation, maculation, broadcast/circulation/diffusion/dispersal/dispersion/dissemination/propagation/spread, cessation/discontinuance/discontinuation/halt/stint/stoppage/surcease/suspension/termination, competition/contention/rivalry, conjuration/legerdemain/magic/prestidigitation/sleight of hand, crime/cruelty/depravity/fault/immorality/iniquity/injustice/malefaction/misdeed/sin/trespass/turpitude/villainy/wickedness/wrong, detachment/disconnection/disjunction/disjuncture/disseverance/disseverment/disunion/separation/severance, depredation/despoliation/loot/pillage/plunder/predation/spoliation, enclosure/envelopment/inclosure, flow/flux/fluxion/stream, divagation/evagation/expatiation/extravagation/oberration/peregrination/pererration/roam/rove/vagation, reconnaissance, wave/wafture), BODILY FUNCTIONS (birth/childbed/childbirth/delivery/parturition, vomit/regurgitation/purge/puke/heave/emesis/disgorgement/barf), CEREBRATION (cerebration/intellection/mentation/thought and relegate cogitation/consideration/contemplation/deliberation/excogitation/meditation/reflection/rumination/speculation/thought), COMMUNICATION & SPEECH (acknowledgement/admission/allowance/avowal/concession/confession/grant, bamboozlement/betrayal/deceit/deception/dupery/humbug(gery), command(ment)/dictate/direction/directive/enjoinment/imperative/injunction/instruction/order, boast/gasconade/jactitation/rodomontade, broadcast/circulation/diffusion/dispersal/dispersion/dissemination/propagation/spread, reprehension/reproach/reproof/reproval and hyponymous beration/beratement/castigation/censure/chastisement/objurgation/rebuke/reprimand, palaver/cajolery/blarney/blandishment), EVENTS ((the) ax/discharge/dismissal/dismission/sack/termination), MILITARY (depredation/despoliation/loot/pillage/plunder/predation/spoliation), and RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY (conjuration/evocation/invocation); nested admix/blend/commingle/commix/compound/immingle/immix/intermingle/intermix/meld/mingle/mix under amalgamate/coalesce/combine/compound/conflate/conglomerate/consolidate/consort/fuse/incorporate/integrate/meld/merge/synthesize/unify/unite, cut overshadow from and edited definition of belittle/diminish/dwarf, righted forage and deleted foraging in ACTS; relegated underplay to act/enact/interpret/play/portray/render/represent, and burletta and travesty/farce to farce in BEAUX ARTS; effaced diminish, disparage, downgrade, downplay, trivialize, underplay, undervalue from belittle/deprecate/depreciate/derogate and added downgrade and trivialize to downgrade/minimize/trivialize, newly relegated under account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as) in CEREBRATION; interpolated denigrate to attack/denigrate/disparage/invect/rail (at, against)/revile/slur/vilify/vilipend/vituperate, revised definition of and excised denigrate and disparage from belittle/derogate/diminish, cut diminish, disparage, downgrade, trivialize, underplay, undervalue from belittle/deprecate/depreciate/derogate/downplay and incorporated downgrade, downplay and trivialize into downgrade/downplay/minimize/trivialize, now nested under character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/portray/render, interposed denigration to vilification/traducement/smear/obloquy/malignment/denigration/defamation/calumny/calumniation/aspersion and denigrate to vilify/traduce/smear/malign/denigrate/defame/calumniate/asperse in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; reassigned tumult from bedlam/brouhaha/chaos/commotion/confusion/disorder/disruption/disturbance/havoc/maelstrom/mayhem/pandemonium/pother/stir/storm/turbulence/turmoil/upheaval/welter to hyponymous clatter/hubbub/hullabaloo/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/tumult/uproar in CONDITIONS; transferred tumult from bedlam/brouhaha/commotion/confusion/disorder/disruption/disturbance/furor/pandemonium/pother/stir/storm/upheaval/upset to its nested clatter/hubbub/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/tumult/uproar in EVENTS; affixed bay to bay/bight, nested bight under coast/litoral/littoral/seaboard/seacoast/seashore/seaside/shore/strand/waterside in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; relegated biconvex/convexo-convex/lentiform/lenticular under convex in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; included past perfect/pluperfect in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; introduced bight to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2015.12.5: yet more lexicographic amendments: appended fret to abrade/abrase/chafe/corrade/erode/fret and abrasion/attrition/corrasion/detrition/erosion/fret, nested exercise/exert under apply/bestow/employ/use/utilize, incorporated discomfit into balk/blight/confound/dash/defeat/disappoint/discomfit/foil/frustrate/scuttle/snooker/stop/stymie/thwart, added enucleate to bare/betray/demonstrate/disbosom/disclose/display/enucleate/evidence/evince/exhibit/expose/manifest/patefy/produce/reflect/reveal/show/uncover/unveil, interposed dismay in bulldoze/cow/daunt/dismay/intimidate, reworked capsize/knock [OR] tip [OR] turn over/overset/overturn/upset, interpolated exercise into do/execute/exercise/fulfill/give/implement/make/perform, reversed joggle/jiggle and rock/convulse in ACTS; revised congress boot [OR] gaiter [OR] shoe in ATTIRE; introduced ruffle to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; included discountenance in criticize/deplore/disapprove/discountenance/reprehend/reprobate and discomfit in addle/amaze/baffle/bamboozle/bedevil/befog/befuddle/bemuse/bewilder/confound/confuse/discombobulate/discomfit/disorient/floor/flummox/flurry/fog/fox/muddle/mystify/obfuscate/perplex/puzzle/stump/throw in CEREBRATION; dilated clarify/elucidate/enucleate/explain/explicate/exposit/expound/interpret with the inclusion of enucleate in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; relegated coemption to buy/emption/purchase, incorporated emporeutic/trade and edited emporeutic in ECONOMICS; interjected discountenance into abash/chagrin/confound/discomfit/discountenance/embarrass/humble/humiliate/mortify/shame, exercise and fret into aggravate/annoy/antagonize/bother/bug/chafe/devil/displease/exercise/fret/gall/importune/irk/irritate/madden/miff/molest/needle/nettle/niggle/peeve/plague/rankle/rile/ruffle/torment/trouble/vex and disquiet into agitated/antsy/anxious/disquiet/edgy/itchy/jittery/jumpy/nervous/overwrought/perturbed/queasy/restive/restless/squirrelly/tense/troubled/twitchy/uneasy/unquiet/unsettled/uptight in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; nested enucleate under ablate/extirpate in MEDICAL; effaced commoving, heart-rending, sorrowful and wretched from, incorporated distractive into and relegated poignant to abashing/agitating/bothering/bothersome/carking/commoving/concerning/discombobulating/discomfiting/discomforting/discomposing/disconcerting/discountenancing/dismaying/disquieting/distracting/distractive/distressful/distressing/disturbing/exercising/fazing/flurrying/flustering/fretting/hurtful/painful/perturbing/ruffling/shaking/troublesome/troubling/troublous/unnerving/unsettling/upsetting/vexing/worrisome/worrying, augmented hyponymous harrowing/heart-rending/traumatic with heart-rending in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE)
• 2015.11.28: more lexicographic amendments: prepended abjure, deleted desist and refuse, added eschew and appended parenthesized conjunctions to abjure/abstain (from)/avoid/eschew/forbear/refrain (from)/refuse/withhold (from), under which abstain, deny/refuse/withhold and waive are now nested, added avoid and forego, effaced forbear and refrain (from) from, and graduated abjure/abstain (from)/avoid/dispense with/eschew/forego/forgo/resist, to which abnegate/deny (oneself) and crucify/mortify are now relegated, interpolated discourtesy to, cut provocation from and nested slight/snub under affront/discourtesy/indignity/insult/offense/slight/snub, included indignify and relegated hyponymous affront to affront/disoblige/indignify/insult/miff/offend/pique/snub, tweaked definition of slight/snub, subjoined waive to cunctate/defer/delay/demur/intermit/postpone/prorogue/remit/suspend/waive, reversed recant/forswear/foreswear/abjure in ACTS; relegated costume/ensemble/getup/outfit/rig to apparel/attire/clothes/clothing/dress/garments/habiliments/raiment/togs/vesture/vestments/wear in ATTIRE; interposed indignify to bemock/contemn/deride/flout/indignify/mock/scoff/scorn in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; incorporated cutting and incisive into biting/caustic/corrosive/cutting/incisive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/sarcastic, redefined mordacious/snappish in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; added offense, pique and umbrage to acrimony/bitterness/indignation/jaundice/offense/pique/rancor/resentment/umbrage, which is now a nested hyponym of anger/choler/dander/hackles/ire, interjected pique into affect/arouse/elicit/evoke/excite/inspire/kindle/move/provoke/pique/touch in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; interposed coulee and hyponymous malpais to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; added lunule to GEOMETRY & SHAPES; eradicated coulee, lunule and malpais in MISCELLANEOUS; incorporated cutting and incisive into biting/caustic/corrosive/cutting/incisive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/sarcastic in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); nested sisyphean under arduous/challenging/demanding/difficult/exigent/formidable/grueling/hard/heavy/Herculean/laborious/operose/stiff/strenuous/taxing/toilsome/tough/uphill in and expunged burning/clamant/dire/exigent/imperative/imperious/necessitous/pressing/urgent from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL)
• 2015.11.21: fresh lexical edits: relegated blast to burst/detonate/explode/fulminate, interpolated flay in flagellate/flay/flog/larrup/lash/scourge/thrash/whang/whip and flay/lash/whip in ACTS; appended (as) to regard in account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard (as)/take (for)/think/view (as), under which criticize/deplore/disapprove/reprehend/reprobate is now a hyponymous item, added mnemonic to CEREBRATION; acrimony/attack/disparagement/invective/obloquy/vilification/vitriol/vituperation relegated to animadversion/criticism/deprecation/disapproval/reprehension, subordinate to which blame and disapproval have been incorporated and denunciation, fulmination, panning, slam and stricture effaced from animadversion/attack/blame/castigation/censure/chastisement/condemnation/disapproval/excoriation/obloquy/opprobrium/reproach/reprobation, under which blast/fulmination has been nested, denunciation affixed to redefined commination/denunciation, to which fulmination is newly subordinate, disapprove cut from animadvert (on, upon)/blame/criticize/deprecate/reprehend, to which attack/disparage/invect/rail (at, against)/revile/slur/vilify/vilipend/vituperate and hyponymous decry have been relegated, and arraign, decry, denounce have been excised from, vituperate included in and (against) appended to declaim in animadvert (on, upon)/attack/blast/castigate/censure/chastise/clobber/condemn/crucify/declaim (against)/deplore/excoriate/flay/fulminate (against)/hammer/inveigh (against)/pan/rail (at, against)/reproach/reprobate/savage/scathe/scorch/scourge/slam/vituperate/whip/zing, under which decry/denounce/fulminate (against)/rail (at, against) is newly nested, vilipend/vilify/slur/disparage/derogate/depreciate/deprecate has been expunged, unsparing has been deleted from and mordant, invective, incisive and acidulent interpolated to vituperative/vitriolic/virulent/stinging/sharp/searing/scorching/scathing/mordant/mordacious/invective/incisive/cutting/caustic/blistering/bitter/biting/acrimonious/acrid/acidulous/acidulent/acerb(ic), vituperation/vitriol/vilification/invective/acrimony has been erased in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; unsparing subjoined to austere/dour/grim/relentless/rigid/rigorous/severe/stern/strict/unbending/unsparing in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT
• 2015.11.14: this week's second round of emendments to the personal dictionary: subjoined propose to appoint/assign/constitute/designate/name/nominate/propose, flanked design/destine/earmark/intend/mean with design and mean in ACTS; edited definition of couplet/distich, flipped and prepended design to design/draft/sketch in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; abridged definition of and effaced purport from purpose/propose/plan/mean/intend/design/aim in CEREBRATION; interposed dyad to couple/duo/dyad/pair/twosome, appended pair and nested yoke under span/pair in COLLECTIVES; incorporated purport into hint/imply/insinuate/intimate/predicate/purport/suggest in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; relegated ambitious/avid/eager/greedy/keen/solicitous/voracious/zealous under agog/ardent/avid/eager/enthusiastic/keen/zestful in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; replaced pair with twosome in duad/duo/dyad/twain/two/twosome and added couplet to brace/couple/couplet/doublet/pair in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES
• 2015.11.12: personal dictionary revisions: inverted fester/putrefy, interposed pretermit in cease/discontinue/end/halt/pretermit/stint/stop/surcease/suspend/terminate, appended pretermit to disregard/ignore/neglect/overlook/pretermit, redefined fail/neglect/omit/pretermit and hyponymous forget, and nested miss/omit thereunder, cut overturning, upending and upturning from inversion/overturn/reversal and upend from invert/overturn/reverse/upturn, effaced liken/compare/assimilate in ACTS; added antimacassar/tidy and oubliette to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; RELEGATED assimilate/compare/liken under account/adjudge/consider/count/deem/esteem/hold (to be)/judge/rate/reckon/regard/take (for)/think/view (as), eradicated reject and omit from exclude/eliminate/elide in CEREBRATION; nested assimilate/compare/liken under character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/portray/render, obliterated miss and eliminate from omit/forget in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; inserted eclat and erased eclat from stature/repute/reputation/renown/prominence/prestige/note/illustriousness/greatness/eminence/cachet in CONDITIONS; excised scrupulous from assiduous/careful/conscientious/diligent/industrious/operose/painstaking/sedulous/thorough (whups), interpolated scrupulous to fastidious/meticulous/nice/painstaking/punctilious/scrupulous/thorough in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; subjoined prototype to epitome/exemplar/exemplification/model/paradigm/personification/prototype and redefined both it and its hyponym, quintessence in FIGURES; interposed alcoholic/bibulous/boozy in MEDICAL; included paradigm and prototype in epitome/exemplar/exemplification/model/paradigm/personification/prototype, the definition of which and that of subordinate quintessence were edited in MISCELLANEOUS; excised archetypal, archetypic, archetypical from, relegated archetypal/archetypic(al)/prototypal/prototypic(al) and archetypal/archetypic(al)/quintessential to, and remediated the definition of classic/exemplary/model/paradigmatic/prototypal/prototypic(al)/representative/typic(al), revised the definition of emblematic(al)/representative/symbolic(al) in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL)
• 2015.11.6: new photographs subjoined in my 2015 Halloween pumpkins and dusk galleries (Picasa); to express my gratitude for introducing me to Look Around You, the latest addition to my list of favorite flicks, I'm extending to Annusya a special thanks. Thannusya.
• 2015.11.6: Images unequivocally deserves its position among my favorite films
• 2015.11.2: photos of this year's Jack O' Lantern carving (Picasa); who wouldn't include The Tenant in a list of cinematic favorites?
• 2015.10.24: aesthetics and conscience alike dictate the inclusion of Angel Dust among my cinematic preferents; this week's emendments of my personal dictionary: peplum inserted into ATTIRE; bowdlerize/expurgate/sanitize reversed to sanitize/expurgate/bowdlerize in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; imago introduced as a hyponym of construct/conception/concept/abstraction; two definitions of claque added to COLLECTIVES; perfunctory interposed in CONDITIONS; nice interpolated to abandoned/debauched/dissipated/dissolute/fast/intemperate/nice/overindulgent/profligate/unregenerate/wanton, affable/amicable/benevolent/benign/benignant/caring/congenial/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/goodhearted/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/nice/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted and bashful/chary/coy/demure/diffident/farouche/modest/mousy/nice/shy/timid/timorous, scrupulousness effaced from redefined application/assiduity/assiduousness/care/conscientiousness/diligence/industriousness/operosity/sedulity/sedulousness/thoroughness, definition of assiduous/careful/conscientious/diligent/industrious/operose/painstaking/scrupulous/sedulous/thorough edited, rigorous incorporated into austere/dour/grim/relentless/rigid/rigorous/severe/stern/strict/unbending, censorious interjected into captious/carping/censorious/hypercritical/overcritical, careless/derelict/heedless/inadvertent/inattentive/neglectful/negligent/remiss/slack/thoughtless/unmindful interpolated, exact, finical, finicky, precise, rigorous and scrupulous cut from and painstaking added to fastidious/meticulous/nice/painstaking/punctilious/thorough, precise/punctilious introduced, careful appended to solicitous/concerned/careful in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; bailiwick interjected in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY (under demesne/district/precinct/region/territory/ward) and LAW; definition of delinquent/derelict emended in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); imago and katydid added to ZOOLOGY
• 2015.10.20: shouldn't Opening Night be included on every list of filmic favorites?
• 2015.10.17: new lexical edits: chifforobe added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; agreeable, amenable, docible, docile, flexible, pliable, pliant and tractable interpolated to and controllable, governable, passive, subservient and supine expunged from acquiescent/agreeable/amenable/biddable/compliant/conformable/deferential/docible/docile/flexible/meek/obedient/pliable/pliant/submissive/supple/tame/tractable/yielding, supine purged, amenable/convincible/docile/flexible/governable/impressible/impressionable/malleable/manageable/manipulable/persuadable/persuasible/pliable/pliant/suggestible/susceptible/tractable reworked as convincible/persuadable/persuasible/suasible and hyponymous flexible/impressible/impressionable/malleable/manipulable/pliable/pliant/susceptible/tractable and amenable/suggestible, refractory/uncontrollable/ungovernable/unmanageable/unruly expunged in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; triste appended to blue/sad/sorrowful/unhappy/triste and atrabiliar/atrabilious/blue/crestfallen/dejected/depressed/despondent/dispirited/down/downcast/downhearted/gloomy/glum/heartsick/low/melancholic/melancholy/miserable/morose/plaintive/triste in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; bricoleur/handyman and docent interposed; factotum/handyman revised as factotum in FIGURES; subservient incorporated into adjunct/assistant/auxiliary/junior/subordinate/subservient/subsidiary, controllable/governable/manageable/tractable added and refractory/uncontrollable/ungovernable/unmanageable/unruly reassigned to QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); rheostat and trotline interjected in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2015.10.15: of late, Orchestra Rehearsal and F for Fake have secured positions in a certain list of preferent cinematic selections...
• 2015.10.9: personal dictionary redactions: nested rarefy/rarify/refine under ameliorate/amend/better/enhance/help/improve/meliorate/mend and reworked rarefy/rarify/refine/subtilize as refine/subtilize in ACTS; added character to BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; subtilize relegated to argue/contend/contest/controvert/debate/discept/dispute, character and characterize prepended to character/characterize/delineate/depict/describe/portray/render and subtilize expanded to subtilize/refine in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; refined interpolated to sublimate(d)/refined/purified in CONDITIONS; character prepended to character/decency/goodness/honesty/honor/integrity/morality/nobility/probity/rectitude/righteousness/scrupulousness/uprightness/virtue/virtuousness, complexion/constitution/disposition/humor/makeup/mettle/nature/temperament included and character/complexion/constitution/disposition/humor/identity/individuality/idiosyncrasy/makeup/mentality/mettle/mold/nature/personality/self/temperament diminished to idiosyncrasy/personality/temperament in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; casus belli interjected in EVENTS; humor interposed to caprice/fancy/humor/impulse/megrim/vagary/whim/whimsy in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; character incorporated into aberrant/anomaly/character/eccentric/oddball/weirdo in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; mold added to configuration/conformation/contours/figure/form/mold/shape in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; casus belli interposed in MILITARY; nature inserted into bracket/brand/breed/category/class/classification/genus/kind/nature/rubric/sort/species/stamp/type/variety in MISCELLANEOUS; character interjected into attribute/character/characteristic/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/trait, complexion interposed into aspect/complexion/facet/phase, and mold and self interpolated to character/identity/individuality/mold/nature/self, which has been relegated to attribute/character/characteristic/feature/hallmark/lineament/peculiarity/point/property/quality/trait in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); lustrate relegated to sanctify/purify/cleanse in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY
• 2015.10.8: The Last Mistress is now among my favorite movies
• 2015.10.7: if my profile wasn't already satisfactorily sophomoric, see my newly interposed list of peeves therein!
• 2015.10.2: new revisions to the personal dictionary: grade/graduate/rank nested under arrange/collocate/marshal/order/organize, batter/beat/belabor/birch/clobber/drub/flagellate/flail/flog/hammer/lam/lambast(e)/larrup/lash/pound/scourge/tan/thrash/thresh/thump/trounce/wallop/whale/whang/whip reworked and relegated as beat/belabor/drub/hammer/larrup (and hyponyms batter/clobber/pound/thump, birch, cane, drub/flog/larrup/thrash, club/cudgel, flagellate/flog/larrup/lash/scourge/thrash/whang/whip, flail/thrash/thresh, hammer, lam/lambast(e)/larrup/tan/thrash/thresh/trounce/wallop/whale, pummel, thwack/whack, whang) under clout/hit/sock/strike/wallop/whomp with its subordinate entries boot/kick/spurn, clout/cuff/slap/skelp/smack/spank/swat/whack/whomp, spank, clout/punch/sock, club/cudgel, bludgeon, hammer, peen, lash/whip, quirt, slap/skelp/smack/swat/thwack/whack/whomp and whang, bevel/chamfer and new definitions of hammer and subordinate peen relegated to shape/mold/model/form in ACTS; tell subjoined to advise/apprise/inform/instruct/notify/tell, clobber, whip and quondam hyponym hammer interpolated into animadvert (on, upon)/arraign/attack/blast/castigate/censure/chastise/clobber/condemn/crucify/declaim/decry/denounce/deplore/excoriate/flay/fulminate (against)/hammer/inveigh (against)/pan/rail (at, against)/reproach/reprobate/savage/scathe/scorch/scourge/slam/whip/zing and whip appended to berate/castigate/censure/chastise/chide/flagellate/lambast(e)/objurgate/rate/rebuke/reprimand/reproach/scold/upbraid/whip in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH
• 2015.9.25: this week's personal dictionary emendments: dilate/elaborate/enlarge/expand/expatiate reworked as enlarge/dwell/dilate and relegated unto write/pen/indite/compose/author and expatiate/enlarge/dilate excised in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; octet appended to ogdoad/octet in COLLECTIVES; dilate/elaborate/enlarge/expand/expatiate redefined and nested under clarify/elucidate/explain/explicate/exposit/expound/interpret and delineate/depict/describe/portray/render as well, and reworked as dilate/dwell/enlarge/perorate and perorate hyponymous to articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, bloviate/spout/verbalize/waffle divorced, redefined and relegated as bloviate/spout and spout/verbalize under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, and perorate added to COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; smilet included in COUNTENANCE; subsoil/substrate/substratum/undersoil interjected in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; substrate/substratum interposed in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; compact/concordat/contract/covenant/pact/treaty (and hyponyms concordat and pact/treaty), substrate/substratum (relegated to medium/environment) and substrate/substratum introduced to MISCELLANEOUS; concordat (Roman Catholic) inserted in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; medium and substrate/substratum added to SUBSTANCES; compact and substrate interpolated in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS
• 2015.9.19: snoozy fresh photos of Goof, Goof & Popsi, fluffy Gurney and Mephisto (Picasa)
• 2015.9.19: new personal dictionary revisions: halter prepended to halter/hang and flicker/gutter, gutter and relay added to ACTS; boss added (to which eminency and excrescence are relegated) and tussock/tuft/tuffet reversed in ANATOMY; boss/stud (under which a reversed crochet/crocket is nested), cove and hyponymous cove/coving incorporated into ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; halter (top)/halterneck, peignoir and stickpin included in ATTIRE; relay relegated to air/beam/broadcast/transmit in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; breathe/respire and hyponyms breathe (in)/inhale/inspire, aspirate, sniff/snuff, breathe (out)/exhale/expire and snort introduced to BODILY FUNCTIONS; boss included in BOTANY; cerebrate/reflect/think (and hyponymous brood (on, upon, over)/dwell (on, upon), reworked and reversed cogitate/consider/contemplate/deliberate/excogitate/meditate (on, upon)/mull (over)/muse/ponder (on, upon, over)/reflect (on, upon)/ruminate (on, upon)/speculate (on, upon)/think (about), contemplate and introspect), cerebration/intellection/mentation/thinking/thought (with nested cogitation/consideration/contemplation/deliberation/excogitation/meditation/mulling/musing/pondering/reflection/rumination/speculation/thought, introspection and lucubration) and reversed, rectified cogitative/contemplative/deliberative/excogitative/meditative/musing/pensive/pondering/reflective/ruminative/speculative (and hyponymous introspective) interjected in CEREBRATION; bespeak appended to address/bespeak in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; attitude prepended to attitude/bearing/behavior/comportment/conduct/demeanor/deportment/manner/mien in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; chit added to ECONOMICS; chapman/hawker/packman/peddler/pedlar (with subordinate cheapjack and pitchman) and manciple interposed in FIGURES; bagnio/bawdyhouse/bordello/brothel/cathouse/whorehouse and bagnio included, dramhouse interpolated into bar(room)/beer hall/cantina/dramhouse/pub/saloon/tavern, and dosshouse/flophouse, galena, jakes/privy/outhouse, lee, scullery, silica (to which agate, carnelian/cornelian, chert jasper are now relegated) now incorporated into GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; scalloped subjoined to edited crenate(d)/scalloped in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; replevin and replevin/replevy interpolated into LAW; lee added to MARINE; gill and (true [OR] polar) vector included in MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; fistula added to MEDICAL; attitude and vector interjected into MISCELLANEOUS; attitude introduced in POSITIONS; antic interpolated into absurd/antic/cockamamie/daffy/desipient/farcical/footling/inane/laughable/ludicrous/preposterous/ridiculous/silly in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); antic interposed into aberrant/abnormal/anomalous/antic/atypical/bizarre/curious/deviant/different/eccentric/exceptional/extraordinary/freaky/funny/irregular/odd/oddball/offbeat/outre/peculiar/queer/singular/strange/uncommon/unconventional/unfamiliar/unique/unnatural/untypical/unusual/weird in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); sere/withered interposed in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); galena, isomer and silica (under which agate, carnelian/cornelian, chert and jasper are now nested) added to SUBSTANCES; boss, three definitions of escapement, graver (and subordinate burin and scauper/scorper), halter (with nested hackamore), pallet and relay introduced in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; plover and tern newly nested, and neigh (with hyponymous nicker/whinny) and hock included in ZOOLOGY
• 2015.9.17: My personalty gallery was created, its initial constituents being photos of my VHS and DVD libraries; I achieved a startling new XEvil high score (Picasa)
• 2015.9.12: this week's amendents of and additions to the personal dictionary: contract added to abate/attenuate/contract/curtail/cut(back)/decrease/diminish/drop/lessen/lower/minify/reduce/retrench/shrink and abate/attenuate/contract/decrease/diminish/lessen/reduce/shrink, brad relegated to affix/annex/append/attach/fasten/tack, hobble/limp newly nested under ambulate/tread/walk, emaciate/extenuate/macerate is now subordinate to attenuate/extenuate/thin, skelp was interpolated to clout/cuff/slap/skelp/smack/spank/swat/whack/whomp and havoc to depredate/desolate/destroy/devastate/fordo/harry/havoc/ravage/ruin/wreck, and reconnoiter/scout was newly included in ACTS; sharp subjoined to acute/keen/sensitive/sharp, hyponymous bony/emaciated/gaunt/scrawny relegated under asthenic/lean/macilent/spare/thin, as was buxom/embonpoint/chubby/plump/Rubenesque/zaftig beneath curvaceous/curvy/voluptuous, and thrapple incorporated in gorge/gullet/thrapple/throat/throttle in ANATOMY; second definition added to abutment, as was amphitheater in ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; systole introduced to BODILY FUNCTIONS; burl and sarsaparilla interposed in BOTANY; perceptivity and percipiency interpolated to acuity/acuteness/incisiveness/insight/keenness/penetration/perceptiveness/perceptivity/percipience/percipiency/perspicaciousness/perspicacity/subtlety/trenchancy, now subordinate to which clairvoyance was affixed and a reworked acumen/astuteness/canniness/discernment/discrimination/judiciousness/perspicaciousness/perspicacity/sagaciousness/sagacity/sapience/shrewdness/wisdom received perspicaciousness and perspicacity, astute and sharp interjected in acute/astute/incisive/insightful/keen/penetrating/penetrative/perceptive/percipient/perspicacious/piercing/prehensile/sharp/subtle/trenchant, under which redefined astute/cagey/canny/discerning/discriminating/judicious/perspicacious/sagacious/sapient/sharp/shrewd/subtle/wise was swelled with perspicacious and subtle and clairvoyant was nested, sharp interposed in clear/distinct/plain/sharp/trenchant/unmistakable in CEREBRATION; aguardiente and sarsaparilla newly nested under potation/potable/drinkable/drink/beverage COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; epitaph appended to eulogy/eulogium/epitaph in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; donnybrook, fracas and stink excised and clatter/hubbub/hullabaloo/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/uproar defined and relegated under bedlam/brouhaha/chaos/commotion/confusion/disorder/disruption/disturbance/havoc/maelstrom/mayhem/pandemonium/pother/stir/storm/tumult/turbulence/turmoil/upheaval/welter in CONDITIONS; restive affixed to balky/restive, now nested under adamant/decided/decisive/determined/dogged/firm/immovable/inflexible/intent/intractable/mulish/obdurate/obstinate/persevering/persistent/persisting/pertinacious/purposeful/resolute/resolved/set/stalwart/staunch/steadfast/steady/stubborn/tenacious/unfaltering/unrelenting/unwavering/unyielding, congenial and mansuete interposed in affable/amicable/benevolent/benign/benignant/caring/congenial/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/goodhearted/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/mansuete/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted, congenial/sympathetic introduced, piercing added to reversed biting/caustic/corrosive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/sarcastic, wry appended to sardonic/wry and deadpan/dry/wry reversed, sharp included in watchful/wary/wakeful/vigilant/sharp/hawk-eyed/argus-eyed/alert in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; donnybrook, flap, fracas, fuss, havoc, hullabaloo, mayhem and maelstrom deleted from and clatter/hubbub/ruckus/ruction/rumpus/uproar relegated under bedlam/brouhaha/commotion/confusion/disorder/disruption/disturbance/furor/pandemonium/pother/stir/storm/tumult/upheaval/upset, and donnybrook/fracas/melee introduced to EVENTS; Jack subjoined to tar/seaman/seafarer/salt/sailor/rating/matelot/mariner/Jack, and alcalde, percipient, pissant and suttee added to FIGURES; sector/zone reversed, and agate, carnelian/cornelian, jasper, loam and siliceous included in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; salient subjoined to extant/jutting/projecting/protruding/salient in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; attainder and detention/durance vile adjoined to LAW; Jack affixed to tar/seaman/seafarer/salt/sailor/rating/matelot/mariner/Jack, and two definitions of caisson, caisson/cofferdam and dory incorporated in MARINE; sprue included in MEDICAL; caisson, howitzer and reconnoiter/scout augment MILITARY; epitaph and skein interposed in MISCELLANEOUS; piercing interposed in reversed biting/caustic/corrosive/mordant/mordacious/piercing/sarcastic, wry now tails sardonic/wry and deadpan/dry/wry reversed in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); acute prefixed to acute/big/consequential/crucial/epochal/important/key/major/material/momentous/pivotal/polar/significant/vital/weighty and pissant adjoined to de minimis/desipient/dinky/fiddling/foolish/footling/frivolous/inconsequential/inconsiderable/insignificant/lilliputian/little/marginal/negligible/niggling/nugatory/paltry/petty/picayune/piddling/piffling/pissant/slight/small/superficial/trifling/trivial/unimportant in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); Procrustean nested under destructive/rough/ruinous/violent in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); suttee entered in RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; sharp interposed in piercing/sharp/strident and piercing/sharp/shrill/strident/stridulous in SOUNDS; agate, baize, carnelian/cornelian, jasper and loam added to SUBSTANCES; horn affixed to pommel/horn, and brad, burl, caisson/cofferdam, howitzer, morral and pale/paling/picket, selvage, skelp and wadcutter interjected in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; cardinal new nested under finch, and dory and skein adjoined to ZOOLOGY
• 2015.9.5: my latest redactions of the personal dictionary: parry nested under battle/clash/combat/engage/fight/scrap/struggle, resile appended to bounce/bound/carom/rebound/ricochet/recoil/resile, parry incorporated into bypass/circumvent/dodge/duck/elude/evade/parry/shirk/sidestep/skirt in ACTS; femur/thighbone, pulmonary/pulmonic and pulmonary/pulmonate/pulmonic inserted into ANATOMY; threshold cut from door/doorway, to which doorsill/threshold is now relegated, revetment nested under embankment, and two definitions of lean-to and solarium added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; paraselene introduced to ASTRONOMY; baldric, breechclout/loincloth, epaulette, pantaloons, raincoat/slicker and slicker included in ATTIRE; bracken, grama (grass), poblano, quince, scrog, sycamore/plane tree/buttonwood/buttonball, sycamore, whitethorn interjected into BOTANY; ambit/area/compass/horizon/purview/orbit/range/scope/sphere reversed in CEREBRATION; ogdoad added to COLLECTIVES; pilon/piloncillo/sugarloaf, poblano, tiswin (hyponymous to potation/potable/drinkable/drink/beverage) and quince interposed in COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; binding [on, upon one to]/compulsory [to]/imperative [that]/incumbent [on, upon]/mandatory [that]/necessary [to]/obligatory [on, that]/required [that] reassigned from QUALITIES (NEUTRAL) to CONDITIONS; Falstaffian interjected to companionable/convivial/Falstaffian/gregarious/jovial/outgoing/sociable/social in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; asshole, cocksucker, cullion, cunt, dickhead, fuckface, jerk, motherfucker, scumbag, shithead, swine, whoreson, wretch incorporated into abhorrence/abomination/anathema/asshole/bete noire/cocksucker/cullion/cunt/detestation/dickhead/fink/fuckface/hate/jerk/motherfucker/rat/scumbag/shithead/swine/whoreson/wretch, under which bastard/dick/prick, bitch/cunt, coward/craven/poltroon/recreant and cur/dastard are now relegated; dickhead and palooka interpolated to and boob, goofus, mook excised from airhead/ass/birdbrain/blockhead/bonehead/butthead/changeling/chowderhead/chucklehead/chump/clod/clot/cretin/dickhead/dimwit/dingbat/dolt/donkey/doofus/dope/dork/dullard/dumbhead/dumbo/dumdum/dummy/dunce/dunderhead/fathead/fool/goof/goofball/goon/halfwit/idiot/imbecile/jackass/klutz/knucklehead/lamebrain/loggerhead/loon/meatball/meathead/moron/mouth-breather/muttonhead/nincompoop/ninny/nitwit/numbskull/oaf/palooka/peabrain/pillock/pinhead/putz/retard/schlep/schlub/schmuck/shithead/simpleton/stupe/thickhead/turkey, subordinate to which goon and turkey added and lug cut from ape/dork/gawk/goon/klutz/lout/lubber/lummox/oaf/palooka/schlep/schmuck/turkey, and galoot/lug and bozo also nested, ass/boob/chump/clot/donkey/doofus/fathead/fool/goof/goofball/goon/halfwit/idiot/jackass/moron/muttonhead/nincompoop/ninny/nitwit/putz/shithead/simpleton, chorine/chorus girl and cooper/hooper introduced, bandit/brigand/picaroon, highwayman and road agent relegated under criminal/crook/culprit/felon/lawbreaker/malefactor/offender/perp/perpetrator/wrongdoer, as are cheat(er)/rook/slicker/swindler/tricheur and reprobate (Calvinism) beneath culprit/evildoer/felon/malefactor/malfeasant/miscreant/reprobate/scoundrel/sinner/transgressor/villain/wrongdoer, magnate/mogul/tycoon (and subordinate baron) Mogul and noctambulant newly included in FIGURES; rathskeller and shebeen nested under newly introduced bar(room)/beer hall/cantina/pub/saloon/tavern, and basin/pan (with hyponymous basin) clay [OR] pug mill, fulgurite, hacienda (subordinate to hacienda/estancia), Jidda, mogul, alameda (relegated to promenade/paseo/parade/esplanade), spall added to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; centroid and lemniscate interposed in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; nihil dicit included in LAW; bail, keelson and scow interjected into MARINE; baldric, demiculverin, epaulette and revetment presented and sally appended to sortie/sally in MILITARY; cooperage included in MISCELLANEOUS; fulgurite, scurf (plus hyponyms scurf and dandruff) and slurry inserted into SUBSTANCES; baggage/dunnage/luggage, dunnage and lariat/lasso/reata added to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; rook nested under passerine, and basilisk, dam, frog, hack/jade/nag, mygale, solifugae and vinegarroon interpolated in ZOOLOGY
• 2015.8.28: this week's personal dictionary revisions: expunged cooperate, ministrate and added minister [to] and subvent to abet/aid/assist/back/help/minister [to]/serve/subvent, under which aid/help/minister [to]/relieve/subvent/succor is now relegated, cut cooperation from abetment/aid/assistance/backing/help/ministration/service/subvention, to which aid/help/ministration/relief/subvention/succor is now nested, revised subsist as maintain/provide [for]/subsist and elevated provision/victual, interpolated paseo to amble/paseo/perambulation/promenade/saunter/stroll, nested wade and subordinate ford under cover/cross/peregrinate/range/ride/travel/traverse, included attend in arise/attend/ensue/eventuate/follow/issue/proceed/result, nested verbal and nominal definitions of suture under attach/combine/conjoin/connect/couple/join/link/unite/yoke and attachment/combination/conjugation/connection/jointure/linkage/union, incorporated and relegated hyponymous entries of drub and whang in and to batter/beat/belabor/birch/clobber/drub/flagellate/flail/flog/hammer/lam/lambast(e)/larrup/lash/pound/scourge/tan/thrash/thresh/thump/trounce/wallop/whale/whang/whip, nested spancel under hobble, introduced charivari/chivaree/shivaree, clamber/scrabble/scramble and cobble, appended commit to consign/commit, incorporated decoct, commit/perpetrate (under do/execute/fulfill/give/implement/make/perform) and scrabble, interjected scrabble to scratch/scrawl/scrabble/scribble, included squire, added incite, excite, (en)kindle and arouse to urge/stimulate/spur/provoke/propel/prompt/move/motivate/instigate/inspire/incite/galvanize/excite/(en)kindle/arouse/actuate and reversed solicit/instigate/incite/foment/ferment, in ACTS; interposed body/carcass/corpus (and hyponymous cadaver/carcass/corpse/corpus/corse), caul/pileus, corpus, fontanel and suture in ANATOMY; added chancel (Roman Catholic), ciborium/baldachin (Christian), colonnade and arcature (under arcade) to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; consolidated haberdashery (under apparel/attire/clothes/clothing/dress/garments/habiliments/raiment/togs/vesture/vestments/wear), cobble, haberdasher, haberdashery, rowel and shako into ATTIRE; included armature, corpus, phantasmagoria and quadrille in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; introduced acacia, armature, briar/Erica arborea/tree heath, gentian, groundsel, gutta-percha, indigo and palo verde to BOTANY; added and prepended (to) two definitions of doggery in COLLECTIVES; interposed jade (green) in COLORS; bodega, pulque (under potation/potable/drinkable/drink/beverage) and ristra added to COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; definition of affection/aptitude/bent/disposition/inclination/leaning/penchant/ply/predisposition/proclivity/propensity/tendency/will rewritten and hyponymous, revised affection/inclination/liking/partiality/predilection/preference/propensity/taste, affinity, fancy, love/penchant, and weakness are nested thereunder, sexist/gendered relegated to tendentious/tendencious/prepossessed/prejudiced/prejudicial/biased in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; charivari/chivaree/shivaree introduced to EVENTS; commove interpolated in abash/agitate/bother/cark/commove/concern/confuse/discombobulate/discomfit/discomfort/discompose/disconcert/discountenance/dismay/disquiet/distract/distress/disturb/exercise/faze/flurry/fluster/fret/perturb/rattle/ruffle/shake/throw/trouble/unnerve/unsettle/upset/vex/worry, enkindle, ignite and inspire expunged from affect/arouse/elicit/evoke/excite/inspire/kindle/move/provoke/touch, under which arouse and en(kindle) are interpose to arouse/commove/en(kindle)/excite/fire/ignite/inflame, furor scribendi relegated to ardor/fervency/fervor/fire/incandescence/intensity/passion/transports/vehemence/warmth, comfortless cut from disconsolate/inconsolable/unconsolable, which is now nested under blue/sad/sorrowful/unhappy, fondness/inclination/liking/taste (and hyponyms affinity, fancy, love/passion/penchant/philia/predilection/relish, adoration, pyrophilia and partiality/weakness) added to FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; arriero, bedlamite/loon(y)/lunatic/madman [OR] madwoman/nut/wacko (and subordinate psychotic and schizophrenic), boy/lad/stripling, brazier, bursar, drover (and hyponymous muleteer), haberdasher, two definitions of hostler, mountebank, pandemoniac, sawbones/surgeon, stoker and visitant/visitor incorporated in FIGURES; bistro (under which estaminet is now relegated), bodega, cascade/cataract/waterfall, chert, rimland (under coast/litoral/littoral/seaboard/seacoast/seashore/seaside/shore/strand/waterside) and commissary newly included, debouche prepended to debouche/egress/exit, esker, Gondwanaland and haberdashery introduced, estancia affixed to hacienda/estancia, gantlet (subordinate to intersection/junction), jade, posada and pothole included, paseo interpolated in promenade/paseo/parade/esplanade and sierra incorporated into GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; argosy and thimble introduced in MARINE; argosy interposed in abundance/amplitude/argosy/copiousness/lot/mass/plenitude/plenteousness/plentifulness/plentitude/plenty/profusion/stack/volume/wealth and bushel added to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; cataract, sawbones/surgeon and suture incorporated in MEDICAL; defile, shako and vidette introduced to MILITARY; balefire/bonfire, billet, dust devil, notation and shitpile/midden/dunghill/dungheap (beneath pile/mound/heap/cumulation/accumulation) inserted into MISCELLANEOUS; withy nested under agile/deft/light-footed/lightsome/lissom(e)/nimble in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); fusil of fusil(e)/fusible/meltable is now fusil(e) in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); sexist/gendered extirpated from QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); catafalque (Roman Catholic), chancel (Roman Catholic), ciborium/baldachin (Christian), ciborium (Roman Catholic), elemental and posada (Roman Catholic) added to RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; phantasmagoria interposed in SIGHTS; whang added to SOUNDS; blacking/lampblack, chert, gingham, gutta-percha, hydrargyrum/mercury/quicksilver, indigo(tin), jade and tektite interpolated in SUBSTANCES; withy nested under bendable/bendy/flexible/flexile/limber/lissom(e)/lithe/pliable/pliant/supple/yielding in TEXTURE & CONSISTENCY; Devonian (Period) included in TIME; catafalque nested under bier, brazier, cartouche/cartridge, ramrod, ristra, rowel, spancel, stoker and thimble added to TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; carapace/shell relegated under armature, as are finch, parrot, macaw, parakeet/paroquet and visitant variously beneath bird/fowl, and dace, doggery, peltry and shoat introduced to ZOOLOGY
• 2015.8.24: new Popsi picture (Picasa)
• 2015.8.21: bran-new personal dictionary emendments: allay/alleviate/comfort/ease/help/mitigate/palliate/relieve/soothe purged, mill and slalom relegated under ambulate/itinerate/journey/locomote/move/peregrinate/travel/wend, mollify added to appease/conciliate/gruntle/humor/mollify/pacify/placate/propitiate, confound interpolated to balk/blight/confound/dash/defeat/disappoint/foil/frustrate/scuttle/snooker/stop/stymie/thwart, hobble nested subordinate to bound/circumscribe/confine/constrain/constrict/curb/limit/restrain/restrict/withhold, surbate subjoined to bruise/contuse/surbate, serry interjected in crowd/flock/pullulate/pour/serry/shoal/stream/swarm/throng/troop, drain/exhaust/fatigue/jade/surbate/weary expanded to include surbate, entrain relegated hyponymous to deposit/emplace/lay/locate/park/ place/plant/posit/position/put/set/situate/stick, harry nested under drive/impel/propel/urge, entrain incorporated, suppress/subject/subdue/stifle/squelch/squash/repress/quell/pacify/overpower/crush augmented with inclusion of pacify, foray relegated under undertaking/project/enterprise/endeavor/business in ACTS; attic, enfilade, festoon/swag, hogan and viga added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS; buskin emended, chemise/sark/shift and huaraches included in ATTIRE; alder, dwarf oak, ilex, maguey, panic grass, scrub oak, soapweed interposed in BOTANY; army/concourse/confluence/crowd/crush/flock/herd/horde/mass/multitude/press/serry/shoal/throng/troop enlarged with serry in COLLECTIVES; calzone included in COMESTIBLES; address and blabber/blather/chatter/gab/palaver/prate/prattle/twaddle/twattle/twitter/yabber/yak/yatter nested subordinate beneath articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, discuss/parley doubled with appendage of parley, under which parley was relegated, challenge/confound/contest/contradict/contravene/controvert/counter/deny/disaffirm/gainsay/impugn/negate/negative amplified with confound in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; collateral interposed in accompanying/associated/associative/attendant/collateral/concomitant/connected/related and barefoot/discalced and crowded/serried included in CONDITIONS; affable and amicable prepended to affable/amicable/benevolent/benign/benignant/caring/cordial/friendly/genial/gentle/goodhearted/gracious/kind/kindhearted/kindly/tenderhearted/warm/warmhearted, beneath which affable/approachable was newly nested, custom/habit/habitude/way/wont reversed in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; surbate annexed to badger/bedevil/beset/bother/devil/harass/harry/hassle/hound/nag/persecute/pester/plague/surbate, allay/alleviate/assuage/comfort/ease/help/lenify/mitigate/palliate/relieve/soothe/stanch introduced, allay/alleviate/appease/assuage/comfort/ease/help/lenify/mollify/pacify/placate/quell/quiet/relieve/soothe/stanch reworked and dilated with alleviate, comfort, ease and help, confound inserted in amaze/astonish/astound/boggle/confound/daze/dumbfound/flabbergast/floor/shock/stagger/stupefy/stun/surprise in FELLINGS & SENSATIONS; caballero prepended to both caballero/cavalier/chevalier/gallant and caballero/equestrian/horseman [OR] horsewoman/horseback rider, cibolero and Delaware/Lenape interjected in FIGURES; caldera, arroyo, granary, kiva, marl, plateau/tableland (and hyponymous butte and mesa), playa, shale, and granary incorporated in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; close/contiguous/immediate/near/proximal/proximate, under which nearest/proximal/proximate, abutting/adjacent/adjoining/bordering/conterminous/contiguous/coterminous/immediate/neighboring, alongside/beside and abreast are all progressively nested, second definition appended to coextensive/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous, crinkle/rimple/wrinkle added, spiral/helix inverted, annular/circinate/circular/orbicular/ringed/round nested under curvilineal/curvilinear, lobation/lobe included in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; collocate and portmanteau (word) incorporated into LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; acequia nested subordinate to canal in MARINE; furlong added to MEASUREMENT & QUANTITIES; snowblind and wale/weal/welt interposed in MEDICAL; cantonment and quarters appended and cantonment relegated to billet/cantonment/quarters, and enfilade included in MILITARY; gobbet interpolated in bit/crumb/fleck/fraction/fragment/gobbet/mite/mote/ounce/particle/scintilla/scrap/shred/smidge(n)/smidgin/speck/tittle, clod/clump/gobbet/lump/mass and chunk/gobbet/hunk, under which it's also nested, chimera, diligence/stagecoach, malpais, merestone, parfleche interposed in MISCELLANEOUS; two definitions of Attic relegated as a hyponym under amusing/comic(al)/funny/humorous/laughable/mirthful/risible and added to QUALITIES (POSITIVE); accessorial/accessory/adjunct/adjuvant/adminicular/ancillary/appurtenant/assistant/assisting/auxiliary/collateral/subsidiary/supplemental/supplementary swelled with collateral, as is accordant/coincident/compatible/concordant/concurrent/congruous/consistent/consonant/consorting/correspondent/corresponding/harmonious with coincident, collateral relegated under akin/cognate/consanguine/consanguineal/consanguineous/kin, and yet another definition of Attic incorporated into QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); incoordinate interposed in both awkward/clumsy/gawky/graceless/incoordinate/inelegant/inept/uncoordinated/ungainly/ungraceful and confused/desultory/disconnected/disjointed/disordered/disorganized/incoherent/incoordinate/unconnected/uncoordinated in QUALITIES (NEGATIVE); discalced interjected into RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY; ignis fatuus and parallax added to SIGHTS; boneblack/bone charcoal, duff, foam/froth/spume, gypsum, maguey, marl, niter/potassium nitrate/saltpeter, ochre (and subordinate ruddle), parfleche, shale, weft included in SUBSTANCES; coetaneous/coeval/contemporaneous/contemporary sundered, expanded and revised as coetaneous/coeval/concurrent/contemporaneous/contemporary/simultaneous and coextensive/coincident/concurrent/contemporaneous/contemporary/conterminal/conterminous/coterminous/simultaneous, contiguous/immediate/uninterrupted included in TIME; alpenstock, buckler, dispatch box, mochila, portmanteau, tapadera and traces inserted into TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; lanner (falcon) and hyponyms lanner and lanneret nested under bird/fowl, remuda interposed in ZOOLOGY
• 2015.8.15: personal dictionary updates: foreshorten interpolated to abridge/clip/curtail/foreshorten/truncate, tenon nested under accommodate/afford/furnish/provide/provision/render/supply, ambulate/itinerate/journey/locomote/move/peregrinate/travel/wend (and hyponyms ambulate/tread/walk, amble/linger/mosey/perambulate/promenade/ramble/saunter/stroll/tootle/wander, circumambulate, perambulate, cover/cross/peregrinate/range/ride/travel/traverse, ply/run/shuttle, commute, divagate/drift/evagate/expatiate/extravagate/maunder/meander/oberrate/peregrinate/pererrate/ramble/range/roam/rove/stray/stroll/wander, mundivagate, noctivagate, meander) revised, tenon relegated subordinate to attach/combine/conjoin/connect/couple/join/link/unite/yoke, flense nested beneath bare/denude/husk/strip/unclothe/uncover/unveil, clout prepended to clout/cuff/slap/smack/spank/swat/whack/whomp, quirt added, broach relegated to shape/mold/model/form and squail interposed to ACTS; scapular(y) included in ANATOMY; alcove/bay, azotea, corbel, cresset, dolmen, draining tile/draintile, loophole, tabernacle (Roman Catholic) and tailing interposed in ARCHITECTURE; cameo, kidskin, rebozo, scapular(y) (Roman Catholic) and serape inserted in ATTIRE; caesura/cesura/|| and four definitions of cameo interjected in BEAUX ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT; aloe, artemisia, cholla, deathcamas, firethorn/pyracantha, heliotropic, juniper, Lophophora williamsii/mescal/peyote, mesquite/algarroba, monkeyflower, nopal, ocotillo and piñon (pine)/pinyon (pine) included in BOTANY; equipage interposed in cortege/entourage/equipage/retinue/suite/train in COLLECTIVES; aubergine/eggplant, bay, sable/black and sable included in COLORS; aubergine/eggplant, pinole, piñon (nut)/pinyon (nut), mescal (subordinate to potation/potable/drinkable/drink/beverage) and prickly pear introduced to COMESTIBLES; execrate excised from curse/imprecate/swear, pipe nested under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, broach/moot/raise and pipe (under emit/utter/vocalize/voice) incorporated into COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; caesura/cesura interjected in abeyance/caesura/cesura/pause/suspension, afoot/happening/progressing/underway emended to advancing/afoot/progressing/underway, ambulant/ambulatory/itinerant/itinerating/journeying/locomoting/peregrinating/peripatetic/traveling/wending (and hyponymous afoot*/ambulant/ambulatory/peregrinating/peripatetic/walking, divagating/drifting/evagating/expatiating/extravagant/extravagating/maundering/meandering/migrant/migratory/oberrating/peregrinating/pererrating/rambling/ranging/roaming/roving/straying/vagrant/wandering, errant, meandering, migrant/migratory/nomadic/vagabond, mundivagant and noctivagant/noctivagous) extensively edited, require/necessitate/involve/imply/implicate/force/exact/demand/connote/compel/call for reversed and rectified as call for/compel/demand/exact/force/necessitate/oblige/require, connote/entail/implicate/imply/involve/mean edited to connote/entail/implicate/imply/involve/mean/necessitate/require and extant/surviving added to CONDITIONS; philia incorporated in fondness/inclination/liking/love/partiality/passion/penchant/philia/predilection/preference/propensity/relish/taste/weakness, to which pyrophilia is newly nested in DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; caesura/cesura prepended to caesura/cesura/letup/lull/pause and sortie added to EVENTS; abhorrence/disgust/loathing/nausea/repugnance/repulsion/revulsion cut, alacritous nested under ambitious/avid/eager/greedy/keen/solicitous/voracious/zealous, blue/sad/sorrowful/unhappy freshly interposed (under which atrabiliar/atrabilious/blue/crestfallen/dejected/depressed/despondent/dispirited/down/downcast/downhearted/gloomy/glum/heartsick/low/melancholic/melancholy/miserable/morose/plaintive, crestfallen/demoralized/despondent/discouraged/disheartened/dispirited, doleful/dolorous/elegiac/grieved/grieving/grievous/lugubrious/mournful/plaintive/sorrowful/woebegone/woeful, brokenhearted/heartbroken and lugubrious are now subordinate), scorn clipped from abhor/abominate/contemn/despise/detest/execrate/hate/loathe/misprize, now relegated under new dislike/distaste, distaste/dislike interchanged to dislike/distaste, under which antagonism was effaced, nausea included and revulsion relegated to abhorrence/abomination/animosity/animus/antipathy/aversion/detestation/disgust/enmity/execration/hate/hatred/hostility/loathing/nausea/odium/repugnance/repulsion, automysophobia, bathmophobia, blennophobia/myxophobia, bromidrosiphobia, coprophobia, dikephobia, hylephobia, misophobia/musophobia/mysophobia, pyrophobia, xenophobia nested under new phobia in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; detestation inserted in abhorrence/abomination/anathema/bete noire/detestation/fink/hate/rat, adventurer [OR] adventuress/argonaut, beldam(e)/crone/hag, campesino, guidon, honoree, inquirer/interlocutor/querent, interlocutor (and hyponymous conversationalist) added, cur added to cur/dastard and heresiarch and jefe nested subordinate to ruler/regent/lord/leader/honcho/head/governor/chief in FIGURES; bay, brook/rill/rivulet/streamlet, calaboose/calabozo/jail, cinder/scoria/slag, hacienda, monocline, porphyry, ratchel, rimrock, rookery, rookery (under warren) and whinstone (and subordinate basalt) added to GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; orbicular interpolated to annular/circinate/circular/orbicular/ringed/round, globular/globy/orbicular/spherical nested under curvilinear/curvilineal and extant/jutting/projecting/protruding incorporated in GEOMETRY & SHAPES; calaboose/calabozo/jail included in LAW; bay, luff and maelstrom added to MARINE; consumption interjected in MEDICAL; guidon, presidio and four definitions of sortie interpolated in MILITARY; clout/influence/pull, ossature and shoddy added and spectrum appended to gradation/range/scale/spectrum in MISCELLANEOUS; top-notch incorporated into best/first-class/first-rate/incomparable/matchless/nonpareil/peerless/prime/prize/sublime/supreme/top-grade/top-notch/top-quality/ultimate/unequaled/unexampled/unmatchable/unmatched/unparalleled/unrivaled/unsurpassable/unsurpassed in QUALITIES (POSITIVE); vadose (subordinate to aqueous/watery) and fusile/fusible/meltable inserted and singular interjected to single/singular/sui generis/unique in QUALITIES (NEUTRAL); Argonaut (Greek), benediction, Benediction (Roman Catholic), scapular(y) (Roman Catholic), tabernacle (Roman Catholic) included in RELIGION; cinder/scoria/slag, cinder/dross/scoria/slag/tailing (under flux), kidskin, porphyry, rime, ratchel and whinstone (with hyponymous basalt) inserted in SUBSTANCES; axletree, bier, three definitions of broach, carboy, fusil, headstall/headpiece, pritchel, quirt, stob and tenon added to TOOLS; bay, birdcall/birdsong/pipe, cur/mongrel (and subordinate cur), malander, malandered, peccary (and hyponymous collared peccary/javelina), rookery, scapular inserted into ZOOLOGY
• 2015.8.12: new photos of an affectionate ox calf and Mephisto & Popsi (Picasa)
• 2015.8.5: personal dictionary updates: obliterated confound/confute/debunk/disprove/explode/falsify/negative/rebut/refute, inserted rebate, stanch, tonsure, trumpery/tommyrot/nonsense/humbug/bunk/bosh/baloney and expunged verify/validate/sustain/support/substantiate/fortify/evidence/corroborate/confirm/certify/attest/affirm and yo-yo/wobble/waver/vacillate/sway/shilly-shally/oscillate/hover/dither/dilly-dally/alternate in ACTS; added jacal and wickiup (under cabana/hut/hutch/shack/shanty), and wattle to ARCHITECTURE, FURNISHINGS & INTERIOR DESIGN; introduced vest/waistcoat/weskit to ATTIRE; excised abstract/adumbrate/brief/encapsulate/epitomize/outline/precis/sketch/summarize/synopsize, nested affix/add, append and subjoin/append/affix under write/pen/indite/compose/author and edited twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/poppycock/piffle/humbug/hooey/hogwash/gobbledygook/gibberish/folderol/flapdoodle/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/blarney/bilge(water)/baloney/balderdash AS twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/piffle/humbug/hooey/hogwash/gibberish/folderol/codswallop/bunk/bosh/bilge/baloney/balderdash (and relegated blarney) in BEAUX ARTS; (pl. halm/haulm/stalks/stems/stocks) appended to haulm/stalk/stem/stock and sotol incorporated in BOTANY; drove nested under army/concourse/confluence/crowd/crush/flock/herd/horde/mass/multitude/press/shoal/throng/troop in COLLECTIVES; chine and shirr inserted to COMESTIBLES & CONSUMPTION; allude nested under and reference subjoined to advert (to)/mention/refer (to)/reference, admonish/caution/exhort/monish/warn, disbosom/disclose/discover/divulge/expose/leak/release/reveal/tell and betray relegated to advise/apprise/inform/instruct/notify, insist nested under affirm/allege/assert/asseverate/attest/aver/avouch/avow/certify/claim/contend/declare/maintain/predicate/profess/state/swear, allude/hint/implicate/imply/insinuate/intimate/predicate/refer/suggest emended as hint/imply/insinuate/intimate/predicate/suggest, apophasis/paraleipsis/paralipsis edited, add, subjoin, articulate/enounce/enunciate/pronounce, call (out)/clamor/cry (out)/holler/shout/vociferate/yell, ejaculate/exclaim, converse/discourse/speak/talk, chat/confabulate, discuss, speculate, coo, curse/execrate/imprecate/swear, elide, ingeminate/iterate/reiterate/repeat/restate/retell, reiterate, inject/interject/interpolate/interpose/punctuate, maunder/piffle, babble/gabble/gibber/jabber/rave and rasp nested under articulate/deliver/emit/enunciate/express/phrase/pronounce/say/speak/state/talk/tell/utter/verbalize/vocalize/voice, attest/evidence/prove/substantiate/verify and subordinate attest/certify/confirm/corroborate/fortify/substantiate/support/sustain/validate/verify and confound/confute/debunk/disprove/explode/falsify/negative/rebut/refute added, abstract/adumbrate/brief/encapsulate/epitomize/outline/precis/sketch/summarize/synopsize, expound/exposit, preface/premise, ravel/unravel relegated under clarify/elucidate/explain/explicate/exposit/expound/interpret, call (out)/clamor/cry (out)/holler/shout/vociferate/yell, bay/howl/ululate, ejaculate/exclaim, coo relegated under emit/utter/vocalize/voice, expound/propound and husk deleted, tirade/philippic/harangue/declamation and suggest/submit/render/propound/propose/present/offer/moot/advance amended, twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/humbug/hooey/hogwash/guff/gobbledygook/gibberish/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/claptrap/bunk(um)/bosh/blarney/bilge(water)/baloney/balderdash reworked AS twaddle/trumpery/tripe/tommyrot/rubbish/nonsense/poppycock/piffle/moonshine/humbug/hooey/hogwash/guff/gibberish/folderol/flapdoodle/drool/drivel/codswallop/bunk(um)/bosh/bilge/baloney/balderdash (and hyponymous claptrap/blarney) in COMMUNICATION & SPEECH; bushed/drained/effete/exhausted/fatigued/frazzled/jaded/prostrate/sapped/spent/tired/wearied/weary/worn relegated under adynamic/debilitated/devitalized/enervate(d)/enfeebled/faint/feeble/impuissant/incapacitated/infirm/weak in CONDITIONS; trumpery/tommyrot/tomfoolery/piffle/nonsense/humbug/bunk/bosh/baloney introduced to DISPOSITION & DEPORTMENT; stanch subjoined to allay/appease/assuage/lenify/mollify/pacify/placate/quell/quiet/relieve/soothe/stanch and yo-yo/wobble/waver/vacillate/sway/shilly-shally/oscillate/hover/dither/dilly-dally/alternate altered in FEELINGS & SENSATIONS; introduced dragoon, farrier and sutler in FIGURES; anticline and swale newly interposed in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY; gobbledygook nested under argot/cant/dialect/jargon/lingo/patois/slang/vernacular, and pejorative/dyslogism and pejorative/dyslogistic interposed in LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS; mirabile auditu interpolated in LATIN ON LOAN; chine nested under bilge in MARINE; chevron, dragoon, farrier and sutler incorporated in MILITARY; kerf, pall, pall and tonsure added to MISCELLANEOUS; lambent reassigned in hyponymy to amusing/comic(al)/funny/humorous/laughable/mirthful/risible to POSITIVE QUALITIES; prize, unrelieved and unreserved cut from absolute/arrant/categoric(al)/complete/consummate/downright/gross/outright/perfect/positive/pure/rank/real/sheer/stark/strict/teetotal/thorough/thoroughgoing/total/unadulterated/unalloyed/unconditional/undiluted/unequivocal/unmitigated/unqualified/utter in NEUTRAL and NEGATIVE QUALITIES; heinous interpolated to abominable/abysmal/appalling/atrocious/awful/deplorable/dreadful/execrable/flagitious/frightful/ghastly/god-awful/heinous/horrendous/horrible/rotten/shocking/terrible/vile and bad/baleful/baneful/damaging/deleterious/detrimental/evil/harmful/heinous/hurtful/inimical/injurious/malefic/maleficent/malevolent/malign/malignant/mischievous/noisome/pestilential in NEGATIVE QUALITIES; carcel added to SIGHTS; cantle, felloe (and hyponymous duledge), fletching, hasp, mortice/mortise, pannier, pauldron, pommel, pommel and vernier (scale) introduced in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS; bobtail, chine, drove, lobo included in ZOOLOGY. Whew!
• 2015.8.3: another new South Park Studio Project: Wage Earners (Picasa); recent additions to my favorite movie list: La Dolce Vita, Mauvais Sang, Le sauvage; "shine on" entered in the Douche-English Dictionary
• 2015.7.26: Robots is now cataloged as another of my favorite video games, as have The Wages of Fear, Sorcerer and Sex is Comedy among my favorite movies; codify/methodize/organize/systematize/systemize nested and defined under arrange/collocate/marshal/order/organize, nave and sacristy/vestry added to ARCHITECTURE, FIXTURES & FURNISHINGS and RELIGION, THEOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY, swale interposed in GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, LOCATIONS & TOPOGRAPHY, stagger/lurch revised as swag/stagger/lurch in MISCELLANEOUS, priming interjected in SUBSTANCES and bungstarter and frizzen have been itemized in TOOLS, DEVICES & COMPONENTS in the personal dictionary
• 2015.7.17: at long last, my personal dictionary is (pro tempore) complete
• 2015.7.16: a covert (shh!) new South Park Studio Project: Control's People (Picasa)
• 2015.7.10: Frozen Bubble and XEvil are now among my favorite video games
• 2015.7.9: Fresh new photos of Isaac, a Bantam rooster, Mephisto, Popsi, Goof and sheep (Picasa); a muted video of sauntering Isaac (YouTube); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy included in the favorite movie list
• 2015.6.11: two new South Park Studio Projects: Le choc and Abbado & Argerich '67 (Picasa)
• 2015.6.1: What an oversight! At long last, Arthur is cataloged in the favorite movie list
• 2015.5.25: Still more new photos of sheep (including a freshly-birthed addition, Milky-pips), Isaac, peeping chicks, hens, a turkey tom and grass (Picasa)
• 2015.5.13: sublime new additions to the favorite movie list: Dirty Pair: Project Eden, The Flower of My Secret and Le choc
• 2015.5.7: Spring Cinema Titles (YouTube)
• 2015.4.30: photographs of sweet old Dyoji (Picasa)
• 2015.4.29: good gravy! More among my photographic suplusage of Busters, Captain Crackers, Baby Cream, Slippy, Plippy, Isaac and Popsi (Picasa)
• 2015.4.15: yet more bran-new photos of Busters, Captain Crackers, Cream Clara, Choco-choc, Baby Cream, Slippy, Plippy, Gurney and Goof (Picasa)
• 2015.4.13: still more fresh photos of Busters, Cream Clara, Choco-choc, Baby Cream, Captain Crackers and her neonatal darlings Slippy and Plippy; also: turkey tom & hen (Picasa)
• 2015.4.11: new photos of Mephisto, Popsi, Mephisto & Popsi, sheep (including newborn lamb Baby Cream) and turkeys (Picasa)
• 2015.3.31: newly cataloged favorites include The Triplets of Belleville in the favorite movie list and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Koules and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in the favorite video game list
• 2015.3.3: Presently, Freaked is the third-goofiest flick and Solaris the sixth most saturnine itemized in my favorite movie list
• 2015.2.18: South Park Studio Project: Routine Shopping Excursion (Picasa)
• 2015.2.11: South Park Studio Project: David & Lisa (Picasa); Cruising newly included in the favorite movie list; senseless slang terms "on fleek" and bae adjoined to the Douche-English Dictionary
• 2015.1.4: The Double Life of Véronique interposed in my favorite movie list
• 2015.1.18: photographs of an auroral, orbital lunula
• 2015.1.4: Slap Shot added to the favorite movie list
• 2014.12.4: asinine Anglophones confer the ass to assonance: amazeballs, awesome sauce, awesome-sauce, awesomesauce, bestie, bink-bink, binky, boho, dafuq, dope, finna, jawnt, preggers, props and whack added to the Douche-English Dictionary
• 2014.11.30: degage new photos of Gurney, Mephisto and Popsi (Picasa)
• 2014.11.27: South Park Studio Project: Hiatus (Picasa)
• 2014.11.22: South Park Studio Project: BWR (Picasa)
• 2014.11.16: three new photos patefy the withered declination of our Jack O'Lanterns (Picasa); Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy (Blue, White, Red) has been included in my favorite movie list
• 2014.11.1: photographs of this year's Jack O'Lanterns! (Picasa)
• 2014.10.26: an illustrated itemization of my favorite video games
• 2014.10.23: South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #8: Maddox & Dick (Picasa)
• 2014.10.16: "Lifehack" is now a vernacular fixture; into a retard row it goes.
• 2014.10.9: Autumn Tale and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! added to my favorite movie list
• 2014.9.22: striking new photos of lovely Mephisto and Popsi (Picasa)
• 2014.9.19: South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #7: Romy & Michelle (Picasa); to meliorate an unremittable oversight, I've interpolated The Red Balloon amid my favored flicks.
• 2014.9.9: an exhaustive, alphabetical list of my Favorite Motion Pictures; photos of a misty morn (of which my composition is skew a smidge) (Picasa)
• 2014.9.2: doltish adjective "ginormous" added to the Douche-English Dictionary; new photographs of Popsi, Mephisto, Goof and Gurney, Isaac, turkeys, chickens, sheep and a star! (Picasa)
• 2014.8.13: South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #6: Chet & Erik (Picasa)
• 2014.8.7: brand-new photos of Snipper (4), Popsi (4) and Mephisto (Picasa)
• 2014.8.3: (40) Summer Cinema Titles afresh! (YouTube)
• 2014.8.2: Succeeding the groundless and unheralded extirpation of my redoubtable YouTube account, I've established a replacement and uploaded inverse felid laxation, immured bunnies, jovial goats, condensed pinball hustling anew (YouTube); South Park Studio Project: 550 Miles (Picasa); introducing the Douche-English Dictionary!
• 2014.7.30: new photographs of Snipper, Isaac, Crumbs, turkeys, Snipper, Mephisto and Popsi, Busters, Cream Clara and Captain Crackers, Goof, Popsi, Mephisto and Gurney (Picasa)
• 2014.7.22: new South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #5: Felix & Oscar (Picasa)
• 2014.7.21: (40) Summer Cinema Titles (YouTube)
• 2014.7.13: new South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #4: Harry & Lloyd (Picasa)
• 2014.7.9: new South Park Studio Project: Country Mouse & City Kitty; 2014.7.9: verdure (Picasa)
• 2014.7.6: new South Park Studio Project: Franco-nexus (Picasa)
• 2014.6.17: new South Park Studio Projects: Great Goofs #2: Cheech and Chong; Great Goofs #3: Wayne and Garth (Picasa)
• 2014.6.14: new South Park Studio Project: Great Goofs #1: Bill and Ted (Picasa)
• 2014.4.4: new South Park Studio Project: farmersmanual-1.png & farmersmanual-2.png (Picasa)
• 2014.3.21: new South Park Studio Project: 1963.7.20 (Picasa)
• 2014.3.2: new South Park Studio Project: Lexicographer Rachel (Picasa)
• 2014.2.21: new South Park Studio Project: CACOPHONOUS CATERWAUL (Picasa)
• 2014.2.15: new South Park Studio Project: Desiderata (Picasa)
• 2014.1.23: new South Park Studio Project: Husbands...Wives (Picasa)
• 2014.1.10: new South Park Studio Project: Enterprising Reprobate (Picasa)
• 2013.12.29: new South Park Studio Project: Hierarchy (Picasa)
• 2013.10.31: 2013 Halloween pumpkins; new South Park Studio Project: Happy Halloween! (Picasa)
• 2013.8.26: new South Park Studio Project: Just Look at Those Boyz (Picasa)
• 2013.8.22: new South Park Studio Project: Valley Denizens (Picasa)
• 2013.8.21: new South Park Studio Project: Void Captives... (Picasa)
• 2013.8.11: new South Park Studio Project: Karen (Picasa)
• 2013.7.31: book review of Interior Desecrations
• 2013.7.29: new South Park Studio Project: A Summer Event (Picasa)
• 2013.7.22: new South Park Studio Project: Natalia (Picasa)
• 2013.7.20-21: Natalie Wood 75th Birthday Tribute (Tumblr)
• 2013.7.19: film review of Fat Girl
• 2013.7.16: music review of Andalusian Flamenco Song and Dance
• 2013.7.14: new South Park Studio Project: Chromatic Array (Picasa)
• 2013.7.11: new South Park Studio Project: My Bloody Valentine (Picasa)
• 2013.7.9: new South Park Studio Project: Good Thinking (About Everything)! (Picasa)
• 2013.6.24: new South Park Studio Project: Cinema Vertices (Picasa)
• 2013.6.14: film review of Body Parts
• 2013.5.9: new South Park Studio Projects: Premiere Editions and Columbo Redux (Picasa)
• 2013.5.26: new South Park Studio Project: Bond...James Bonds (Picasa)
• 2013.5.5: a new photo set blazons my adorable resplendence (Picasa)
• 2013.4.19: music review of A Man, a Horse, a Gun; photographs of a lucent moon (Picasa)
• 2013.4.18: new South Park Studio Project: Fletch (Picasa)
• 2013.4.14: new South Park Studio Project: The Pixies (Picasa)
• 2013.4.13: new South Park Studio Project: The Conversation (Picasa)
• 2013.4.12: new South Park Studio Projects: Mary Elizabeth Winstead and The Holy Mountain (Picasa)
• 2013.3.21: book review of Scottish Proverbs
• 2013.3.13: music review of Yojimbo
• 2013.3.8: Frank Booth's Crazy Crossword Puzzle has been removed to my newly-designated welter gallery (Picasa)
• 2013.1.26: FINALLY! a squalid critique of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie that I scrawled last year and one slobbering fresh review of DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez!
• 2013.1.12: I adore Trains, Planes and Automobiles, but can't believe that I'm the only viewer of John Hughes' cross-country comedic classic who hasn't imputed some restrained malice to John Candy's countenance in the still-screen shot of that picture's denouement. Enjoy Demented Del! (Picasa)
• 2013.1.3: finally, my loathing of Julian Cope was catalyzed by the abject worst of his or anyone's else's scribblings; in consequence, I inveighed against both the offending paragraph and his worthless careers
• 2012.11.22: film review of Skyfall
• 2012.10.26: film review of Dracula A.D. 1972
• 2012.10.25: Halloweek commences with my spanking new film review of Dance of the Vampires
• 2012.10.13: in my dusk gallery, a fresh pair of photographs shot on the third of this month record its beauteous crepuscule (Picasa)
• 2012.10.9: in a new Amazon Adventure, I dodge Amazon's filching; in response, they declare that "Your Amazon.com selling privileges have been removed"...and not a moment too soon!
• 2012.9.2: film review of Targets
• 2012.9.1: Those Little Terrors have established a YouTube channel and uploaded our first music video.
• 2012.8.23: two new photographs shot to preserve this day's auroral beauty (Picasa)
• 2012.8.1: new South Park Studio Project: Columbo; my final photograph of Angel (Picasa)
• 2012.7.22: film review of Motel Hell
• 2012.7.16: finally, my nitpicking bears fruit in Lemonade Lessons
• 2012.7.7: film review of Microcosmos
• 2012.7.5: Tilt in Five Minutes (YouTube)
• 2012.6.24: book review of One Man's Chorus
• 2012.6.23: film review of Rudo y Cursi
• 2012.6.21: film review of Prometheus
• 2012.6.19: film review of Making the Grade
• 2012.6.12: video review of Session 9
• 2012.6.10: film review of Embryo
• 2012.6.7: two new photographs of Angel, licking himself clean. (Picasa)
• 2012.6.4: film review of King of the Mountain
• 2012.4.7: film review of Light of Day
• 2012.3.14: ALPHA gallery (Picasa)
• 2012.3.11: film review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 2012.2.17: film review of The Borrower Arrietty
• 2012.2.10: new Amazon Adventure: "Well, obviously, this is about you imposing your superiority over me"
• 2012.1.20: film review of The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
• 2012.1.4: Caged Buns at the Minnesota State Fair. They've sniffy snub noses. (YouTube)
• 2011.12.11: Goats on Display at the Minnesota State Fair. Wee ones wag their nub-tails. (YouTube)
• 2011.11.30: film review of J. Edgar
• 2011.11.23: four new photos of sweet Gurney, napping beneath my writing desk (Picasa); new Questionable Cover: Heaven
• 2011.11.22: The Runaways: Live in Japan 1977 (parts 1 & 2, YouTube)
• 2011.11.17: film review of The Face of Another
• 2011.10.30: film review of Seven Minutes in Heaven
• 2011.10.19: three new photographs of Goof and Angel, sleeping snugly together as sweet boys do. (Picasa)
• 2011.10.17: film review of The Thing
• 2011.10.5: film review of The Old Dark House
• 2011.10.4: film review of Onibaba
• 2011.10.3: new South Park Studio Project: Crackbone (Picasa)
• 2011.9.26: film review of Andy Warhol's Dracula
• 2011.9.25: film review of One Missed Call
• 2011.9.24: video review of The Call of Cthulhu
• 2011.9.23: film review of When a Stranger Calls
• 2011.9.22: film review of The Green Slime
• 2011.9.21: film review of God Told Me To
• 2011.9.20: film review of Rachel, Rachel
• 2011.9.15: four new photos of Fluf and Goof, snuggling cozily. (Picasa)
• 2011.9.7: book review of Gastroanomalies
• 2011.7.25: a brand-new Amazon Adventure: "Quote???"
• 2011.7.24: book review of The Rum Diary
• 2011.7.22: new photographs of this morning's sunrise, sweet boy Gurney and myself. (Picasa)
• 2011.7.17: film review of Exchange Students
• 2011.6.25: music review of The Transformed Man
• 2011.6.22: new South Park Studio Project: Five Easy Pieces (Picasa)
• 2011.6.17: new South Park Studio Project: Rachel (Picasa)
• 2011.6.10: watch closely as my reviews and lists vanish from unsightly Amazon, only to reappear instantly at Lunch! I'll be performing this trick thrice daily from now through August.
• 2011.4.27: new Amazon Adventure: The Golan-Globus M.O.; new negligible article: Genius and Abuse; new South Park Studio Project: Suzi Quatro (Picasa)
• 2011.4.15: new South Park Studio Project: Red Army Faction (Picasa)
• 2011.4.4: two new South Park Studio Projects: Depeche Mode and The Runaways (Picasa)
• 2011.4.3: (elephantine!) film review of The Runaways
• 2011.3.16: I ran amok in a hallway. (YouTube)
• 2011.3.15: photographs of the Bridgeview Plaza strip mall, an outmoded retail outlet location frozen in time by the neglectful apathy of its proprietors. (Picasa)
• 2011.3.2: book review of The Prestige
• 2011.2.20: photographs of the moon above the horizon of an overcast twilight (Picasa)
• 2011.2.6: film review of Hamlet