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"So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with." – John Locke
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This week’s prompt is given to us by me: invent a word, then give its form, pronouncement, and definition in the same manner as a dictionary. After this is established, use the word in a paragraph or two for demonstration.
Be sure to place the link for your completed story in the comments section of this post so we can find it. If you are late in posting, placed the link in both the comments section of the prompt, and the comments section of the current prompt, but please tag it as a late comer.
You might consider making your own TP icon to announce your story as such. Readers watch for this and will respond.
If you do to participate in the Thursday Prompt, that it is good form to read your fellow participants. If you wish to give a critique, ask if the writer wishes one and then send it along in a private note.
Always ; we are all writers together.
This week’s prompt is given to us by me: invent a word, then give its form, pronouncement, and definition in the same manner as a dictionary. After this is established, use the word in a paragraph or two for demonstration.
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Noun
The native language of the Kiskaji, an anthropomorphic reptilian race native to the world of Swetha.
a: Two forms of Kiskajik dialect are known: Kiskajik Nonma, used by the desert dwelling Kiskaji, and Kiskajik Gonma, used by the swamp dwelling Kiskaji. The differences are mainly in pronunciation of middle vowels, along with some unique words.
"Hima can speak the common tongue better than Hima's own Kiskajik, but Hima does still know Hima's egg tongue. Kiskajik is easier for Hima's mouth to form. Common sometimes hurts Hima's jaw..." She thinks for a moment. "Sorry, Hima is supposed to say 'my' jaw. Kiskajik has no word for 'I' or 'Me' so Hima forgets."
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(pay-chi-a-trist)
Originate: Cyberpunk slang (GTA North Postal Malgamate/'Geetyeaye Sprawl')
Toronto-regional Cityspeak slang term, first put into local, limited but sustained used by 2036
(Coined by Garth Gilmore (as Jospeh Kirlian) in Medium, November 2023)
Context: A person who works in simsense/braindancing or physical prostitution for hire, either specializing in roleplay as a therapist (with or without training, cosplay can be the limit of it).
[Corollary 1]: if severely disturbed or diagnostically cyberpsychotic, can believe they actually are a therapist in psychiatric, behavioural or personal meditative therapy.] Said brachiate often honestly thinks they're a speciality mental therapist, post-doc with psychiatric, meditative or cognitive therapeutic training or may have limited skill-training and are simply good at meriting professive context in that.]
[Corollary 2]: Reactive/traumatic effect has been know to occur due to catastrophic data transfer/CRC error during a chipped memory or , damage/trauma to a cyberbrain's long-term datastack or organic brain tissue region prior or post-transfer.]
Abstract example, narrative #1:
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"Chummer thinks he's a psych bench-doc after tack-on EM attenuation trauma from a pirated Freudstar and saw a fright past a mendicant B-Channel!"
"So Bog thinks he's a paychiatrist?"
"Solid state. You can't tell a choom of lackadaisied format their expert file metasystem's a zero-point Mandelbrot monster-between. Not much stuck-bare in there but terrible, brilliant darkness, Mum."
"He charge much, often or frugalled?"
"If you break thyself upon Bogfinger 'afore you lie down, Boggle pay you for the toggle-trouble. Tractiony fashion guaranteed."
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-2Paw, 6/26/2025.
Real horrorshow!
well done...
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Adj.
(A portmanteau of celestial and elated.)
a. (Used largely in a joking sense) Extremely happy, often with a euphoric quality; exhilarated (lit. "happy to the stars"). A fairly new word (c. 2090) coming into popular use with IethragiKJ--a popular online personality (see popufur)--becoming one of the first civilians to travel interstellarly. Coined as the feeling she got when she "fled the atmosphere and saw the sky naked."
"Did ya (see corruption of you) hear about Douge?"
"Yea."
"He voiced (see voiced) me when he got out of gravity. He said he was like celestialated."
"Imma hit that boy..."
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adj. / n.
A portmanteau of abuse and amusement.
adj. The experiencing of something so bad or shocking (usually in the arts) that it gives one the opposite effect.
n. The willful (or accidental) creation of abuse thinly veiled as amusement.
Within moments of the concert starting, it became readily apparent that neither the singer nor the backing band had any form of practice in the months leading up to the performance. Despite the obvious flaws and a distinct lack of talent on stage, the concert proved to be successful. Reviews of the concert were in agreement that the band sounded as if The Shaggs had Mrs. Miller as lead singer delightfully throwing their self-made abusement to the surprisingly receptive crowd.
(Years ago, I had accidentally mistyped the word "amusement" in part of a response to a forum post in an unrelated blog, but "abusement" fit the situation so well, I decided not to correct it. I've had it in my back pocket ever since.)
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Mancer (Mansər) n. A witch or warlock Rypernan who has derived their powers from Dracona at a cost of severe corruption of their body. Wielders are often sent to hunt these down.
Rypernan (Rī-pər-nən) n.
1. A sapient denizen of the various lands making up the world of Ryperna. 2. The common tongue spoken by Rypernans. Various dialects, particularly diverse in the drassing department, exist across the different chiefdoms and many other languages, often pronounceable only by the species and tribes they come from, still persist. Note: Derived mostly from the unused parts of "furry persona" when portmanteaud as fursona.
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I love this prompt, it's conlang week baybee :D
Verb
Objugated, Objugating
1) To impede progress or present challenge via the posing of some manner of obstacle, whether that obstacle physical or mental.
2) To take preventative measures to ensure access to something is limited.
“What’s life without a little adversity? Kinda dull, I say. Think about it: why else do authors always write some sort of conflict in their stories? It’s because the protagonist needs to learn and grow and whatnot and really wow the reader, right? Can’t do that if the path from beginning to resolution is, well, basically blank. Why else do you think a story has villains and conflict objugating the hero’s path to a happily ever after? Wouldn’t be very interesting, otherwise…”
Maria objugated her kid's access to the cookie jar by placing it on the top shelf in the now locked pantry.
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