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SMITHFIELD MARCH - lseldom-played work by John Philip Sousa.
wofahulicodoc
05/22/2026 10:01 PM
SMITHFIELD MATCH
PRONUNCIATION: (SMITH-feeld match)
MEANING: nnoun: A marriage of convenience, especially one arranged for money.
ETYMOLOGY: After Smithfield, London, long associated with markets and fairs, including Bartholomew Fair (1133-1855). Earliest documented use: 1703.
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SMITHFIELD MATH - a bizarre arithmetic used to calculate the dowry in
a marriage of convenience, often yielding results dramatically different from
what the parties had expected
SITHFIELD MATCH - what takes place when a Jedi fights a practitioner of
the Dark Side of the Force in an outdoor venue
SMITHFIELD MACH - brother of Ernst Mach (researcher on aeroynamics
and high-velocity flight) who became an Anglophile and changed his name from Johann
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BACONISM: You know all of Shakespeare was written by Roger Bacon
wofahulicodoc
05/22/2026 7:37 PM
LACONISM
PRONUNCIATION: (LAK-uh-niz-uhm)
MEANING: noun: Brevity or terseness of expression, or an instance of this.
ETYMOLOGY: After Laconia, a region in southern Greece whose chief city was Sparta. From the reputation of the Laconians/Spartans for terseness. Earliest documented use: 1570.
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LADONISM - the philosophy, exemplified by Rigoletto in Mozart's opera, that "women are fickle" ('changeable," if you prefer)
TACONISM - a branch of the Pastafarianism, another segment of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
L.A. CON IS ME - Confessions of a Southern California Urban Grifter {It didn't sell very many copies...)
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No terrors
A C Bowden
05/22/2026 3:49 PM
If you see some ball lightning nearby,
Or an uncanny glow in the sky,
Don't run from the place
With a nervous grimace –
Keep going, and never say die.
PLATITUDE – PLEASED
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