Wordie: Dilettante: Comments

Comment by BrainyBabe, 16 days ago

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:52:19 +0000

Their own careers being at the most dilettante affairs, they were free from such exigencies themselves.
-- ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:24:32 +0000

Hey, that has a nice ring to it!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:50:36 +0000

I'm a fan of bastardaster, personally. Nothing like adding insult to... er, insult.

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:31:24 +0000

Then there is that device, recommended by the Phrontistery guy, of just adding "aster" as a pejorative suffix to your noun of choice.

Examples: poetaster, criticaster, wordiecaster.

http://phrontistery.info/aster.html

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:37:14 +0000

I think of it more like a "renaissance" person than a dabbler. I guess because "dabbler" also has a negative connotation.

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:44:53 +0000

That makes me sad. It's such a pretty word for a dabbler.

Comment by kewpid, about 1 year ago

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:04:02 +0000

And what an excellent insult!

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:15:21 +0000

This seems to be used mostly as an insult these days.

Comment by Koani, about 1 year ago

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:13:23 +0000

"This class is called 'Finding Your Voice'. It's for serious writers, not emotionally stunted dilettantes!" - Ugly Betty

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:55:36 +0000

A former favorite, dethroned by sparble.