Ha! Why does the presence of other blamers here (or at minimum, those knowledgeable about the blamer phenomenon) not surprise me?
Perhaps, given what one blamer (not me) offered as an alternative URL for IBTP in this comment today: "isprinkleadorablevocabularylikefairydustwhileobstreperouslylayingbarethepatriarchy.com," Twisty's site attracts at least as many vocabulary fetishists as radical feminists. (Not that these are mutually exclusive identities... hardly!)
Evidently, this means "Diamond-bearing ground." Yet another word I had to look up in the course of reading Twisty Faster's blog, I Blame the Patriarchy - specifically, after this passage:
With the damp, colorless fog that awakened the denizens of the Twisty Bungalow this morning (instead of the expected diamantiferous fanfare of taco-eating cherubim upon which my obstreperal lobe depends for its award-nominated vim and vigor) has also dawned the realization that the FAQ is somewhat out of date.
(And yes, I had to look up cherubim too. Also, to the best of my knowledge, the "obstreperal lobe" is a Twisty-Fasterism, that is, a word made up by the author because no existing word met her writing needs. See also blamer. Truly, this particular blogger's contributions to the modern lexicon are impossible to measure.)
Indeed. I cannot go one day without checking IBtP.
Ha! Why does the presence of other blamers here (or at minimum, those knowledgeable about the blamer phenomenon) not surprise me?
Perhaps, given what one blamer (not me) offered as an alternative URL for IBTP in this comment today: "isprinkleadorablevocabularylikefairydustwhileobstreperouslylayingbarethepatriarchy.com," Twisty's site attracts at least as many vocabulary fetishists as radical feminists. (Not that these are mutually exclusive identities... hardly!)
cherubim is the plural of cherub, like seraphim is the plural of seraph.
Oh, look. It's a blamer on Wordie! What a small Internet it is.
Evidently, this means "Diamond-bearing ground." Yet another word I had to look up in the course of reading Twisty Faster's blog, I Blame the Patriarchy - specifically, after this passage:
(And yes, I had to look up cherubim too. Also, to the best of my knowledge, the "obstreperal lobe" is a Twisty-Fasterism, that is, a word made up by the author because no existing word met her writing needs. See also blamer. Truly, this particular blogger's contributions to the modern lexicon are impossible to measure.)