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Incongruous Moi…

During my daily dip into dictionary.com in search of words with which to describe my discovery of the true meaning of life, I frequently uncover never before seen (with these eyes…) jewels. Such as this one

cen·to [sen-toh] –noun, plural -tos.
1. a piece of writing, esp. a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
2. anything composed of incongruous parts; conglomeration.
3. Obsolete. a patchwork.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < Latin: centō patchwork quilt or curtain]

—Related forms
cen·ton·i·cal [sen-ton-i-kuhl] -adjective
cen·to·nism [sen-tn-iz-uhm]
cen·to·ni·za·tion [sen-tn-uh-zey-shuhn] -noun

Hmmmm … anything composed of incongruous parts … I do believe that centonical might provide an accurate descriptor of this blog site, nobodyasked.com

9 Comments so far

  1. Jean March 10th, 2008 7:44 pm

    could also be a multi-faceted jewel (the blog, I mean).

  2. Winston March 10th, 2008 7:50 pm

    Awwww, Jean… I thought you meant me for just a moment there…

  3. John B. March 10th, 2008 7:57 pm

    A cool word, sir. Thanks for sharing.

  4. keeskennis March 11th, 2008 3:05 am

    Early Friday evening mockery of the bubbler, “it is 5 inches” Roomie guaranteed, yardstick in hand.

    centocynical … composed wholly of quotations or words from the last 3 or 4 post on this blog.

  5. Winston March 11th, 2008 4:58 am

    @ Kees: Excellent work! You earn Merit Badge of the day…

  6. gerry rosser March 11th, 2008 6:50 am

    Cento: a minor coin nobody will bend over to pick up unless they are supertitious and it is heads up.

  7. Stu Savory March 11th, 2008 8:13 am

    Mine is the floccipaucinihilipilificatory blog ;-)

  8. Jean March 11th, 2008 11:00 am

    Winston, if you were not a multi-faceted jewel you could not have a multi-faceted jewel of a blog :-).

  9. Kay Dennison March 11th, 2008 7:54 pm

    I think you have this right on the money except my blog which echoes with resounding groans — often from your corner! LOL