Verbotomy, an online game that challenges people to invent words, create definitions for them, and use them in sentences, is using my short story collection Overclocked for its raw material this week — they’ve come up with some great words already!
Mimeopath
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mim-ee-oh-path
Sentence: Jill did a mimeopath of herself in her prom dress, handing it out to everyone she knew and didn’t know.
Etymology: mimeograph, psychopath
Verbotomy, an online game that challenges people to invent words, create definitions for them, and use them in sentences, is using my short story collection Overclocked for its raw material this week — they’ve come up with some great words already!
Mimeopath
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: mim-ee-oh-path
Sentence: Jill did a mimeopath of herself in her prom dress, handing it out to everyone she knew and didn’t know.
Etymology: mimeograph, psychopath
David Weinberger, author of the brand new Everything is Miscellaneous, a book about how the Internet is destroying traditional notions of organization, subject and heirarchy, did a recent interview with me about metadata and civil liberties. He’s posted it as the first part of a podcast series of interviews with interested parties.
I’m almost finished Everything is Miscellaneous, and it’s fantastic — I’ll post a review very soon!
A reminder! Today is my last official day at USC and some of my students are throwing a BBQ for me at the Annenberg Center, off campus. The event is sponsored by the USC Free Culture club, and kicks off at 6:30. All are welcome!
They’re also doing a Flickr photo hunt, scouring the campus for useful objects to photograph and put on Flickr on a Creative Commons license — that kicks off at 11AM.
