Posted inDictionscary

lugubrious

Though you're likely to drool when you pronounce the word carefully, the term "lugubrious" doesn't have as much to do with loogies, goo, grubs, or brie as you might assume. "Lugubrious" describes maudlin mourning, exaggerated sorrow, excessive gloominess...or simply the emotional state of mankind in the year 2006. It should be an emo metal band; I'd like to see Lugubrious written in drippy letters on a soiled black t-shirt. "Bela Lugubrious" would also make a good title for either a Bauhaus song or a splatterporn actor. And anyone named Lou Gubrias should sue his parents for libel.
August 10, 2006Posted inDictionscary

"After being struck on the head by an axe, it is a positive pleasure to be beaten about the body with a wooden club." -- Anonymous (Chinese Proverb)

Perspective
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Dramatize an electroshock therapy session in second person, future tense. + Sketch a humorous conversation involving the devil's accountant. + Adapt the features and traits of any cartoon character into a "real" creature or man, exploring the freakish results. (e.g. What would a "Spongebob Squarepants" creature >really< be like, if living flesh in the real world? Write it out, obliterating the original reference to the cartoon in the process.) *** If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here next issue!
August 3, 2006Posted inInstigation