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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

For Seriously Bored Editors:

Fun style sheet excerpts! Here are some from a few of the books I'm working on at the moment:
hoe (for whore)
homie
hot dog (n.)
Kmart
LL Cool J
mic
MTV Video Music Awards; VMAs
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Naughty by Nature
okay
Royce da 5'9"
Saint Andrews Hall
shit hole
shit storm
slept-on (adj.)
smart-ass
___
final load
finger palm (v., n.); finger-palm (adj. preceding n.)
finger-flinger
Great Tomsoni, the
half dollar
hankie (for handkerchief)
Hindu shuffle [control]
hokey
inertia move
jog shuffle [control]
Keith-Orpheum
key card
King of Koins, the
letter C
Lulu Hurst-ian
magician-speak
Marlo’s switch control
pseudo-Hindu shuffle [control]
___
his-and-hers
modernist
Native American
North Wales
overdoor
plein-air (adj. preceding n.)
Provençal
quinta
Realtor
Romanesque
Saltillo
Santa Ynez Mountains
slipcover
southern California; northern California
Spanish Revival
swath
terra cotta (n.); terra-cotta (adj.)
tipi
veranda
website
wood (not wooden)
Obviously these are arranged according to how much I'm enjoying each project.

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