Sunday, January 22, 2012

PERDURABLE

perdurable: extremely durable; continuing long; lasting


Example: “Birdland” begins with a mesmerizing and heartbreaking monologue, inspired by Peter Reich’s Book of Dreams, of a young boy at his father’s funeral, awaiting his—Wilhelm Reich’s—return for him in a UFO. “Land” is Chris Kenner’s perdurable “Land of 1000 Dances” bracketed by the story of Johnny—essentially William Burroughs’s Johnny in The Wild Boys: sex object and all-American Kilroy—and his delirious visions of horses turning into waves turning into horses. [Reference: The Mother Courage of Rock, FEBRUARY 9, 2012, Luc Sante]





Friday, January 20, 2012

DULCET

dulcet:

- sweet to the taste

- pleasing to the ear

- generally pleasing or agreeable

Example: I really enjoyed the dulcet tones of the cello.






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PERDITION

perdition:

- eternal damnation

- hell

Example: "The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvellous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all earthly ills, and that on no account can a monied man enter heaven. Ah! how cheerfully we consign ourselves to perdition!" [Reference: Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick]

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