Will Self Vocabulary @VocabSelf
Some of the more obscure words from Will Self's oeuvre. Joined February 2014-
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Enscorcell (v): To enchant, enrapture (literary). "Ensorcelled (by) Linda Coe’s dissection of English bourgeois mores." New Statesman 5/2/15
De nos jours (adj): Of our days (Fr); A modern version (frequently disparaging) "Clarkson... the John Bull de nos jours." New Stat 20/8/15
Dandiacal (adj): Relating to, or in the manner of, a dandy. "The dandiacal excesses of my youth." New Statesman 20/8/15
Fleck (v): Mark or dot with small particles. "Flecking their faces with spittle and expletives." Guardian 6/11/14
Anfractuous (adj): Sinuous or circuitous. "Glassy boils and anfractuous whirlpools of the Pentland Firth." Guardian 15/6/14
Descant (intr v): To discuss a theme at length. "Burchill descants at such length on her own prodigious drinking." Guardian 6/11/14
Bricolage (n): French 'tinkering': Object (or philosophy) created from disparate parts. "Ideological bricolage." Guardian 6/11/14
Resile (v): to abandon a belief or position. "I’ve come to understand why it is I resiled from … what?" Guardian 6/11/14
Hummocky (adj): Like a hummock. (Flagged as a candidate for Will Self bingo. Commenter should not be trusted with sharp objects.)
Apostasy (n): Renunciation of beliefs, esp religion. "I’d been surprised by my own apostasy (if it can be called that)." Guardian 6/11/14
Gallimaufry (n): A disorganised (themeless) collection. "Repugnant gallimaufry of insults and half-baked nonsense." Guardian 6/11/14
Ad hominem (adj): Attack the person rather than their argument. "Ad hominem abuse... is passed off as “comment” in our media." Guar 6/11/14
Apodeictic (adj): Demonstrable; clearly established, indisputable. "[Sand's arguments] have an apodeictic feel about them." Guardian 6/11/14
Museumification (v): Preservation of a site into a museum. "He snapped back at me... : "Museumification isn't a word!" " Guardian 21/6/14
Fossick (v): To prospect for minerals or fossils, esp turning over of spoil heaps or waste. "I met a couple of fossicking Yorkshiremen."
Loess (n): Geologically recent sedimentary rock formed from wind-blown dust. "Friable loess cliffs." Guardian 2/8/14
Acculturate (v): Adapt one's culture to include elements of a new (usually dominant or indigenous) culture.
Plangent (adj): Loud and mournful in tone. "The reason we’re so hopelessly addicted to crisps is... their plangent crepitation."
Crepitation (n): Crackling or grating noise, especially from rubbing. "(Crisps') crepitation as we bite into them." New Statesman 18/7/14
Friable (adj): A solid easily reduced to smaller particles; brittle. "The works of humankind are no less friable." New Statesman 18/7/14
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