Gon' off da skittle

A small introduction ... Postandeason is a collaborative effort from the Darsh Nation and beyond. It is a forum for ideas and creativity, and whatever. Contributing to the first official postandeason blurb: a brand spankin' new song from Songbird (of the Peekers), games with Justin Lamar Nix, videos from Jana Mahoney, and slam poetry by Ryan Seacrest. Songbird's song to sing in the post above, sorry for the inconvenience.

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A fun new game from some friends, here's an introduction...

yocab: [YO-cab] 1) n. a game created by Justin Lamar Nix and John Martin in which one player invents three fictive words, then passes them on to the other, who defines them. The defining player then invents three new words for his/her partner, thus starting the cycle again.  2) n. Norse god of nonsense and raspberries.  3) int. a moderately effective method for procuring a taxi.

I have always been something of a nonsense writer, filling notebooks with puns, palindromes, purposeful mispeelings, and thirty-six syllable margin-eating monsterwords. One night, my friend John got ahold of one of my notebooks and came across a few of these behemoths. He attempted to pronounce one, and we both broke into spontaneous gigglefits. Once the uncontrollable laughter subsided, John began to construct his own monsterword, one that matched mine, rhyming syllable for syllable. We switched papers and tried to recite them in tandem. More gigglefitz. 

Eventually, when we saw each other, one of us would say, "Hey John. I heard this word the other day, and I really like it. I just don't know what it means."  

"Is that so?"  John would say. "I bet I know what it means. What's the word?" "Paratwung!"

"Oh, paratwung! Of course!  Paratwungs are the parts of braces that the rubber bands are attached to. Though often overlooked, they are essential for proper orthodontic  growth. But it's funny you asked, because I heard a word the other day that I quite liked the sound of, but sadly do not know its definition."

"Oh yes?"

"Oh yes. Bimblombe."

This went on for some time, until I moved to Brooklyn and left my good friend John back in Louisiana.  We carry on our tradition over the internet now (by threes), and other friends have since been bitten by the yocab bug. You too can get bit.

I love yocab because it encourages both etymological research and inspired lunacy. Look up Latin roots, or turn your word into a fart joke; it doesn't matter. The game encourages all of us to feed our creative impulse by acting upon the feelings we get from letters and sounds all smooshed together. Pleilandi bamabaha, y'all!

Here are a few examples of the fun we're having:

heffleckle: a fast growing wildflower, indigenous to everywhere. known for its sweet extractable nectar, which is said to be the inspiration for orange sherbet.

poxpazzle: an unsuccessful candied remedy for smallpox. taken off the market when everybody suddenly got poilo. whoops!

rimpsteam: v. to defeat one's opponent by a wide margin. "we totally rimpsteamed them!" n. a urethral colonic.

words by John Martin. definitions by Justin Lamar Nix.

CRENDIO (kren'-dee-oh): n. the part in a pop song where everything kind of builds right before the breakdown into the takin' it down real slow.

LABAMESSRY (leh-bom'es-ree): state of being. 1. when one feels so low, they drink themselves into oblivion to the point where they shit. 2. and they subsequently realize it while being cleaned up by a good friend. 3. usually accompanied by crying.

YONGRE (yahngr-ay): slang. "Do you want something to eat?"

words by Justin Lamar Nix. definitions by Anya Clingman.

Plelelefous: n. duck-billed elephant.

Mandwarb: v. to hold hands in a tangled fashion with multiple Persians; n. tangled hand-holding, with Persians.

Fitzitu: n. a form of exercise involving tantrum-throwing.

words by Justin Lamar Nix. definitions by Sara White and Kasey Mire.

How to play: Define the following three words::

MORLIQUE

FOISTO

CASBECA


If you have any of your own makeupped words, feel free to leave them here as well. Until next week, pleilandi bamaha!

-jLn.

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The deaf girl from Dewey St.  Here's your co-captain Tiffany, asking that oh-so-quotable phrase...

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Ranchoscopes with Ranch Frederick, for birthdays falling in between Ranch 5th and Ranchuary 12th:

Whether you are ranch or not, the time has come to ranch, as much as you can. There is no such thing as ranching too many people. Perhaps not ranching others more ranchly might be the only criticism.  Ranch builds for those in partnerships. Tonight: Try an exotic ranch.