Word of The Day: Confectional
11.29.07 by
shane
con·fec·tion·al [kuhn-fek-shuh-nl]
noun
- An isolated place set aside for work, which drives specific urges for constant munching, often followed by bloated vocal remorse. [See cubicle or home office]
- A cathartic apology, often to a loved one, that is driven by the guilt of having ignored them while gorging on the sweet fruits of one’s labor [See workaholic]
- A place where creative inspiration, which drives the process of compounding, preparing, or making something delectable, begin with a burst of honest revelation.
Use:
“18,000 lines of code and 3 quarts of Hagendaaz littered the floor of Peter’s confectional.”
“While working from his confectional, Shane realized that if his client was going to make him eat all those business cards for the second time, maybe they should have been made out of chocolate.“
The reason that I love most of my favorite authors is because they have an ability to use and manipulate the English language in surprising ways. You’ve got a talent for doing that with these words of the day, and I find them incredibly entertaining. Thanks!
That’s right! These word definitions are entertaining and clever. To the extent that for a foreigner like myself they are occasionally quite hard to follow
Those chocolate business cards seem like something I could consider buying my brother (a small business owner) as a Christmas present.
@lornadoone: Thanks! Coming from a professional writer, that means a lot to me (and Shane)!
@jarkko: This latest one was a bit challenging. Shane and I had some debates as to how obscure we can get before we lose people. Just out of curiousity, have you found previous entries to be difficult to follow?
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Being that this is my first visit to your site, I thought the word was real and I was just stupid. English and grammar has never been my strong suit..
and yes, I went to look it up at dictionary.com
ohhh lord, I hear you. I wonder if we should be more explicit or just let it be. That said, I’ll take it as a great compliment!!! Some day one of our words will catch and when I’m old it will be in a dictionary.