Tag: Neologisms

Neologism of the Day: S/MSochism

by Derelict Space Sheep on June 19, 2015 in Neologisms • 0 Comments

Neologism of the Day: Schmidtwit

by Derelict Space Sheep on June 5, 2015 in Neologisms • 0 Comments

Neologism of the Day: Pompostuous

by Derelict Space Sheep on May 14, 2015 in Neologisms • 0 Comments

Neologism of the Day: Rastapoplean

by Derelict Space Sheep on April 30, 2015 in Neologisms • 0 Comments

42 Word Retrospective: The Great Piratical Rumbustification by Margaret Mahy

by Derelict Space Sheep on March 17, 2015 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

The Great Piratical Rumbustification (& The Librarian and the Robbers) by Margaret Mahy (J. M. Dent, 1978) Two stories by New Zealand’s doyen of children’s books: the second, a quietly subversive extolment of libraries; the first, a droll yet puckishly young-at-heart parable on quality of life, with bonhomous pictures by Quentin Blake and an endearingly rumtiddlyumptious neologism to boot!