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WoW: euphony

11/28/2016

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1984 by George Orwell
This accounted not only for the habit of abbreviating whenever possible, but also for the almost exaggerated care that was taken to make every word easily pronounceable.
​In Newspeak, euphony outweighed every consideration other than exactitude of meaning.
1984
​George Orwell
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Jack then went among the Vagabonds and, speaking in a none too euphonious stew of zargon, French, and sign language, soon got the information he needed.
Quicksilver
​Neal Stephenson
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
A few minutes of gentle argument determined that Bergon dy Ibra-Chalion was no more euphonious than Bergon dy Chalion-Ibra, and that clause, too, was allowed to stand.
The Curse of Chalion
​Lois McMaster Bujold
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WoW: dromedary

11/21/2016

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The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambly
In the dust and heat haze, the shapes of horsemen and dromedaries were clearly visible, as were the white burnooses of the shirdar and the brightly dyed curtains of a swathed litter.
The Witches of Wenshar
​Barbara Hambly
Having been long possessed of this idea, and bolsters being cheap in that country, the days have long gone by since it was possible to distinguish a woman from a dromedary.
"Mellonta Tauta"
​Edgar Allen Poe
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WoW: creche

11/14/2016

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Old Man's War by John Scalzi
The office consisted of Dr. Russell, me, a chair for the doctor, a small table and two crèches. The crèches were shaped for human contours, and each had a curving transparent door that arched over the contoured area.
Old Man's War
​John Scalzi
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Part of every crèche is an artificial womb that takes care of a person the first eight or ten months after quickening.
The Forever War
​Joe Haldeman
Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
There is a commercial replicator crèche in Vormuir's District capital, which has been growing babies for the well-to-do for several years now.
A Civil Campaign
​Lois McMaster Bujold
Darkship Thieves by Sarah Hoyt
And though we were still raised in crèches like the others, we were raised in a crèche where ... a lot was demanded of us, intellectually.
Darkship Thieves
​Sarah Hoyt
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Nina interpreted the stories about the crèche fancifully, and in spite of our derision she cherished a belief that Christ was born in Bohemia a short time before the Shimerdas left that country.
My Antonia
​Willa Sibert Cather
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WoW: boffin

11/7/2016

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Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
"On my authority, requisition a high-level analyst from HQ for that job. One of the basement boffins, with engineering and math certification..."
Komarr
​Lois McMaster Bujold
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