Justine Larbalestier

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I love adverbs

I love them hugely, deeply, widely, vastly, cortohumeringisously!1

  1. I’m also fond of hideously bad neologisms. [↩]

Posted by Justine at 19:02, 11 March 2008 under Words & Language | 10 Comments »

Comments

  1. Stephen Says:

    >I’m also fond of hideously bad neologisms

    Which would of course be cacoeidechthineologisms…

    March 11th, 2008 at 7:30 PM

  2. Kadie-Wa Says:

    Big words….it hurts!

    March 11th, 2008 at 8:24 PM

  3. 3. Justine Says:

    Stephen: But that’s a really good neologism!

    Kadie-Wa: Breathe slowly. It will pass.

    March 11th, 2008 at 8:50 PM

  4. hillary! Says:

    I LOVE BIG WORDS!

    March 11th, 2008 at 10:03 PM

  5. ariel cooke Says:

    Recently I met a lawyer named Deb Solvibili and thought “that should be an adverb.” As in “She’s solvibili taking her own sweet time” or “The kitten bounded solvibili in the spring sunshine.” You get the idea.

    March 11th, 2008 at 10:06 PM

  6. cei cei Says:

    i LOVE big words, they confuse my friends! ;)

    and if you reall love adverbs check out Maureen Johnson’s latest blog post

    March 12th, 2008 at 12:06 AM

  7. Mark Says:

    Aren’t adverbs the ones we are told to never use (at least the -ly words)

    March 12th, 2008 at 12:01 PM

  8. 8. Justine Says:

    Mark: Ignore such stupid advice. All parts of speech are good.

    March 12th, 2008 at 3:28 PM

  9. Mike Says:

    So does Ms You Know Who. We won’t mention names lest I seem to be trading on her glory…is an abundance of adverbs the secret of success?

    March 12th, 2008 at 5:33 PM

  10. 10. Justine Says:

    Oh no, that’s not the secret of success! To be successful you have to love Elvis and dance whenever you can—especially near Stephen Fry.

    March 12th, 2008 at 5:38 PM

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