Update : Dictionomicon Relocated!

Missed the Dictionomicon? Wondering where we went? The Dictionomicon went on hiatus to test out the waters for a new format.

A Podcast!

Turns out, we like the waters a lot. The relocation will be permanent, with the format previously featured on this blog working alongside the podcast version. As a result, this blog will be officially inactive. 

Dictionomicon in its new format can be found at :

dictionomicon.podbean.com [audio]

or

dictionomicon.tumblr.com [audio & transcripts]

The Dictionomicon is also available in the iTunes store, or on any podcast directory app from your phone or smart device. 

The podcast updates every Monday morning [around or shortly after 9 am EST]. If you have any questions, comments, complaints, you can reach the Dictionomicon through our tumblr page at http://dictionomicon.tumblr.com/contact

Thank you for your patience while we worked through the process of relocating and [as an awful and unintentional result] completely forgot to keep this page updated as frequently as we should have. 

All further updates will be posted at 

dictionomicon.tumblr.com
or
https://twitter.com/noelreadsbooks

Hiatus Announcement

The Dictionomicon is sad to announce that it will be taking a hiatus until further notice.


Our contributors are moving on to new adventures! If you're interested in continuing to follow their work, or want to get in touch for any reason, you can find them as follows:

Joelle Saveliev : http://joellesaveliev.com/

Noël Coleman: http://noelreadsbooks.tumblr.com/

Interested in more works from or have messages for other contributors? Ask Noël or Joelle and they will pass it on!

Until we meet again,
 The Dictionomicon


Good Luck Creating!

Ailurophile

What did Ailurophile inspire?

noun; meaning "a cat fancier,
a lover of cats.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Announcement: The Dictionomicon is Evolving!

                An announcement in four parts.

Update One! :  Devolving, Actually.

                Our Post and Prompt schedules are being revised!

                Contributors Joelle Saveliev and Noël Coleman are joining forces to bring you a webcomic. We’ll link to their adventures after the launch of Damned Confections.

                To keep out own Dictionomicon-centric adventures running smoothly, our schedule will now be:

Post Days:

1^st and 3^rd Friday of every month, evening PTC

Prompt Days:

 1^st and 3^rd Saturday of every month, morning PTC

Submissions are welcome until day of post. All are welcome to join!

Update Two! : The Sidelinks, they’re… they’re growing!

                Do not be alarmed. You may notice a few new links on the right in the coming weeks.

No, you aren’t hallucinating. At least, not right now.

You see goats too?

Do you own goats?

Well, that’s a problem.

We can’t help you there, but we can explain the links. Here’s the breakdown:

     The Contributors:

                                Learn more about the minds behind the submissions,

and what other projects they’re working on.

                  About:

                                Updated Version.

Including a brand new “Why Are You Called the Dictionomicon?” section

                   Books:

                                Simple. Like that you read?

Want to show it with real world affections?

Can’t figure out how? Well, we like hugs.

                                However, the internet isn’t great at transmitting hugs just yet.

                        In place of hugs, we’re going to be releasing real-world, physical copies

of updated Dictionomicon stories. Submissions, with permission,

will act as early first drafts or kick-off points in the stories. Books will be released through Amazon, the first book should appear sometime in the next few months.

                                Finals edits of the stories will be done by Noël Coleman, 

                                with artwork and cover design by Joelle Saveliev.

                    Contact Us:

                                Fan mail? Hate mail?

                                Comments, concerns, ideas?

                                All are welcome.

Update Three! :  Read it to me.

                For our written posts!

                The next few posts will include recorded companions to our submissions.

After a trial period of three posts (and input from readers), we’ll make an official decision on including these recorded versions in the future.

Hate them? Love them? Want to change them? Wondering why the voice of the Dictionomicon isn’t a fire-breathing dragon? We are too. We don’t have all the answers, but we’ll try our best.

Update Four! : there is no update four.

                That’s it, my friends.

                Good luck creating and we’ll see you soon.

Beware the goats,

                The Dictionomicon

Prompt 42: Ailurophile

Ailurophile

noun

1. a cat fancier
2. a lover of cats

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ailurophile

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, April 18th

*You may notice the submissions date is bit farther off than normal.
The schedule of the Dictionomicon will be shifting soon!
A full update on the changes will appear Friday, April 11th.

Blatherskite

What did Blatherskite inspire?

noun; meaning "a person given to
voluble, empty talk;
foolish talk or nonsense.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 41: Blatherskite

Blatherskite

noun

1. a person given to voluble, empty talk
2. a talkative, silly person
3. foolish talk, nonsense

dictionary.reference.com/blatherskite

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, April 4th

Perpetuity

What did Perpetuity inspire?

noun; meaning "endless duration,
uninterrupted existence."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 40: Perpetuity

Perpetuity

noun

1. The quality or state of being perpetual
2. Endless duration
3. Uninterrupted existence

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perpetuity

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, March 28th

Phenakism

What did Phenakism inspire?

adjective; meaning "deception, trickery.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 39: Phenakism

Phenakism

noun

1. deception, trickery

wiktionary.org/wiki/phenakism

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, March 21st

Vaunty

What did Vaunty inspire?

adjective; meaning "boastful, vain.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 38: Vaunty

Vaunty

adjective

1. boastful
2. vain

http://dictionary.reference.com//vaunty

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, March 14th

Uhtceare

What did Uhtceare inspire?

noun; meaning "lying awake before dawn
and worrying.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 37: Uhtceare

Uhtceare

noun

1. lying awake before dawn and worrying

mentalfloss.com/10-old-english-words
sauviloquy.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/uhtceare/

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, March 8th

Dactylonomy

What did Dactylonomy inspire?

noun; meaning "the practice of numbering or counting on the fingers .”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Kaitlyn Rak

Prompt 36: Dactylonomy

Dactylonomy

noun

1. the practice of numbering or counting on the fingers

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dactylonomy

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, February 28th

Kantikoy

What did Kantikoy inspire?

noun; meaning "to dance as an act worship,
or in festivity."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman
 

Prompt 35: Kantikoy

Kantikoy

noun

1. A religious dance among American Indians
2. To dance as an act of worship, or in festivity

https://www.wordnik.com/words/kantikoy

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, February 21st

Chimerical

What did Chimerical inspire?

adjective; meaning "Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination,
Fantastically visionary or improbable,
Given to fantastic schemes."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman 
 

Kaitlyn Rak

Prompt 34: Chimerical

Chimerical

adjective

1. Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination
2. Fantastically visionary or improbable
3. Given to fantastic schemes

merriam-webster.com/chimerical

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, February 14th

Olid

What did Olid inspire?

adjective; meaning "evil-smelling,
fetid.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 33: Olid

Olid

adjective

1. evil-smelling
2. fetid

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/olid

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Saturday, February 7th

Euneirophrenia

What did Euneirophrenia inspire?

noun; meaning "peace of mind after a pleasant dream."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 32: Euneirophrenia

Euneirophrenia

noun

1.   peace of mind after a pleasant dream

dictionary.reference.com/euneirophrenia
other-wordly.tumblr.com

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submissions accepted until Friday, January 31st

Tarantism

What did Tarantism inspire?

noun; meaning "a variety of dancing mania,
popularly thought to be caused by
the bite of a tarantula and
to be cured by dancing."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 31: Tarantism

Tarantism

noun

1. An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
2. a variety of dancing mania, popularly thought to be caused by the bite of a tarantula and to be cured by dancing.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tarantism
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tarantism

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, January 24th

Yonderly

What did Yonderly inspire?

adjective; meaning "Mentally or emotionally distant;
Absent-minded,
Aloof, reserved
Morose or gloomy"

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 30: Yonderly

Yonderly

adjective

1. Mentally or emotionally distant; Absent-minded
2. Aloof, reserved
3. Morose or gloomy

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/yonderly
http://phrontistery.info/y.html

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Friday, January 17th

Schedule Announcement!

You're probably wondering why there's no prompt yet.

Fear not!

The Dictionomicon Lives!

Or, it will live. Soon.

Due to scheduling conflicts, the day of the Dictionomicon is being moved.

Which means that prompts and posts will no longer appear on Saturday.

The NEW and somewhat IMPROVED 

(and by somewhat we mean not really any different)

DAY OF THE DICTIONOMICON 

is

Friday

Our next word prompt will be up tonight, 

with a deadline for Friday, January 17th.

Quoz

What did Quoz inspire?

noun; meaning "something queer or absurb.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Prompt 29: Quoz

Quoz

noun

1. Something queer or absurd

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quoz

submit creations at dictionomicon@gmail.com

submissions accepted until Saturday, January 11th

Wassail

What did Wassail inspire?

noun; meaning "the singing of Christmas carols, going from house to house,"
or "a festivity where much drinking takes place."

verb; meaning "to drink to the health of a person,"
or "to go from house to house singing carols at Christmas."

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman