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A Word on Vocabulary #26: Midding

By Nick Marone 27 December 20A Word on Vocabulary

It takes all kinds of people to make life interesting. Some are outgoing and thrive with social interaction. Others live more quietly, sharing their rich inner self with a select few. It can be interesting to watch these personalities in a group setting. For a particular subset of introverts, such[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #25: Cenosillicaphobia

By Nick Marone 27 November 20A Word on Vocabulary

Be afraid, be very afraid! Gee I can pick some long words. This is a word I will probably never use in coversation, and I advise you don't either, lest you want some sideways looks. However, even if you don't use it, whomever this word applies to might give you[…]

Announcing Delta-V Press

By Nick Marone 28 October 20News

I now have a publishing imprint! All of my self-published works will now be under the Delta-V Press imprint. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the mathematical term Delta-v (lowercase v on purpose), you can view A Word on Vocabulary #24: Delta-V for a quick explanation. Here is[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #24: “Delta-V”

By Nick Marone 28 October 20A Word on Vocabulary1 Comment

This is probably the most sciency word I have featured on the A Word on Vocabulary series. If you are a fan of science fiction or, I don't know, you work in astrodynamics, then you'll already know what it means. I am featuring Delta-V today to coincide with the launch[…]

Story Behind the Story: The House of Time

By Nick Marone 27 October 20Story Behind the Story

WARNING: Spoilers follow. The House of Time – What is time? Is it just a concept and a reality that affects everyone and everything? With the passing of time comes maturity, experience, memories, and sentimentality. On the other hand, time also brings deterioration and loss. But what effect would time[…]

Guidelines for Succesful Interaction with First Contact Species [v1.0]

By Nick Marone 26 October 20Free Stuff

The following are guidelines developed by a multinational team from the United Nations Xenological Research Institute. For simplicity, the guidelines refer to a single extraterrestrial visitor, but they can apply to a group of any size. Observe these guidelines to the letter. 1Do not say, "Greetings!" This is clichéd beyond[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #23: “Strikhedonia”

By Nick Marone 27 September 20A Word on Vocabulary

Sometimes you've just got to go ahead and do it. Now here's a word with obscure origins and an even more mysterious existence. You'll be hard-pressed to find it in a dictionary, and it isn't mentioned or defined much on the web. But it refers to a feeling that many[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #22: Sonder

By Nick Marone 28 August 20A Word on Vocabulary

Too often, we live our lives without giving a second thought to the random strangers around us. We are surrounded by people, and all of them have intricate lives and networks. Now we have a word to describe this concept: sonder. Meaning: This definition is taken from The Dictionary of[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #21: Ultracrepidarian

By Nick Marone 15 July 20A Word on Vocabulary

You know what I think? Opinions matter ... except when they don't. The world is so full of opinions. Some are good, thoughtful, and based on excellent reasoning. Others are divisive and have no place in the world. Still others are about matters so small they barely affect anything or[…]

A Word on Vocabulary #20: “Smultroställe”

By Nick Marone 7 June 20A Word on Vocabulary

As Peter Sarstedt asked: "Where do you go to, my lovely?" It has been a while since a proper non-English word has featured in A Word on Vocabulary. There are some things in life that just cannot be expressed in English—at least not as beautifully as in other languages. For[…]