As promised, herewith begins the data analysis of my first 110,000 songs heard through iTunes. Top Level Saving the caveats for later, we dive in with the statement that I have listened at least once to 110,000 tracks in iTunes. Crossing this milestone occurred just before 5PM on April 17, 2019. Remaining to be heard …
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1. resomation — disposal of dead bodies through alkaline hydrolysis, using lye and heat Resomation is being touted as an ecologically friendly alternative to cremation, but in the United States the process is legal only in sixteen states. 2. shambles — slaughterhouse; scene of carnage “It smells like a shambles,” said Joseph as we …
1. dogsbody — drudge, person given menial work Once I lowered my expectations from Senior Vice President to dogsbody I finally found a job opportunity. 2. pyogenic — pus-producing As if an antibiotic-resistant staph infection was not enough of a worry, now we learned that Larry was also in the throes of pyogenic meningitis. …
1. gnome — general maxim, aphorism, terse saying with a moral Since, like Polonius in Hamlet, his speech seems to consist primarily of gnomes and clichés, I doubt he would be able to follow this play’s sustained allegory. 2. shirtwaist — tailored blouse for women The old-fashioned establishment did not allow Jane to dine …
1. parergon — embellishment, thing subordinate to main subject Burgess maintains that the final chapter of A Clockwork Orange was essential to the novel and should never have been removed from the American edition, but Kubrick and many other readers have found it an unconvincing parergon. 2. adust — burnt up, scorched But under …
1. embonpoint — healthy plumpness; fleshy part of the body, esp. of the bosom Though two decades had passed, she seemed just the same — well, a slight tendency to embonpoint perhaps, which was only heightened by the stately curves of her gown. 2. catarrh — secretions from the nose and eyes which accompany …
1. rebarbative — repellent, annoying, unattractive I was confronted at the front desk by a rebarbative adolescent, if I can be excused the tautology, who claimed the right to review my credentials before passing me on to the vice principal. 2. compurgator — witness to an accused person’s innocence or truthfulness From the Old …
1. recreant — coward, craven; apostate, traitor You have shown yourself recreant before all assembled here, false to your duty and false to your word. 2. pruritus — itching, esp. with no visible cause Of course, pruritus may manifest itself when merely mentioned, much in the manner of certain allergies. 3. fremescent — …
1. beetle — to overhang, to project; to hang over with menace Try as I might, I could not completely ignore the beetling mounds of paper precariously perched upon the shelves of the boarder’s salon or bedroom, which mounds threatened to fall upon us every time we inadvertently jostled the furniture. 2. cattywampus — …
Yesterday, at approximately 4:51 PM, I heard my one hundred and ten thousandth track in iTunes. The particular track was a peppy instrumental version of “Fly Me to the Moon” from a Customusic sampler album. Customusic was — and still is, apparently (just don’t click on the main logo; the Customusic Web site does not …
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