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| − | The word comes from Dali-istic painting, where it designates drawings in which seemingly symbolic things are scattered about without there actually being any meaning intended in the pictures. If it can be used of literature, it applies to alien-sounding double-talk like this: Gram spramphis tham stampistan gram hendis stan tha gramdorcax importistan ([[Kornbluth]]), and poetry like this: | + | The word comes from Dali-istic painting, where it designates drawings in which seemingly symbolic things are scattered about without there actually being any meaning intended in the pictures. If it can be used of literature, it applies to alien-sounding double-talk like this: Gram spramphis tham stampistan gram hendis stan tha gramdorcax importistan ([[Kornbluth]]), and [[poetry]] like this: |
| − | Bayar, the iddy lamp comes plug-plug | + | Bayar, the iddy lamp comes plug-plug <br> |
| − | See the wrong side upway man avar | + | See the wrong side upway man avar <br> |
| − | So mags the dulcet simper of a rimy rug | + | So mags the dulcet simper of a rimy rug <br> |
| − | And dents the skin smooth softness of the jar. | + | And dents the skin smooth softness of the jar. <br> |
| − | (RoyS & JohnLeC) | + | ([[Roy St John Le Claire|RoyS & JohnLeC]]) |
| − | The resemblance to metaphysical poetry is apparent. | + | The resemblance to [[metaphysical poetry]] is apparent. |
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Revision as of 22:28, 16 September 2020
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| The word comes from Dali-istic painting, where it designates drawings in which seemingly symbolic things are scattered about without there actually being any meaning intended in the pictures. If it can be used of literature, it applies to alien-sounding double-talk like this: Gram spramphis tham stampistan gram hendis stan tha gramdorcax importistan (Kornbluth), and poetry like this:
Bayar, the iddy lamp comes plug-plug The resemblance to metaphysical poetry is apparent. |
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| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
