Word of the Day 01/25/19 Palladium

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Palladium (noun)
palladium [puh-ley-dee-uh m]

noun Chemistry.
1. a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol : Pd; atomic weight : 106.4; atomic number : 46; specific gravity : 12 at 20°C.

Origin: special use of Palladium; named (1803) after the asteroid Pallas, then newly discovered; see -ium

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Palladium (noun)
Palladium [puh-ley-dee-uh m]

noun, plural Pal·la·di·a [puh-ley-dee-uh] /pəˈleɪ di ə/.
1. Also Pal·la·di·on [puh- ley -dee-on] /pəˈleɪ diˌɒn/ . a statue of Athena, especially one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend.
2. ( usually lowercase ) anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard.

Origin: < Latin Palladium < Greek Palládion, noun use of neuter of Palládios of Pallas, equivalent to Pallad- (stem of Pallás ) Pallas + -ios adj. suffix

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Say What Friday

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Greetings all....

Welcome to the last Friday of this month. Woo hoo, we've almost made it through the first month of 2019. We rock of course.

How goes the creating of words? Good, bad, non-existent? That's okay. I have something that may jump start the muse.

This week's quote of course. :)

"Live a lie and you will live to reget it." Jimmy Buffett

Do with it what you will. I will reward you with a drabble in a fandom of your choice if you do come up with something.

Please update your numbers once H gives us a counter. Thursday is the last day of the month, so let's end this month with a bang.

Daily Count Challenge - February

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Ficcin' February!


Comment here and I'll put you on the list! It's as simple as stepping up when your name is called and doing your utmost to meet your own daily word count (whatever that may be). When you finish, write a small bragging post and call up the next contestant!

Be accountable for one day!

Who wants in?

Big Buddy February!

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Comment here with the count you can reach in the month (remember to factor in holidays, finals, road trips, pajama days, hangovers, etc). I will check in with you every 6(ish) days to make sure you are on schedule, to push you if you aren't, and to shake pompoms at you if you are (Well, I'll probably shake pompoms at you either way).

Your count is up to you. There is no minimum beyond what you decide. But Big Buddy will be watching you! If you pledge 100 words/images, then every Monday chime in to tell us that you are up to snuff.

This is not words to be done in lieu of something else. If you have a bingo, or a big bang, or a drabble-a-day, it all counts! Words/images do not have to be posted to count, they just have to be done!


Who's in?

asphaltcowgrrl - 20,000
agdhani - 50,000
simplyn2deep - 5,000
sharpiesgal - 10,000
cmk418 - 5,000
haldoor - 5,000
thatwasjustadream.dreamwidth.org - 15,000
candream - 200
slfcllednowhere - 15,000
hanakoanime - 5,000
bizarra - 10,000
dracosdreamer - 1,000
shinysylver - 5,000
jstabe - 10,000
katyastarling - 15,000
csichick_2 - 13,000
kaige68 - 2,800