Word of the Day 03/19/21 Ad Hockery

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Ad Hockery (noun)
ad hockery or ad hoc·er·y [ ad -hok-uh-ree ]

noun
1. reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans.

Also ad hoc·ism [ad -hok-iz-uhm] .

Origin: First recorded in 1890–1900; ad hoc + -ery

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR AD HOCKERY
A lot of the culture around movies in the sci-fi/fantasy genre is about deconstructing them ad nauseam.
PATTON OSWALT ON FIGHTING CONSERVATIVES WITH SATIRE|WILLIAM O’CONNOR|JANUARY 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Yes, publicizing tragedy gets clicks, gets ad revenue, gets notoriety, and can be done for all the wrong reasons.
COVER-UPS AND CONCERN TROLLS: ACTUALLY, IT'S ABOUT ETHICS IN SUICIDE JOURNALISM|ARTHUR CHU|JANUARY 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

When it came to Android, however, it was ad-supported but free.
LOST FOR THOUSANDS OF STROKES: 'DESERT GOLFING' IS 'ANGRY BIRDS' AS MODERN ART|ALEC KUBAS-MEYER|JANUARY 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Late former governors of NY, TX starred in a 1994 snack chip ad.
MARIO CUOMO, ANN RICHARDS CONCEDE TO DORITOS|THE DAILY BEAST VIDEO|JANUARY 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Flash Challenge

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Your Pool Party Flash Challenge (should you choose to accept it) is:







Beastmaster
(either of the movies or the tv series)







Give me 100 words or 10 graphic and you are 10% to reaching the light at the end of the Pool Party!

Daily challenge to agdhani!

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Yesterday was a pretty good writing day. I started a new fic and got about 1,100 words written. The most I've done in a while, so I'll take it!

Today is agdhani's turn! Good luck to you!!

Weekend Challenge: Spring is coming!

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It's almost spring — or, depending what part of the world you are in, almost fall — but either way, the seasons are changing!

For this weekend challenge, we are going to celebrate spring. I did a search for 'spring' on AO3 and ended up with a ton of fics with spring in their titles, so tell me how many you want, and I'll give you a title and the summary (with any relevant fandom info replaced with something generic so it will completely usable by anyone), and then you use any part of all that as inspiration for your own words or graphics.

Write 200 words or make a graphic and post it back here by Thursday night, and you win eternal glory! Also, I will write you a drabble or make you an icon or add words to a WIP in your honor.

Good luck!!


I have to go pick my daughter up from daycare so I will pass out prompts later tonight after she's in bed. So don't worry if it takes me a few hours!

Comment fic challenge!

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Heya everyone! It's Friday, and as it's been quite a while since the last one, it's more than time for...



And the prompt for tonight is:

Faster than...

Maybe a couple of your favourite characters are having an argument on something being faster than something else; maybe one character thinks he can beat the clock on something; perhaps it's about something happening so quickly your character missed it; or how about something else completely? Whatever the case, we'd love to hear all about it! Can you come up with 700-800 words (as much as you can fit in a comment) to give us that slice of life? Now's your chance!

Create something for this prompt and post or link it in a comment here; any genre, any fandom, any rating (although please warn or use spoilers if it's NSFW/explicit), and best of all: no time limit! So get creating - it doesn't matter if you post it tonight or in several months; it's all good! ;-)

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I got in 5344 words...before the Iceland volcano interrupted me ;)
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