The 4th Day of WIPness

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- On the fourth day of Wipness my wordies gave to me: Two hundred words!
- One hundred fifty words!
- One hundred words!
- And a plan to finish it ASAP.


LOOKIT ALL THE WORDS!! Who is on this?

Word of the Day 12/23/21 Spruce

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Spruce (noun, adjective)
spruce [sproos] (previously 12-22-13)

noun
1. any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short, angular, needle-shaped leaves attached singly around twigs and bearing hanging cones with persistent scales.
2. any of various allied trees, as the Douglas fir and the hemlock spruce.
3. the wood of any such tree.

adjective
4. made from the wood of a spruce tree or trees.
5. containing or abounding in spruce trees.

Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English, special use of Spruce, sandhi variant of Pruce < Old French Pruce < Medieval Latin Prussia Prussia, whence the timber came

spruce [sproos]
adjective, spruc·er, spruc·est.
1. trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.

verb (used with object), spruced, spruc·ing.
2. to make spruce or smart (often followed by up): Spruce up the children before the company comes.

verb (used without object), spruced, spruc·ing.
3. to make oneself spruce (usually followed by up).

Origin: 1580–90; obsolete spruce jerkin orig., jerkin made of spruce leather, i.e., leather imported from Prussia (see spruce ), hence fine, smart, etc.

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

Thursday Tropes: Week 49

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Merry Christmas...or just Happy Thursday!



Descriptions will be pulled from TV Tropes and a link provided if you want more information.

The rules? They're simple. Write at least 250 words or create 2 icons/1 banner. Anything from suggestive to outright porn is allowed.

One trope today.

Did I Mention It's Christmas?: This is one of those fairly rare occurrences when a story takes place at Christmas time or has some heavy Chistmassy elements to it but isn't about peace, good-will to all men, the birth of Christ, Ol' Saint Nick, or any of the usual trappings of a jolly old Christmas tale. In fact, with this trope, the holiday setting has no bearing whatsoever on the story in question (except, perhaps, for all this chaos happening when people should be celebrating). In fact, in most of these stories, you'd most likely forget or not even notice it's Christmas at all if it wasn't for the occasional appearance of a Christmas tree or or the presence of some other decorations or music.

For explosive action in a Christmas-y setting, it's An Ass-Kicking Christmas. For when it being Christmas is important, but not in a good way, see Twisted Christmas, Crappy Holidays, or Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday. Contrast Do They Know It's Christmas Time?.

Daily count challenge to simplyn2deep

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Happy Winter Holiday! Today was my last day of work before a 3-day weekend and I get to see my niece & nephews tomorrow night, I'm so excited. Today I did a couple of palate-cleansing writing pieces- 423 words total- to reset my mind between some larger gift fics that I'm writing.

Handing this off to simplyn2deep. I hope today brings you joy in whatever you do.