The Raindance Network, a group of writers who supports independent films in the U.K., offers a handful of slang that can make the script that you’re writing extra interesting. Right off the bat, it adds wit and banter to ordinary statements.

Here are some of my favorites.

ASSMOSIS.
The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.

404.
Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error message ‘404 Not Found’ meaning that the requested document could not be located.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.
The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

SALMON DAY.
The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die.

BLAMESTORMING.
Sitting round in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

Here’s the complete list from Raindance.

Use this in your regular expressions and you’ll have people with the same level of understanding or intellect, smiling in amusement, and the 404s, just scratching their heads, wondering what’s funny. Lol.

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Last week, I just got my own copy of William Zinsser’s book, On Writing Well. I’ve been wanting to get one since I heard that it’s the best complement to Strunk and White’s Elements of Style but it’s not available locally. Good thing my aunt from NC, Tita Linda, is kind enough to send me a copy. (Thanks again Tita Linda!) (more…)

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SM Hypermarket was generous enough to sponsor an event for bloggers last July 3. It was a fun night. I was a bit shy and I wasn’t able to introduce myself to a lot of people but I did get to meet really friendly bloggers there. I also met Aileen Apolo, the organizer of the bloggers’ meet-up. She was really nice, Ali and I signed up for the event through her blog.

Hopefully next time we’ll be able to meet more people. I wasn’t able to post about this event before because I’m really tied up with my current project. Good thing we didn’t forget to attend because it was a good break from work. Ali and I weren’t able to prepare our blogger cards though. Oh, the picture below was from Cliquebooth.

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You are reading my 101st post! Finally I surpassed the hundredth mark. Though it took me a while to reach this number of posts, I’m still happy about it. I’m really glad too that you guys always come back here to read about my idioXINEcrasies. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Expect to read a lot more stuff that can make you feel good and happy. I guess I’ve grown tired of the angsty li’l me (oh, I think Ali would be so proud!) so I’m writing more of the sunshiny and positive things. Lol. Hopefully, idioXINEcrasies will help you think happy thoughts. (more…)

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I once had a miniature version of poetry fridge magnets. Check out this online magnetic poetry site and see if you have a knack with words.

So far, the following lines are the most poetic ones that I can come up with. *lol*

her eyes bitterly calm
she flew into the psychedelic sky
still fearful of the stormy night,
her naked thoughts drifting,
wandering like a sleepy revolution

How about you? Feel free to post your own composition here. Have fun!

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I remember when I was still in college I did quite a few writing jobs to somewhat augment my lunch money. Not that I asked for payment, but my classmates and friends treat me (mostly) to lunch if I agreed to write their reaction papers, story analysis or some personal opinion on a particular topic.

Well, I’ve always liked writing. I’m not actually sure with my style of writing but a lot of people say I’m not too bad. For me, a good writer is someone who can reach out and communicate with his or her readers as if they’re a part of the story themselves; they find themselves relative to the topic and stir their thoughts or maybe even  challenge their intellect. (more…)

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