tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post6864022960339135505..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: drop, so far, meretricious,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-37948952017356927882008-05-30T21:40:00.000+01:002008-05-30T21:40:00.000+01:00"Merdivorous" - as if "coprophagous" wasn't alread..."Merdivorous" - as if "coprophagous" wasn't already enough! My cup runneth over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-89465070324368730562008-05-30T21:07:00.000+01:002008-05-30T21:07:00.000+01:00Gorgeous,I didn't see the insects at first!I like ...Gorgeous,I didn't see the insects at first!<BR/><BR/>I like the word meretricious, but I never thought of it as flashy or boastful, more in the sense of prostituting one's talents, I think, or of soliciting the wrong kind of attention and seeking to make a quick buck in an unworthy way... I think I might have described Peter Mayle's writing so, though whether it was quite the right use... I like Tristan's sisters of Beatrice!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-82160899586162607442008-05-30T12:27:00.000+01:002008-05-30T12:27:00.000+01:00Definitely worth clicking to enlarge. The more I l...Definitely worth clicking to enlarge. The more I look the more I see. The second bug is a surprise.<BR/>There is - for me - something Sci Fi about this photograph. The beings and modules of an Asimovian civilisation.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-59769265322796302972008-05-29T19:04:00.000+01:002008-05-29T19:04:00.000+01:00Gorgeous!Gorgeous!Rashmihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725115915969270776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-84245139991951683282008-05-29T15:08:00.000+01:002008-05-29T15:08:00.000+01:00one wonders why dante kept quiet about beatrice's ...one wonders why dante kept quiet about beatrice's better looking sisters, meretrice & avarice ...tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-20851638884939698702008-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:002008-05-28T18:00:00.000+01:00.... and therefore not to be confused with a rathe....... and therefore not to be confused with a rather better-known word (or activity) that features in novels by Thomas Pynchon and Timothy Mo. I've always liked meretricious but felt its use as an insult should only be directed against those who are likely to attract another insult "clever".Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-82580744121358969172008-05-28T17:15:00.000+01:002008-05-28T17:15:00.000+01:00Amazing photo! The insects surprise but I love the...Amazing photo! The insects surprise but I love the water drop between the fuschia flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com