Boneyards
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| - | [[Steven Vogeler]]'s [[Associationalist Composition No.1]] feautures a [[passage]] referred to as ''brought up in a boneyard''. | + | [[Steven Vogeler]]'s [[Associationalist Composition No.1]] feautures a [[passage]] referred to as ''brought up in a boneyard." |
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| + | :A short-story by [[Alfred Bester]], ''By Leaps and Bounds,'' features a character named Winthrop Boneyard who can teleport himself for a maximum distance of 3.14 "neo-meters." | ||
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boneyard n. 1. A cemetery; or quite literally, a yard of bones. 2. A hospital or nursing home. 3. A school. 4. A strip mall or apartment complex; a neighborhood. 5. A human being. 6. A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia.
Usage
Steven Vogeler's Associationalist Composition No.1 feautures a passage referred to as brought up in a boneyard."
Desiderata
- A short-story by Alfred Bester, By Leaps and Bounds, features a character named Winthrop Boneyard who can teleport himself for a maximum distance of 3.14 "neo-meters."
