Boneyards
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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. | + | '''boneyard''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A cemetery; 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, particularly in reference to potentialities. '''6.''' A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia. |
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| - | [[Steven Vogeler]]'s [[Associationalist Composition No.1]] feautures a [[passage]] referred to as ''brought up in a boneyard.'' | + | |
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| + | : [[Steven Vogeler]]'s [[Associationalist Composition No.1]] feautures a [[passage]] referred to as ''brought up in a boneyard.'' | ||
| :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." | :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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| + | * [[Dead Body]] | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 30 Mar 2005
boneyard n. 1. A cemetery; 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, particularly in reference to potentialities. 6. A type of sailor's knot originating in Nova Scotia.
Desiderata
- Steven Vogeler's Associationalist Composition No.1 feautures a passage referred to as brought up in a boneyard.
- 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."
