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    Every day, Dictionary.com publishes a Word of the Day. I will display it here. If I like the word, I will try to come up with a poem using it by the end of the day. If you like the word, go ahead and write your own poem and post it in the comments, also by the end of the day, if you can.

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vainglory

Today's word is

vainglory

And this, like "paladin," is another word just made for epic poetry. 

Personally, I am more familiar with hubris than vainglory.  I even dreamed last night about this website and how I was working on it but just couldn't get my HTML to function under TypePad's rules.  My targets kept leading people astray.  It was neither poetic nor glorious in any way.  (sigh)  On the other hand I also dreamed I was riding a big, grey, war horse horizontally across vertical cliffs where huge tomatoes grew wild.  So.  There you have it.  A little hubris, a little vainglory, none of it real, and only the absolutely most boring part credible.

How 'bout you?  Is there a place for vainglory in any part of your world, conscious or not?

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Posted by on December 18, 2005 at 10:47 AM in nouns |

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melissa

I think I fake vainglory. I'm not so secretly afflicted by a big fat case of imposter syndrome. But, I like vainglory. I try to affect it when possible.

Posted by: melissa | December 19, 2005 at 02:55 AM

patry Francis

Every now and then I try a little vainglory on for size, but then reality always comes along, slaps me in the face and strips me naked.

Posted by: patry Francis | December 19, 2005 at 11:10 AM

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