4.21.2015

A to Z Challenge - R is for...


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Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books...except that today has a peculiar twist to it.

Welcome to the A to Z special edition of Tuesday Tea!


What's in a word? More than meets the eye if Jezebel's in charge! It's R day and our mischievous vixen wanted to challenge each of the Untethered Realms members - after they've imbibed some of her special blend of punch, of course. The R words below were given to her victims for definition with, uh, unique results. And the actual definitions? See for yourself how well our lovely contestants did. Not too well, I'd say, but they look like they're having fun over at the bar!

Angela Brown
Racemiferous – “An amorous race of tree elves bent on turning all humans into their sex slaves."
Actual definition: bearing clusters or bunches

Gwen Gardner
Ramentum – “When your momentum is so great that you just have to ram into the back of someone.”
Actual definitionchaffy scale on plants

River Fairchild
Rifacimento – “A magical pepper commonly substituted for the Pimento pepper in Underworld recipes. A favorite ingredient in Jezebel’s concoctions. Not recommended for human digestive systems. Produces severe side effects, both physical and mental.”
Actual definition: recasting of a literary or musical work

Jeff Chapman
Rittmaster – “Derives from the Old High German writtershreckermeister, the master of the writtershrecker. A writtershrecker is an extinct creature with the head of a rat, the body of a squirrel, and the tail of a beaver. Chiefly nocturnal, it lived a semi-aquatic life in castle moats, preying on anyone drunk or stupid enough to fall in. Its origin is unknown, assumed to be the work of a witch or alchemist. Hunters specializing in exterminating the beasts were known as writtershreckermeisters. The modern term now applies to rat exterminators.”
Actual definition: a captain of cavalry

Ellie Garratt
Roborant – “When a robot has lost its temper and tells anyone within earshot or receiving range why it's angry. A human can be also be described as having a roborant when they become annoyed or frustrated with an automated appliance such as a food replicator.”
Actual definition: strengthening drug or tonic

Cherie Reich
Rooirhebok“The battle cry the ice giants give before fighting in Ragnarok. In their language, it means "Down with humans."
Actual definition: reddish South African antelope

M. Pax
Roup – “Is a seal performance. That's seal with a small s not a capital one. When they bark and clap their fins, that's a roup.”
Actual definition: poultry disease

Christine Rains
Ructation – 1. “The art of painting your truck with either your dog's likeness or in a style your dog enjoys.” 2. “Taking dictation from a dominatrix, and you must get it perfect no matter what she's doing to you at the time or else you're punished further.”
Actual definition: the act of belching

Graeme Ing
Rummer – “a clan of moonshining goblins that spend their days brewing rum, smuggling it to other races and laughing when its 250 proof liquor puts them under the table. The act of this hyena-like laughter is colloquially known as rumming. Waking up in a ditch with a hangover is referred to as being rummed."
Actual definition: large drinking-glass

Catherine Stine
Rutilant – “Rutilant describes the angular digging activity of the long-clawed native ice dragons that live in the perma-frost of Europa. Discovered in 2127, they were named after Russian born biologist, Astronaut Antony Rutilant in Earth’s second global mission to that planet.”
Actual definition: shining; glowing ruddily

T. F. Walsh
Rabulous – “Rabulous is when someone describes something so amazing, it puts people in an animated state whereby they froth at the mouth with excitement. People who don’t froth at the mouth during such an event are referred to as “rab.””
Actual definition: scurrilous


Word definitions courtesy of Phrontistery

The virtual punch bowl is flowing! Have a glass or two...after you've signed the standard waivers, of course.







34 comments:

  1. The contestants definitions have infinitely more class and charm than Phrontistery (which sounds like an accountant's name to me). I hope they have left some punch for me.

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    1. The punch bowl never empties, EC. No worries there. ;) Yes, their definitions have much more charm!

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  2. Hahahaaa....thank for the morning laugh!!!! Good One!!

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    1. Always happy to give someone a laugh first thing in the morning, Cathrina! :)

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  3. Hey, River!

    Nice to Jezebel up to her old tricks! LOL..... Thanks for the smile. I need it on this freezing day in Chicago! Maybe Jezebel can administers some of her "Tea" to calm these damn winds down!

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    1. Hi Michael! Sorry about the lousy weather...but do you REALLY want Jezebel to muck around with the atmosphere? *shudder*

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  4. Your wonderful words, River, and Jezebel's delightful punch -- they'll always get the party started!

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    1. Jezebel is a hit at every party, isn't she, Ron? No gathering is worth attending if Jezebel isn't there...at least according to her. ;)

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  5. I think the made up definitions were way more fun than the real ones. Especially the last one. It had a one word definition. Why not just use that word??? =\

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
    Member of C. Lee's Muffin Commando Squad
    Story Dam
    Patricia Lynne, Indie Author

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    1. I agree, Patricia! The made up ones should be in a dictionary!

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  6. Oh my! Such creative spirit-inspired definitions from Untethered Realm contributors. Cool words too. It's always nice to run into new potential words to include in writing.

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    1. Jezebel likes unusual words, Stephanie! They add to her mystique. ;)

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  7. What a great way to start my day. :)

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  8. I think we drank too much of the punch. ;)

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    1. Thanks, Dixie! The group really came up with awesome definitions.

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  10. Those were hilarious! Jeff's was so involved. I like Gwen's - when driving, I often want to ramentum.

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    1. Hi Alex! The participants came up with some wild answers and made this so much fun. Yes, Gwen's was the perfect definition for driving during rush hour. ;)

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  11. No thanks to the punch. Did that once. Still have the warts. However, I'm taking notes on the words and their definitions.

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    1. But, Lee, you gotta admit the warts added character to your profile!

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  12. Lots of fun definitions here. I like the made up ones better. Thanks for the laughs.

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    1. You're welcome, Jean! Made up definitions are usually much more fun than conventional. :)

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  13. These are awesome... made me laugh. Great post.

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  14. OK these are too funny! The elves one made me laugh out loud as well as the typical long German word. I like Rummer:)

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    1. Always happy to bring laughter into someone's life, Birgit! Glad you enjoyed them. :)

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  15. Haha! This was awesome, except mine is totally lame. Meant to change that. Well, I totally enjoyed everyone's definitions. Thank you Mistress Snark and Jezebel!

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    1. Not lame at all, Gwen! In fact, Alex made a point of singling yours out. It is the perfect rush hour traffic word. ;)

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  16. Hi River - I sign the standard waivers and will be back to read properly - these are such fun .. and so very clever - mind you Jezebel has her charms .. love her drink too .. cheers Hilary

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    1. Hi Hilary! Your waivers have been filed and your cup filled with punch. :)

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