One Million Words

I'm home recovering from my surgery and wasn't sure I'd have the energy to do any writing but I surprised myself. Just under 3000 words on a blog post (apparently I had a LOT to say), as well as a book review, and updating my banners, headers and icons for Christmas and I've had a very accomplished feeling day!

Passing the torch to simplyn2deep and wishing you well for Thursday!

Here's the rules:
1) 100 words or 1 graphic for each letter of the alphabet.

It's that easy.
And perk – It’s the alphabet you know what’s coming if you want to get ahead of it. There is no need for your work to all connect. There is no need for them to be in order.

Like the Numbers challenge, if you are stuck or would like a random word to use, poke me and I will provide.


Now everyone give me a

W

Edentate (adjective, noun)
edentate [ ee-den-teyt ]

adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the Edentata, an order of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines in the arrangement of teeth and comprising the armadillos, the sloths, and the South American anteaters.
2. toothless.

noun
3.an edentate mammal.

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Origin: First recorded in 1820–30; from Latin ēdentātus, past participle of ēdentāre “to knock the teeth out”; equivalent to ē- variant of ex- “out of” + dent- (stem of dēns ) “tooth” + -ātus past participle ending of first conjugation verbs; e- , tooth, -ate

Example Sentences
An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.
From Project Gutenberg

Edentate, -d, e-den′tāt, -ed, adj. without teeth: wanting front teeth—also Eden′tal.—ns.
From Project Gutenberg

The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.
From Project Gutenberg

Mammal teeth pass, in evolution, from the simple types found in that oviparous edentate, the spiny ant-eater of Australia, to those of the indeciduous ancestors of the sloths and armadilloes, and their descendants, inclusive of the dolphins and whales, whose teeth, both in the fetal Greenland and adult sperm whale, preserve this old type.
From Project Gutenberg

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Here's the rules:
1) 100 words or 1 graphic.

It's that easy.
There is no need for your work to all connect. There is no need for them to be in order.

If you are stuck or would like a random word to use, poke me and I will provide.


Now everyone tell me about

91

Demerger (noun)
demerger [ / diːˈmɜːdʒə / ]

noun
1. the separation of two or more companies which have previously been merged

Example Sentences
The demerger, which was announced last October, is seen as oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance's way of expanding in the lucrative financial services sector, especially as it already has a non-bank financial company licence.
From Reuters

Reliance shares had surged about 8% from July 8, when it set the record date for the demerger, through Wednesday.
From Reuters

Climate activist Cannon-Brookes, with an 11% stake in AGL, succeeded earlier this year in forcing the company to scrap a demerger and instead announce plans to speed up the closing of its coal-fired power plants by a decade and spend up to A$20 billion on renewable energy by 2036.
From Reuters

Following the demerger, at least 54.5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of Haleon will be held by GSK shareholders, while up to 6% will be held by GSK, the British drugmaker said.
From Reuters

Shareholders are set to vote on June 15 on AGL’s demerger plan.
From Reuters

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Earlier today I created 8 icons, a Challenge banner and posted all 3 important entries in a Challenge Community. I also updated my 2 book Advent calendars and visited a Christmas market. :o)

I'm passing the torch to flipflop_diva. :o) Good luck for tomorrow and have fun. <3

Concatenation (noun)
concatenation [ kon-kat-n-ey-shuhn ]

noun
1. the act of linking together in a chain; concatenating: The network is formed by the concatenation of nodes.
2. the state of being concatenated; connection, as in a chain: The concatenation of component elements in the power grid makes the system vulnerable to cyber attacks.
3. a series of interconnected or interdependent things or events: Human history is a concatenation of power struggles and people trying to survive.
4. Computers. Also called string concatenation. the process of joining strings of characters or data into a continuous series with no gaps: Due to string concatenation, the program reads “may be” and “maybe” as the same.

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Origin: First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin concatēnātiōn- (stem of concatēnātiō ), equivalent to concatēnāt(us) “linked together, connected” + -iōn- noun suffix; concatenate, -ation

Example Sentences
An example of such a concatenation is: x ∧ ¬x.
From Scientific American

Therefore, this concatenation of expressions cannot be satisfied.
From Scientific American

The idea that it was virtuous to reopen schools in the heat of the pandemic is based on a concatenation of myths beloved by conservative politicians that, unfortunately, have seeped into the public debate about pandemic countermeasures across the partisan spectrum.
From Los Angeles Times

We don’t yet have estimates for the latest, still-ongoing series of disasters, but it seems safe to say that this global concatenation of extreme weather events would have been virtually impossible without climate change.
From Seattle Times

The term quasar is a concatenation of quasi-stellar radio source — so called because when they were first identified, astronomers like Hong-Yee Chiu, who coined the term, were completely baffled by these strange interstellar objects.
From Salon

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Here's the rules:
1) 100 words or 1 graphic.

It's that easy.
There is no need for your work to all connect. There is no need for them to be in order.

If you are stuck or would like a random word to use, poke me and I will provide.


Now everyone tell me about

2025

Noisome (adjective)
noi·some [noi-suhm] (previously 11-22-13)

adjective
1. offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2. harmful or injurious to health; noxious.

Other Words From
noi some·ly adverb
noi some·ness noun

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Synonyms
1. fetid, putrid, rotten, stinking, mephitic.

Origin: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English noy (aphetic variant of annoy ) + -some

Example Sentences
This only resurrected the noisome history of Epstein and the Media Lab, which MIT surely hoped would be dead and buried after it issued an independent report on the matter in January 2020.
From Los Angeles Times

From a commercial standpoint, the companies have been reluctant to get in the way of the torrent, unless it’s so noisome that it crosses an inescapable line.
From Los Angeles Times

Because he personally led this fetid, noisome, pawing frat house, that’s why.
From Washington Post

Yet another in our series of noisome parasites that we offer as second prizes.
From Washington Post

This is my new spiritual home, and the more I learn about it, the more I find myself unable to bear the noisome sunlight of the United States.
From Washington Post

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Here's the calendar for the December Daily Count Challenge. Please review the list and let me know if something doesn't work for you. Thank you!

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Here's how the Daily Count Challenge works: every Saturday night, we'll post a reminder for the upcoming week. If, for any reason, a participant forgets to post their daily writing, the next person in line will be notified and can post after finishing their own. This ensures that the challenge keeps moving forward smoothly.

Example: 05 December, and simplyn2deep hasn't made a post saying that they've done their daily writing on 06 December, cmk418 can post when they've done their writing to keep things moving.

I think I've covered everything, but if not, please let me know.

Don't forget to update your word count!
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