Sunday, October 4, 2009

have you heard about his word?



here is a good word i learned just this minute:
sybaritic: "characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure"
as in
Celebrity's brochure does not lie or exaggerate, however, in the luxury department, and I now confront the journalistic problem of not being sure how many examples I need to list in order to communicate the atmosphere of sybaritic and nearly insanity-producing pampering on board the m.v. Nadir.
-- Wallace, "Shipping Out"

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