Grist to the Mill

04 November, 2007

NEW WORD

"A word I like at the moment is calenture. It was a condition where sailors who had been at sea for a long time would get the delusion that the waves were countryside and covered with grass and would try and get off the ship and wander around. Nice word, beautiful sound to it and expressing rather a devastating concept."

I love this word too. It resonates, it's significant.

- Will Self

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