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A True History series....OMG! Talk about waiting anxiously!

Jumpingfrog ๐Ÿšซ

A True History is sublime.

The comedy in it is hysterical and the characters lifelike and likeable.

The plot has more twists and turns than a jumbo sized box of twisty turny things.

Smallville-esque but with enough difference that its not just a fanfic ร  la 50 shades of shit. (NOT all fanfic is crap!)

Saturday posting so if you wanna catch up on the story so far books 1,2 & 3 along with the start of book 4 could probably fit into the time left before the next chapter of book 4!

Replies:   richardshagrin
richardshagrin ๐Ÿšซ

@Jumpingfrog

sublime

Why is it under lime?

"Sublime vs. Sublimate
At first glance, the question of whether sublime and sublimate are related might seem like an easy one to answer, as they appear to come from the same source. However, the most common senses in which each of these words is used today are dissimilar enough to give pause. The two words are indeed related, and in some senses are in fact synonymous. Both share the meaning "to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form," although this is not widely used except among chemists. Sublime was first used as a verb with the above meaning, and after a century or two of such use took on the adjectival role in which it is often found today ("the concert was a sublime experience"). Sublimate has had several meanings as a verb (including "to elevate to a place of honor" and "to give a more elevated character to") before coming to its common meaning today, which is "to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable."

Examples of sublime in a Sentence
Verb
โ€ฆ models indicate that frost in most of the southern hemisphere is currently subliming, thinning the surface deposits.
โ€” William B. McKinnon et al., Encyclopedia Of The Solar System, 1999
The cursory remarks of the large-minded stranger, of whom he knew absolutely nothing beyond a commonplace name, were sublimed by his death, and influenced Clare more than all the reasoned ethics of the philosophers.
โ€” Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1891"

CB ๐Ÿšซ

@richardshagrin

Richard, What exactly is your hagrin?

awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@richardshagrin

Why is it under lime?

One of the Newcastles is Newcastle-under-Lyme ;-)

AJ

StarFleet Carl ๐Ÿšซ

@richardshagrin

Why is it under lime?

You know, if you're simply going to copy and paste from the Meriam-Webster Dictionary website, you ought to at least cite your source, so it gets the credit.

Also, it should be noted that sublimate now primarily refers to the chemical process of sublimation.

Interestingly enough, Psychology Today says, "Sublimation is a defense mechanism that involves channeling unwanted or unacceptable urges into an admissible or productive outlet." Maybe one of these days you'll channel these unacceptable urges to comment into something productive?

:) (Since it's difficult to denote sarcasm simply through writing, I'm specifying that I'm being sarcastic in what seems like I'm picking on you. Of course, while I'm picking on you, that means I'm leaving a better person (Joy) alone.)

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