Saturday, July 31, 2010
Literary Terms Suggestion: Vonnegut
Vonnegut n. (váw·nə·gút) A short chapter, not usually exceeding six pages, that is used in the construction of a full-length novel. Often associated with funny, irreverent, lyrical styles of semi-fantastical fiction. Named for the most widely-beloved practitioner of the technique in the twentieth century, Kurt Vonnegut — plur. Vonneguts (váw·nə·gúts); adj. Vonnegutian (váw·nə·gü·shun).
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Rather than "Vonnegutian" as the adj. form, can I suggest as an alternative "Vonneghanoushian"? If only for the sake of the absurd.
We'll leave such vagueries up to the OED. They do love the absurd tho.
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