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Panjandrum: Fraa Orolo’s pejorative term for a high-ranking official of the Sæcular Power.
by the__alchemist 1y ago
Panjandrum: Fraa Orolo’s pejorative term for a high-ranking official of the Sæcular Power.
- lelandfe 1y agoStephenson enjoys the word. He also used it in Cryptonomicon. I keep a running list of new words I encounter and share them online occasionally. Someone once recognized I was reading Cryptonomicon just from a string of those new words, lol.
- KineticLensman 1y agoIf you enjoy encountering new words and phrases such as 'theurgic vermin' then you might like China Miéville’s Kraken. I had to read it with a copy of the OED and Wikipedia to get the most from it.
- almostkindatech 1y agoOr read anything by Will Self
- Rebelgecko 1y agoI had a pretty good list for Polostan
- ben_ja_min 1y agoThank you for this. I was going nuts trying to figure out where I had read this before. Peace and love! For the uninitiated, the Neil Stephenson novel, "Anathem", is brilliant and extremely entertaining.
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 1y agoAnd if you enjoyed that you'd possibly enjoy The Glass Bead Game