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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniOK, this is making me crazy. I need a word. The word should have the same shape and weight as "abbot." It can be -- probably should be -- a made-up word (usually, I have no trouble at all making up words -- rather otherwise, so that my friends very rightly consider any Weird Word I may come up with in conversation with a degree of suspicion -- but this one is for some reason a stumper). In context it will refer to the head administrator of a magical hospital.
In other news -- Ebayers take note. If all goes well, the coreboard promotional poster for Balance of Trade that Meisha Merlin carried around to conventions will go up on ebay this weekend. Much depends on figuring out how to sensibly approach the shipping issue. It will have to go UPS and I feel in my heart that it ain't gonna be cheap.
Tomorrow, I have a six month review at the dayjob. I haven't had a six month review in more than a decade. This ought to be interesting...
In other news -- Ebayers take note. If all goes well, the coreboard promotional poster for Balance of Trade that Meisha Merlin carried around to conventions will go up on ebay this weekend. Much depends on figuring out how to sensibly approach the shipping issue. It will have to go UPS and I feel in my heart that it ain't gonna be cheap.
Tomorrow, I have a six month review at the dayjob. I haven't had a six month review in more than a decade. This ought to be interesting...
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Date: 2007-07-19 01:50 pm (UTC)I hear the word "abbot" as short and squared off at the end.
To me, the image of an abbot is a serene, blocky man who would be as comfortable barefoot in a homespun brown robe as he is in his deep brown velvet with the maroon trim and tassled gold rope belt. He is so solid a presence that you look to see if there are roots coming out of his toes. He is the oak that stands through the storm, barely ruffled as a hurricane blasts through. That's the character page from which I think the words Charist and Loreot come.
On the next mental page is the Magischar. He is a self-important man who is constantly drawing himself up as straight as he can to appear taller and more commanding. He has plenty of magical power, but he tries to administer through charisma more than solid business practices, and always feels like he falls just a bit short.