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libertango) wrote2008-11-16 07:38 pm
libertango) wrote2008-11-16 07:38 pm
Lexicon: "It was so dark. There were so many."
For lexicon purposes, used to flag a sea of multiple, almost indistinguishable choices: "Who are all the candidates for Congress again?" "It was so dark. There were so many."
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This was originally meant to have a somewhat insouciant tone to it. As if one was reporting on one's attendance at an orgy: "Who did you sleep with last night?" "It was so dark. There were so many."
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akirlu in our household, and as such, I thought it was a reference to Cynthia Heimel, or Anais Nin, or someone like that. But no, after fruitlessly searching about on my own, when asked Ulrika tells me it was from the APA Myriad -- probably Daniel Taylor. Now, where he may have gotten it from...
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This was originally meant to have a somewhat insouciant tone to it. As if one was reporting on one's attendance at an orgy: "Who did you sleep with last night?" "It was so dark. There were so many."
It originally came from
akirlu in our household, and as such, I thought it was a reference to Cynthia Heimel, or Anais Nin, or someone like that. But no, after fruitlessly searching about on my own, when asked Ulrika tells me it was from the APA Myriad -- probably Daniel Taylor. Now, where he may have gotten it from...