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poetree_admin ([personal profile] poetree_admin) wrote in [community profile] poetree2013-07-23 08:35 am

Alliterative Amusements

alee_grrl & jjhunter

Let's play a game in the comments today. Offer a prompt by starting a new comment thread with your chosen word or phrase in the subject line. Answer prompts that inspire you with a single sentence using as much alliteration as possible (sometimes it is impossible to have all the words start with the same sound). There are no limits on how many prompts you can offer or answer, and more than one person is welcome to answer a particular prompt.

Or in more appropriate language,
Admins advance an alliterative activity for this association's amusement. Whisper words with which wandering wordsmiths may weave wondrous wordplay. Pick a prompt to play, and structure statements starting with selected suggestions.
An excellent example of elegant expression is this video excerpt from V for Vendetta.
jjhunter: Drawing of human J.J. in red and brown inks with steampunk goggle glasses (red J.J. inked)

Fanfaronade

[personal profile] jjhunter 2013-07-23 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner or behavior; ostentatious display."

(Gleefully borrowed from A-Z of Unusual Words.)
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tremulous entrenchment

[personal profile] jjhunter 2013-07-23 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Image of a baby turtle withdrawn into its shell and peering out with clear trepidation
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Callipygian

[personal profile] jjhunter 2013-07-23 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"having well-shaped buttocks"

[personal profile] sharpeningthebones 2013-07-23 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
She swaggered down the stairs, stopping solely to snap s shot of the safehouse

inscrutable

[personal profile] sharpeningthebones 2013-07-23 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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Re: Fanfaronade

[personal profile] untonuggan 2013-07-23 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Frank the flippant Francophone fanfaronaded with fabulous fanfare far from the French fairgrounds to flip the fuse on the frabjous fireworks.
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Persnickety

[personal profile] untonuggan 2013-07-23 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
adjective Informal.
1.
overparticular; fussy.
2.
snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3.
requiring painstaking care.
jjhunter: Drawing of human J.J. in red and brown inks with steampunk goggle glasses (red J.J. inked)

Re: Fanfaronade/Swaggering

[personal profile] jjhunter 2013-07-23 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Flaunting Fiona's fine fanfaronade falters, facing unforeseen force of father's disfavor.
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Re: inscrutable

[personal profile] primeideal 2013-07-23 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Beguiling blank bribes bards, beckoning brilliance--but blustery bafflement bodes.

(I was just revisiting one of my alliterative efforts yesterday--excellent timing, admins! :D )
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Re: Fanfaronade

[personal profile] altamira16 2013-07-23 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Francine flirtatiously fanned herself as she flouted the fanfaronade of feeble suitors.
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Re: Callipygian

[personal profile] altamira16 2013-07-23 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The callipygian curves caressed by Clara's contoured costume convinced Candice to command the child to choose more conservatively.
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Re: inscrutable

[personal profile] altamira16 2013-07-23 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The ink infused envelope was inscrutable to Evi's old eyes.
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Re: inscrutable

[personal profile] zirconium 2013-07-24 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Sighing, she ceased her squinting, sticking the statement under a saucer.
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Re: Persnickety

[personal profile] altamira16 2013-07-24 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Persnickety planters prefer peonies and poppies over philodendron picked by procrastinators.
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Re: inscrutable

[personal profile] altamira16 2013-07-24 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The dusty dish decorated the damask draped over the dining room table.