Leptoanthropology. Derives from three parts: lepto (small or thin/slender) + anthropos (mankind or man) + logy (a branch of learning, studying a particular topic).
So leptoanthropology would be the study of slender men. Or, since there is only one (we think), the study of the Slender Man.
One must be careful in the field of leptoanthropology, since many researchers have lost their lives and sanity in pursuit of knowledge.
Let us be careful, as well as quick and clever.
And let us never forget: when we study it, it studies us.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Run (noun, verb)
To run. The act of running. A pace faster than a walk. To move forward quickly, to go at a fast pace, to cause to move quickly.
Let's try some other definitions, shall we?
An interval or distance of time.
A series of tries in a game that were successful or unsuccessful.
A trial of an experiment.
A standard or unexceptional group or category.
The enclosure for an animal.
A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
And so on.
The one I find interesting is the trial of an experiment. So when a runner begins a run, is he or she an experiment? A test in how long they will survive?
An interval, distance of time, a series of tries. A run of bad luck.
An enclosure for an animal. A rabbit run.
You have to look at words, look at what they mean, not just what we think they mean. Because otherwise they will trap you.
Let's try some other definitions, shall we?
An interval or distance of time.
A series of tries in a game that were successful or unsuccessful.
A trial of an experiment.
A standard or unexceptional group or category.
The enclosure for an animal.
A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
And so on.
The one I find interesting is the trial of an experiment. So when a runner begins a run, is he or she an experiment? A test in how long they will survive?
An interval, distance of time, a series of tries. A run of bad luck.
An enclosure for an animal. A rabbit run.
You have to look at words, look at what they mean, not just what we think they mean. Because otherwise they will trap you.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Slender (adjective)
Slender. Thin, slim, scrawny.
From Middle-English slendre, sclendre, from Old French escelendre ("thin, slender"), from Old Dutch slinder ("thin, lank"), from Proto-Germanic slindraz ("sliding, slippery"). Cognate with Dutch slidderen, slinderen ("to wiggle, creep like a serpent").
A serpent. Slithering like a serpent. Has it ever been described like that? Treelike, yes. Spiderlike, yes. Tentacled, yes. But serpentlike?
When it slides toward you without seeming to move, does it seem like a snake?
Or does it seem like something wholly different, something indescribable.
That is what this encyclopedia is for. To describe the indescribable.
From Middle-English slendre, sclendre, from Old French escelendre ("thin, slender"), from Old Dutch slinder ("thin, lank"), from Proto-Germanic slindraz ("sliding, slippery"). Cognate with Dutch slidderen, slinderen ("to wiggle, creep like a serpent").
A serpent. Slithering like a serpent. Has it ever been described like that? Treelike, yes. Spiderlike, yes. Tentacled, yes. But serpentlike?
When it slides toward you without seeming to move, does it seem like a snake?
Or does it seem like something wholly different, something indescribable.
That is what this encyclopedia is for. To describe the indescribable.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Beginning (noun)
The beginning. That act of doing that which begins anything. The action that is the start of events or the telling of events. Entrance into being. The first act, effort, or state of succession of acts or states.
This is the beginning.
Welcome to the ongoing, still being written Thin Encyclopedia. Where each word has a special meaning.
This is the beginning.
Welcome to the ongoing, still being written Thin Encyclopedia. Where each word has a special meaning.
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