[Fictionary] new word: FUB

Ranjit Bhatnagar ranjit at moonmilk.com
Tue Apr 7 22:30:24 EDT 2009


Fub!  Do you know this word?  If nobody knows the meaning of fub, it
will become The Word, and I will ask you to give both a definition and
a quote from Shakespeare.  Fub fub fub.  I like saying fub.

As for the dogdrave, I was inspired of course by wolf tone, but also
by the bizarre stringed instrument known as the Trumpet Marine (or
Tromba Marina).  I've been obsessed with trumpets marine ever since I
saw one in the musical instrument collection at the Metropolitan
Museum.  It has a bridge which is deliberately designed to buzz,
adding a brassy sound from which it takes its name.
http://www.trombamarina.com/tm.htm

- Ranjit


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