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November 24, 2003

Khyber? I don't even *know* her!

From Thomas More’s "Utopia":

"…they make their chamber-pots and close-stools of gold and silver, and that not only in their public halls but in their private houses. Of the same metals they likewise make chains and fetters for their slaves, to some of which, as a badge of infamy, they hang an earring of gold, and make others wear a chain or a coronet of the same metal…"

It puts a whole new spin on the concept of bling-bling, eh?

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I thought of a new word late last night. It has little to no practical applicability, but I’m excited about it nonetheless.

Khyberpunk: Any techno-dystopian novel or short story set in the mountain paths of Pakistan and Afghanistan’s shared border.

I don’t know what’s sadder—that I laughed myself stupid last night over how clever a term I coined, or that I hold out any hope of anybody else finding it even slightly amusing.

Posted by patrick at November 24, 2003 04:53 PM

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