The Obvious Word #1

Hey y’all!  I hope you’re doing well and prospering on this fantastic Monday!

I’m grateful to the ever-eloquent Fandango today for giving me licence to try something new & different, a kind of mash-up of two types of periodic posts.  The first type is my A Writer’s Reliquary, which I update whenever I encounter a new & interesting (or long-forgotten!) word in the course of my reading. I have a freakishly large vocabulary, so it doesn’t happen often.

The second type, and my new experiment, unveiled here for the first time, will be a periodic post I’m calling The Obvious Word.  Whenever I come across a word so obviously worthy of including in A Writer’s Reliquary, I’ll also post the obvious worthy as a word prompt challenge, linked to other word prompt challenges, and invite y’all to link to it, if you’re inspired and so inclined, and offer your own take on the word.

Here’s how it’ll work: I’ll write a sample sentence or paragraph using the obvious word, which will be linked to A Writer’s Reliquary, which you can click if context fails to impart its meaning.  Any words I take from other word prompt challenges will be bolded and their links/pingbacks included at the end of my post.

Without further ado and in an effort to earn your respect, admiration, and above all participation, I give you today’s The Obvious Word:

“I was almost overcome with nausea as I entered the crumbling, cramped, and stuffy trailer littered with the prone and crapulous victims of the previous night’s revelries. No one stirred as I picked my way over the dozens of unconscious partygoers, nearly stepping in a puddle of congealed vomit on my way to open the window in an effort to ventilate the putrid habitation.”

Do you dare to join the fun, or are you too scared?  If you want to play, share your take on “crapulous” with your preferred form of expression, be it a short story, poem, photo, drawing, or whatever strikes your fancy.  Either include a pingback to this post or, if it’s easier for you, share a link to your response in my Comments section below.

Take care, be well, and happy blogging!

Love,

Denny

Via FOWC for Monday, 11/18/19, “Licence”
Via Word of the Day Challenge for Monday, 11/18/19, “Earn”
Via Ragtag Daily Prompt for Monday, 11/18/19, “Stir”
Via Your Daily Word Prompt for November 18, 2019, “Ventilate”
Via Daily Addictions for November 18, 2019, “Scared”