Friday, 13 June 2014

Plectrumiscuous

Plectrumiscuous: adjective. The quality of being very selective in choosing things. Not to be confused with the word petrimiscuous, the quality of being sexually attracted to rocks and having statues for partners. A predecessor to the now more popular synonym "picky," which was regarded as a slang while its counterpart was the commonly accepted form, plectrumiscuous is still used amongst musicians as a clever pun, though little recognised elsewhere. A less common definition for the word plectrumiscuous is simply "something that resembles a plectrum," which is not half as exciting or a good pun either.   

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