Spacey
Word for a Spacey Week 
This
week’s word is chosen solely for its spacey connection. After all, Saturday,
July 20th is the 50th anniversary of the US Moon Walk! What a glorious day … then
and now … not only for America, but the world.
Do
you recall exactly where you were at the time (don’t we all?). I was sweltering
through the summer in a Podunk California desert town, with a
black-and-white television set blaring throughout the large laundromat.
Some
things simply cannot be glorified. Like my life. But still … it was history in
the making …
SYZYGY (sizʹɘ jē) n. – 1) a
pair of things, esp. a pair of opposites; 2) Astron. a configuration of
three celestial bodies, as of the sun, earth, and moon during an eclipse, in an
approximately straight line; 3) Gr. & Latin Prosody a measure of two
feet, as a dipody / syzygial adj. [WW #225]
With
its tongue-twisting spelling, syzygy is unique and not only a
divinely odd word with
its lack of standard vowels, but each meaning is cleverly unrelated to the
others. From a pair, to celestial configuration of three, to a two-foot
measurement … syzygy is certainly versatile.
And
that’s great news for writers! I glommed on to the sun-earth-moon designation,
but the other two have merit, as well; distinctive when applied to both
fiction and non-fiction.
Sharon
mused, “You know, John and Emily’s rapport personifies syzygy
with their opposites-attract relationship.” Or, “The syzygial
space between airplane
seats is rudely unforgiving.” Let your readers mull over that peculiar
sound on their tongue; and venerate you for introducing it to them.
Word Challenge: SYZYGY. Think about its marvelous flexibility as you slip syzygy into your week of triple-threat
writing. (Multi-talented: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.)
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[LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by
trade, and an author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of
three) in her Blast from Your Past series about pioneering R&R Radio DJs. True behind-the-mic tales
make GREAT Holiday Gifts available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years
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Note: Dictionary
definitions are quoted from Webster’s New World College Dictionary.
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