survival of the sign

[noemata at kunst.no]

something
then it moves into shell
tortoise
scell sciell shcil skel Goth skalja
norw. 'forskjell': to distinguish
contraction
1. a hard outer covering of an animal

so then
the punchline
the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect
[1870–75; from CLIMAX, perh. on model of SYNTAX, SYNTACTIC]
summit, zenith, acme, apex
they were pleased as Punch
conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
male climax only last for so long
rest is shell
insign, mark
lin·gam  (lingÆgÃm), n. 
1. Sanskrit Gram. the masculine gender.
2. (in popular Hinduism) a phallus, symbol of Siva.Also, lin·ga  (lingÆgÃ). Cf. yoni.
[< Skt li¯ga mark, gender, phallus]
Shi·va  (sh?ÆvÃ), n. Hinduism.
"the Destroyer,' the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.Also, Siva.
[< Skt: lit., the auspicious]
Shiva-and-Vishnu show

triad: creator, preserver, and destroyer
dyad: creator-destroyer and preserver
(mis-)fortune and loop
punch-and-shell

poor man punchline
potential
1. possible, as opposed to actual
2. capable of being or becoming: a potential danger to safety
danger-to-safety
survival of the sign-shell
safe in your arms
arms in your safe
[1250–1300; (adj.) ME sauf, saf < AF saf, OF sauf < L salvus intact, whole; (n.) late ME save, orig. deriv. of SAVE1, assimilated to the adj.; cf. SALVATION]
11. Slang. a condom.
4. Theol. deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption.
danger to safety
[1175–1225; ME da(u)nger < AF; OF dangier, alter. of dongier (by influence of dam DAMAGE) < VL *domni€rium, equiv. to L domini(um) DOMINION + -€rium, neut. of -€rius -ARY]
dong3 (dông, dong), n. Slang (vulgar). penis. [1915–20, Amer.; orig. uncert.]

poor man
he's so tediously 1. sharp, keen. 2. interesting. 7. bright.

poor signed
[1375–1425; late ME < L praegnant- (s. of praegn€ns), var. of PRAEGN‚S, equiv. to prae- PRE- + *gn€t- (akin to ( g)n€tus born, gignere to bring into being) + -s nom. sing. ending]

person
1. a human being, whether man, woman, or child: The table seats four persons
2. a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing
[1590–1600; < L homŽ man; OL hemŽ the earthly one (see HUMUS); akin to L h?m€nus HUMAN; c. OE guma, OIr duine, Welsh dyn man, Lith ³món3s men]
hu·mus  (hyÁÆmÃs or, often, yÁÆ-), n.
the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
[1790–1800; < L: earth, ground; akin to Gk chama? on the ground, chth¤n earth, Skt k©am-, Lith ³:m3, Serbo-Croatian zèmlja ground, earth; cf. CHAMELEON, CHTHONIAN, ZEMSTVO; see HOMO]
poor woman

whether man, woman, or child: The table seats four persons
quaternity, four corners, two dimensions
three dimensions, eight corners
they are the ends
Usage. See individual, party, people, they
[1150–1200; ME < ON their they (r. OE h?(e)); c. OE th€, pl. of thæt THAT]
[bef. 900; ME; OE thæt (pronoun, adj., adv. and conj.), orig., neut. of se the; c. D dat, G das(s), ON that, Gk tó, Skt tad]
19. (used elliptically to introduce an exclamation expressing desire, a wish, surprise, indignation, or other strong feeling): Oh, that I had never been born

[bef. 1000; ME; OE boren (ptp. of beran to BEAR1), equiv. to bor- ptp. s. + -en -EN3]
to bear a meaning
sign  (s?n), n. 
1. a token; indication.
2. any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.
3. a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.
4. a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision, etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave
yata

ñaca-yata
yata? ñaca!
ñaca? yata!





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