word of the day

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I haven't posted Word of the Day for a while, but I think it's time to get back on track with things.  Let's get our imaginations and skills back in the game and turn off the noise... er, I mean, news.

MONDAY, MAY 4

Deterge

[də-tərj]Part of speech: verb

Origin: latin, early 17th century

• Cleanse thoroughly.

Examples of Deterge in a sentence

• After cooking the family dinner, he needed to deterge the kitchen.
• Once the paint dries, nothing will deterge it from the surface.

About Deterge

You likely have detergent for cleaning dishes, clothes, and many other things in your home, but this is the verb form. Deterge means to clean thoroughly, coming from the French verb “déterger,” and the Latin “detergere,” meaning wipe away.

Did you Know?

You’re not likely to hear deterge used to describe tidying up, or organizing your closet. This type of cleaning is a more intensive cleansing. It can be used to describe a thorough cleaning using soap or special chemicals, but it might also be used for a more ritualistic cleansing.

Short Affair PROMPTS for May 11th

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A new month has arrived, and there are still stories to be written. Hopefully my muse will return from wherever she's disappeared to.

The prompts for stories due on May 11th can be found below the cut. For stories due today follow the link for the prompts.

https://section7mfu.livejournal.com/2797266.html

Don't forget, you can now chose to use one of the prompt words, or to use both in your story (not forgetting the colour element), remembering to state which combination of prompts you are using.

Remember, Section VII is a Gen site, but stories which are Het, Long-term Romance or AU can be posted in mfu_map_room

You can post directly to Section VII or, if you wish, you can post your story elsewhere and provide a link. Please say where the link leads as a lot of people are unwilling to go to certain sites. Don't forget, Section VII and the Map Room are both available on Dreamwidth, for those of you who can figure it out (Just let us know if you posted there).

Have fun.

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Happy Birthday JantoJones

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"Genuine Replica" (Short Affair Challenge 5/4)

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Short Affair 5/4
Prompt: Annual
Color: Green

Title: "Genuine Replica"
Author: Rose of Pollux
Word Count: ~610
Summary: [Post-retirement] In which Napoleon and Illya find something intriguing washed up on the beach.

Notes: I’ve been playing a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and... it shows in this blurb. [Very much to be continued...]

Available at my DreamWidth.

Arpeggio - Short Affair

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Prompts: Carpet, Green
Word Count: 851
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Two women were shaking their heads as they spoke, the gesturing and expressions indicating a degree of displeasure with the green carpet samples one of them held in her hands.  The two men observing the scene took guesses as to what it was all about, their free time this afternoon due to unusual events in UNCLE Headquarters.

It wasn’t completely free, but it did seem frivolous.  Alexander Waverly had tasked his two top agents to courier fabric swatches from the interior design firm handling his wife’s newest project: redecorating the dining room.  The unusual assignment, a strange designation for what they were doing, was the unlikely result of a slow down in villainous activity that had left the pair of Solo and Kuryakin with more free time on their hands than usual.  The day was already half spent, and they were still waiting for those swatches.

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