smitage: n. the condition or experience of aesthetic/spiritual rapture, leading frequently to demolition. see: extasis. From the Old French smitolier, an archaic form of Whack-a-Mole performed with stale baguettes, a cow-hide tarpaulin, and six to eight members of the peasantry.
ex.: "Your workshop story, though technically proficient, evokes minimal smitage."
Poseidon to Zeus: "That right there was some smitage."
Acts of high to ridiculous smitage: Guy Davenport's essays, Witold Gombrowicz's Diary, Ronald Johnson's ARK.
Low smitage: Graham Greene. Any word in which "X" replaces "Christ." Unless you are referring to the guy who put gates up in Central Park, "Xo".
Maximum Smitage: unknown. Probably bright enough to see from space.
Finished a first draft of my "Dined with Goethe" story this morning. Diary form. First story I've finished in about a year, will probably stink like yesterday's diapers in about forty-five minutes.
From Resolution to Reality: Part II
3 years ago
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