Word of the Day

by Hawattie

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Random
Length: 1266

Short stories based on dictionary.com's word of the day feature.

Equestria is an interesting place filled with interesting ponies doing interesting things. Every day brings a new story to life. Let's take a look, shall we?

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The prompt for each chapter is the word of the day from dictionary.com. Expect little to no continuity and fluctuating tones from chapter to chapter. This 'story' is mostly just writing exercise and I make no promise that I'll actually update this daily.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-03-10 20:56:03 UTC

Emblem

Emblem

An object or its representation symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol.

Another Hearth's Warming Eve pageant had come and gone. The actors, and narrator, congregated backstage to congratulate each other and to revel in their success.

"I think that was an even better performance than last year.

Switcheroo

Switcheroo

An unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.

Princess Celestia was very good at hiding her irritation towards her nephew, Prince Blueblood. She had returned from some

Variorum

Variorum

Containing different versions of the text by various editors Ex: A variorum edition Shakespeare.

Thud!

A very thick, leather-bound tome landing on the table startled Spike awake. With a loud yelp and much flailing of limbs he tipped over sideways out of his chair, bringing the comic book he'd been using as a pillow with him. "What the heck, Twilight!" he exclaimed as he picked himself and his comic off of the floor.

Eyesome

Eyesome

Pleasant to look at

Circumvolve

Circumvolve

To revolve or wind about.

Rainbow Dash flew over Ponyville, scanning the streets below for any sign of pink. She was in a pranking mood, and wanted to get her best pranking buddy in on the action. Spotting her quarry, Rainbow dove towards the ground.

"Hiya, Dashie!" Pinkie Pie greeted as soon as Rainbow Dash was in earshot.

Rainbow opened her mouth to ask Pinkie if she wanted to prank, but the words stopped in Rainbow's throat when she saw what Pinkie Pie was doing.

Pinkie Pie was spinning in place very swiftly. Her four hooves beat the ground at a rapid tempo and her poofy pink mane and tail whipped around behind her. A huge smile was plastered on her face, though that might not have been from the spinning, since Pinkie was rarely ever not smiling.

"Pinkie Pie, what are you doing?" Rainbow Dash asked. A simple enough question with a simple enough answer, sure, but with Pinkie Pie it was always better to ask just in case.

"I'm spinning!" Pinkie exclaimed with glee, confirming Rainbow's suspicion.

Several seconds passed with only the sound of Pinkie Pie's hooves to fill the silence. Rainbow tried to follow Pinkie's movements but her eyes had trouble following the dizzying mare.

"Why?" Rainbow finally asked.

Pinkie screeched to a stop, her hooves leaving pink skid marks on the ground. A faint whirring of gears could be heard and for an instant the smell of smoke filled the air. Then Pinkie Pie shrugged and said, "Beats me, but it's fun!" and resumed her relentless revolutions.

Rainbow rolled her eyes and grinned at her friend's antics. "Alright, Pinkie," she said. "I was just wondering if you wanted to go pranking with me."

Very suddenly Pinkie Pie was no longer spinning, but instead standing next to Rainbow Dash with a mischievous look on her face. Rainbow gave a yelp of surprise at Pinkie's sudden proximity and jumped six feet into the air, then tried (and failed) to pass it off as intentional to preserve her image.

"Sure thing, Dashie!" Pinkie chirped, and the two pranksters walked off together to make plans.

Phillumenist

Phillumenist

A collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.

Chronometer

Chronometer

1) timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.

2) Any timepiece, especially a wristwatch, designed for the highest accuracy.

Formication

Formication

A tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.

Magniloquent

Magniloquent

1) Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.

2) Speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.

list of words with date

3/1/15 - Emblem - An object or its representation symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol.

3/2/15 - Switcheroo - An unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.

3/3/15 - Variorum - Containing different versions of the text by various editors Ex: A variorum edition Shakespeare.

3/4/15 - Sastruga - Ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.

3/5/15 - Eyesome- Pleasant to look at.

3/6/15 - Circumvolve - To revolve or wind about.

3/7/15 - Phillumenist - A collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.

3/8/15 - Chronometer - 1) timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required. 2) Any timepiece, especially a wristwatch, designed for the highest accuracy.

3/9/15 - Formication - A tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.

3/10/15 - Magniloquent - 1) Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic. 2) Speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.

Sastruga

Sastruga

Ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.

Shining Armor was very stressed. The reason for this was directly related to work. Of course, since he was a prince-slash-guard captain for an empire that was struggling to make its way in a world far beyond its time, it was to be expected that he would experience some work-related stress.

This particular dollop of stress happened to come from an anonymous tip that the Crystal Empire was being threatened by an outside force. Nopony knew what that threat was or when it would rear its head and so the only thing Shining Armor could do was prepare for the worst.

For his underlings, the members of the Crystal Guard, this meant spending more time patrolling the frozen wastes surrounding the empire and less time at home with their families.

"This long patrol is the worst," one young Crystal Guard, whose name is unimportant, complained to his partner. "There's nothing out here except this stupid snow." He kicked at the snow, then let out a curse as his hoof connected with a chunk of ice. "And ice," he amended.

"Hey, at least it's a calm day," the other Crystal Guard, who was the senior of the two, said. "The winds out here can get pretty fierce. They'll whip that snow and ice right in your face if you're out on a bad day."

"How could you know that?" the younger pony asked incredulously. "You haven't been out here any more than I have! Nopony's been outside the Empire for who-knows how long!"

The senior guard pointed a hoof to direct his young companion's gaze. "Look there," he said, pointing towards an unremarkable patch of snow.

To his credit, the young guard did look at the snow for a couple seconds before admitting, "I don't see anything. It's just a bit of snow is all."

"Look at those little ridges," the older guard said. "Those are made by the wind blowing bits of snow away. If this area doesn't get fresh snowfall soon those ridges will get bigger and sharper, making this entire area hazardous to travel through."

"That's cool and all," the young Crystal Guard said, "but knowing that it could be worse doesn't make this patrol here and now any more bearable."

"True, true," the older one admitted, "but we've only got a short ways more to go before we head back. Let's keep moving." The two of them continued their trek in silence, thinking of snow.