February 5, 2005
Ephemeral
1. Lasting for a markedly brief time: “There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript” (Irving R. Kaufman).
2. Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.
3. A markedly short-lived thing.
Ephemeral. That's a hell of a word. There's no synonym for it. But there are plenty of instances to use it.
... I always thought that had something to do with an artery in your leg...
Posted by: Eric at February 5, 2005 3:26 PMHow about "fleeting?" I tend to always use the two words together, but it's really double-talk...you know, just me showing off.
Posted by: Sadie at February 5, 2005 3:48 PMHow about "fleeting?" I tend to always use the two words together, but it's really double-talk...you know, just me showing off.
Posted by: Sadie at February 5, 2005 3:48 PMSee? There I go again.
Posted by: sadie at February 5, 2005 3:49 PMI will grudgingly give you "fleeting", Sadie, but be aware if you are ever in the lobby bar at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis at 2 AM "ephemeral" works a little better than "fleeting". Just a rule of thumb. We work together here.
Posted by: Velociman at February 5, 2005 3:54 PMI had a really good comment to write here, but it was ephemeral. It flew away like a butterfly.
Posted by: Acidman at February 5, 2005 5:40 PMI'm sure mrs v-man could give us a fine example of the meaning of the word!!!!
Posted by: Michele at February 6, 2005 7:16 AMI don't think I like that meaning. I'm changing it to "dream-like." That fits.
Posted by: Key at February 6, 2005 9:57 AMEphemeral : Cocaine
'nuff said.
I thought it was an expletive about a TV chef. Ephemeral and the horse he rode in on.
A quote I've seen attributed to Eugene Ionesco is, "Only the ephemeral is of lasting value."
Posted by: wheels at February 12, 2005 1:47 AM