Words by Jay Pel
1 word contributed
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Neologism combining meaning from
- apothosized (changed /Gr. apo- changed/ + /Gr. theos god/
exaltedor elevated to deified status)
-- ossified (more at fossilized, obsolete, brittle like dried
up bones)
MEANING cloud:
-- made into a god (in past passive sense vice having become)
-- dead, no longer viable
-- brittle & fragile (remains of what was once living; easily
shattered)
ALLUSION to:
-- "shattered visage" (Shelly's poem "Ozymandias" - crumbled
remains of once powerful ruler )
-- hunting trophy (dead animal put on display; cleaned up dea
carcass with insides cleaned out, mounted on skeleton, stuffed
posed to look lifelike.)11/28/2009