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[thuviaptarth]

'I don't know what you mean by "glory,"' Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. 'Of course you don't--till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"'

'But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument,"' Alice objected.

'When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.'

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master--that's all.'

Also see: "Flashfiction" (Wikipedia) and "A History of the Drabble Project" (via The Wayback Machine).

Comments

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

Can I just say a-freaking-men?! This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves in fandom - a drabble is 100 words - period, no wiggle room, ever. If you write something shorter it's not a drabble. If it's longer, again, it's not a drabble. Why is it people think they have to reinvent the wheel when they join fandom?

GRAR.

/rant