Down the smeerp hole (The Turkey City Lexicon)

[Astro Pen]

This may already be posted somewhere else but it is a great assemblage of writing clichés, tropes and general corny weasel writing.
I consider myself lucky in that I have never committed any of these sins, no-ooo.

Turkey City Lexicon - A Primer for SF Workshops - SFWA

Edited by Lewis Shiner Second Edition by Bruce Sterling NOT COPYRIGHTED Introduction by Lewis Shiner This manual is intended to focus on the special needs of the science fiction workshop. Having an accurate and descriptive critical term for a common SF problem makes it easier to recognize and...

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[Fiberglass Cyborg]

Flinging the door open, the cadaverous writer leapt up the stairs squamously. "The gleembocks have escaped from the stable!" he exclaimed, with a tear glistening in his starry eye.

"Reeboks!" echoed the skyline.

 

[CTRandall]

I love part 7! 'Consensus reality' explains so much of my life, particularly as I seem to exist outside of it.

 

[J-Sun]

FWIW, I had a version of this up at my old site so that I could link to specific entries using fragment identifiers (e.g., blahblah#call-a-rabbit-a-smeerp). Has a table of contents, is plain ASCII, etc.

Turkey City Lexicon - A Primer for SF Workshops