[identity profile] nerdfury.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] 1word1day
Hullo all!

Today's fantastic word is one that should be familiar to all night owls.

Lucubration [loo'ku-bray'shun]
noun

Study or composition lasting late into the night.

From Latin, lucubrare, which stems from lux, meaning light.

John didn't realise how long he had been studying for his up-coming exam. It hit him with a shock when he realised that his 'midnight snack' during his furious late night lucubrations was actually taking place at midday instead!

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Date: 2009-03-26 07:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moombacorp.livejournal.com
Awesome word! Ironic that you should post it when I'm currently pulling an all-nighter on a lab write-up! @_@
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Date: 2009-03-26 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] philosophist.livejournal.com
definitely not the only person, haha :)

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Date: 2009-03-26 09:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imaassspankme.livejournal.com
Definitely not.

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Date: 2009-03-26 08:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellumed.livejournal.com
Another all-nighter person here. So thanks. :)

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Date: 2009-03-26 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] danitzh.livejournal.com
Hey! Guess who took a break from a 20 page essay on Israel to look at this post?

Great word choice.
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