http://nerdfury.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] nerdfury.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2009-03-26 05:37 pm

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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!

[identity profile] moombacorp.livejournal.com 2009-03-26 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
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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[identity profile] philosophist.livejournal.com 2009-03-26 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
definitely not the only person, haha :)

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

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

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

Great word choice.