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Non-Fiction

Freelancer

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5. I'm looking for a word with a curious hook to it...

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 18, 2018, 02:46 AM

Oct 2018

I always loved the word "tontine" as it figured into the movie "The Wrong Box." I was hoping to find an obscure word, on that order, for an event set up before, but then triggered by someones death.

It's not really a party, in particular, that I'm talking about. I just used that as an example. Sorry to be cagey, but I'm asking advice on a list with writers and don't want to divulge too much.

Maybe "wake" with a bit more around it. Thinking... Thinking...

Thanks, though!

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I need help finding a word [View all] Freelancer Oct 2018 OP

aa wake? nt msongs Oct 2018 #1

Not quite what I'm after - see next response - nt Freelancer Oct 2018 #3

"Posthumous". Maybe that word doesn't have the feel you want, for a party, though. No Vested Interest Oct 2018 #2

I'm looking for a word with a curious hook to it... Freelancer Oct 2018 #5

This is not an exact match, but your description reminded me of... Timer Oct 2018 #4

You read my mind as I was typing. Thanks. -nt Freelancer Oct 2018 #6

Is this going to be on the midterm? grantcart Oct 2018 #7

Like this ? eppur_se_muova Oct 2018 #8