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@chelrok87643 жыл бұрын
Undula was not like the other girls. Her undulating hair flows from her head, and her voice undulates through the windows like none other. Her undulating hip movements hypnotize the patrons who undulate in rhythm with her hips.
@MxSherwood3 жыл бұрын
Pfft, not realistic at all. No mentioning of a sentient boob at all??
@AnimatorBlake3 жыл бұрын
@@MxSherwood Her breasts, undulating with each sway, spoke volumes about her. In that they were quite voluminous and inspired much speech about this fact. The soundwaves of the voices undulating towards and then off of them.
@saulcervantes19752 жыл бұрын
She undulated down the stairs, her undules undulating undulatily
@pixxghost74932 жыл бұрын
... I don't... I can't... How did...
@britneynicole8903 Жыл бұрын
Wow, people. Just wow. 😬
@AndYouWillBeWithMe3 жыл бұрын
Merphy: "Cory, put music in to make it more dramatic." Music: kinda derpy Cory, my man!
@scorpian2213 жыл бұрын
Yes that made me laugh my ass off 😆
@AndYouWillBeWithMe3 жыл бұрын
@@scorpian221 me too hahaha
@Mentat12313 жыл бұрын
It sounded like an Alan Silvestri score for some 90s comedy movie.
@c_eggy3 жыл бұрын
CORY, MY MAN !
@noraeld50203 жыл бұрын
Honestly made this video a comedic masterpiece
@benjaminwatt24363 жыл бұрын
This helps so much, i just added "undulate" to five of my manuscripts, now i feel certain i'll be published
@sotomayorsofwv43813 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is Merphy’s “interpretive dance” to interpret the phrase “undulating arms”.
@britneynicole8903 Жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@sir.nonchalant3 жыл бұрын
Me: Writing a novel Merphy: Word I never heard of that she hates. Me: Maybe I want to be the bad guy.
@nellied48933 жыл бұрын
Same!
@Strannik013 жыл бұрын
"Undulate" totally sounds like a villain name.
@FlyingFocs3 жыл бұрын
@@Strannik01 Lord Undulate sounds like a great name for a villain in an absurdist fantasy, ngl
@flying-sheep Жыл бұрын
Extra evil points to add a character called “Merphy” whose distinguishing characteristic is her frequent undulations.
@b_g_c32813 жыл бұрын
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." ~ Iñigo Montoya
@memebrain21773 жыл бұрын
inconceivable
@michaelhayden52033 жыл бұрын
“We undulated against each other” is going to haunt me.
@britneynicole8903 Жыл бұрын
That sentence is just plaguing my mind now.
@petemarshall35123 жыл бұрын
“I will take it! I will take the Ring to Mordor,” said Frodo, as Gandalf’s eyebrows undulated in response.
@ahelimukherjee16193 жыл бұрын
I can now see the Gandalf meme with sounds
@Beez-go-buzz3 жыл бұрын
One simply does not undulate into Mordor
@karlwilker5793 жыл бұрын
@@Beez-go-buzz "I never thought I'd die undulating side by side with an elf".
@qeniray91053 жыл бұрын
@@karlwilker579 Oh my.
@genghisgalahad84653 жыл бұрын
@@karlwilker579 how about side by side with a 🦈 fin? 🌊 ⬆️ ⬇️🔄↗️↘️🤪
@FreyaWarr3 жыл бұрын
Brandon Sanderson REALLY likes undulating.
@bencebotye39043 жыл бұрын
I lessening Mistborn right now, and thanks to this video essay, will have the same reaction as Merphy have. Thank you Brandon!
@charles38403 жыл бұрын
Now I want to see a study: is there a higher percentage of Sanderson using undulated or do we just have more examples because he's a writing robot?
@MongooseDoggie3 жыл бұрын
Don't we all?
@logicisuseful3 жыл бұрын
At least he uses it correctly, unlike some of these (I never realized how many people use it wrong, or use it when they really mean “coruscate” or “ululate”)...
@captaincanterberrystudios69203 жыл бұрын
So does Jim Butcher.
@Nurat1703 жыл бұрын
If you listen closely enough, you can hear the music undulating.
@maximilianosalvador95593 жыл бұрын
Just to clarify: Sound undulates, because undulation is the movement a wave does and sound is a wave moving through air
@TheAdarkerglow3 жыл бұрын
It often undulates when people ululate. :)
@pRahvi03 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. Human's can only notice oscillation of sufficiently low frequency. So, unless the sound is very low bass, an undulating sound would more likely refer to the volume differing periodically - possibly due to interference (e.g. if you play two notes that are the same but one is slightly off-tune).
@ghartman563 жыл бұрын
This is one of the only two ways I've actually heard it used in real life. The other is in the context of machines that track other kinds of waves like brain waves or waves of light. No clue why it is used in so many weird contexts in fiction.
@jiji-ht3gc3 жыл бұрын
my sworn enemy is "grunt"/"grunted". it follows me everywhere.
@heybearnation3 жыл бұрын
But people grunt a lot
@jiji-ht3gc3 жыл бұрын
@@heybearnation true. i just have a personal vendetta
@ohthreefiftyone2 жыл бұрын
@@jiji-ht3gc Okay, but why?
@theonlyslagathor3 жыл бұрын
Omg I can't wait until Merphy's first album "Till Death Do Us Undulate" to drop. I heard it will coincide with the release with her self help book "Why Undulating Has Made Me Happier". Soooooooo hyped. (Please don't kill me)
@merphynapier423 жыл бұрын
I hate everything about this comment 😂😂😂
@worstbuddyreaderEddi33 жыл бұрын
Do you think she'll start doing motivational speaking. Improving your life with Udulation.
@theonlyslagathor3 жыл бұрын
@@worstbuddyreaderEddi3 I've heard rumors about a possible one, but I'm not sure.
@lies72533 жыл бұрын
Either you indeed posted this comment 3 days ago, or youtube is on some undulating alcohol
@scallasweets24313 жыл бұрын
everyone stop lol
@tomgallier72453 жыл бұрын
An unnecessary rant is warranted every so often. Like this time.
@lies72533 жыл бұрын
"Nobody uses this word in real life, don't argue with me" Me, a non-english speaker: nope, I indeed probably never use it
@JesusFreak983 жыл бұрын
Where u from? Brazil here
@lies72533 жыл бұрын
@@JesusFreak98 Belgium for me
@user-nb7gp4fk7j3 жыл бұрын
As a non-native English speaker I personally enjoy using some fancy lovecraftean words in my speech, so the video just give me an undulating idea 😅
@noone94723 жыл бұрын
@@lies7253 come on! We have it in French! Ondulé! Haha
@lies72533 жыл бұрын
@@noone9472 I am from Flanders, so I speak Dutch :) But I just learnt that we, in fact, also have a Dutch word for it: "unduleren". I have literally never in my life heard that word before
@m.c.darwin18973 жыл бұрын
That one hated word for me is childbearing, especially when immediately followed by hips. It makes me cringe every time!
@lelnel62423 жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, as a non-native English speaker it's always nice to learn new words
@Pancake.Rnold353 жыл бұрын
Samee here 👋
@safala2 жыл бұрын
New words that I'll never use.
@UdyKumra3 жыл бұрын
Merphy wtf? Why would you title this "An Unnecessary Rant" and not "An Undulating Rant"????
@blaze41113 жыл бұрын
i think she wanted to keep the suspense up to the reveal at 1:29
@koritsi21423 жыл бұрын
You spoiled it for me :'( I take the blame, I shouldn't be scrolling through the comment section before watching the video xD
@samgriffithstopford33503 жыл бұрын
You’re a literal genius
@savethefantasticfour2923 жыл бұрын
The shirt gave it away anyway.
@magician5313 жыл бұрын
There was no suspense. She could have not revealed the word and it would have been clear which word she meant
@lucasgelati3 жыл бұрын
In portuguese, we call wavy hair "cabelo ondulado", which would translate to undulated hair, so we probably use that word a lot more than english speakers
@perfect0nly3 жыл бұрын
Same 😂 in polish we have ondulacja - a perm 😂
@laranidecker63903 жыл бұрын
Same in French, it means wavy
@AnaHdezOquet3 жыл бұрын
Gonna jump in and say that it's also fairly common in Spanish
@user-yu4rh6zj9x3 жыл бұрын
Kkkk mano sim, ondulado aq é mais usado pra cabelo do q pra qualquer outra coisa
@OsnofAhcor3 жыл бұрын
I am gonna guess that latin languages get that word a lot
@aodhfyn24293 жыл бұрын
Undulate is a great word... but it has no business being in 90% of those sentences.
@cosmoapeters3 жыл бұрын
Gonna write a lovecraft-style short now called the Undulating Horror about the wiggliest cosmic horror monster that ever undulated
@erinyes39433 жыл бұрын
This comment is scarier than any horror you could write. This is a complement, to be clear. Any more horror and any readers wouldn’t be able to go outside without crying.
@keithedwinsmith94163 жыл бұрын
Certainly a vast slimy monster with undulating tentacles sounds scarier than a big thing with wiggly tentacles.
@none_i53163 жыл бұрын
I would like to read this story please
@AnimatorBlake3 жыл бұрын
The heat coming off its body creating an undulating distortion if the air around it.
@BarbersBooks3 жыл бұрын
***hastily deletes every ‘undulate’ from first draft of novel***
@Lynn-CA3 жыл бұрын
Nooooooooo, you need to MORE in!
@leonmayne7973 жыл бұрын
I did a word search and I have used it zero times. Success!
@Lynn-CA3 жыл бұрын
@@leonmayne797 You must take measures to correct this HUGE mistake!
@suddhasheelghosh92993 жыл бұрын
@Lee, can I have those undulates for my draft please? Guy can never have enough
@BarbersBooks3 жыл бұрын
On second thoughts, if it gets my book added to Merphy’s spreadsheet and even possibly mentioned in one of her videos, I might just drop a few more in there…
@IamMeHere2See3 жыл бұрын
Merphy: "This word is never used." Me: "Well, I bet I use it!" Merphy: "The word is undulate." Me: ... "Okay, you're right, I never use that word." I believe the whole point of this word is that conveys a sense of unease & discomfort, like the word "moist."
@britneynicole8903 Жыл бұрын
I hate the word “moist”
@flying-sheep Жыл бұрын
I think if you want to describe an organ or a mollusk or an alien resembling one of the two, it’s perfect. If they don’t “beat” or “throb”, they undulate.
@IamMeHere2See Жыл бұрын
@@flying-sheep "My heart undulates blood from chamber to chamber."
@geekweek96733 жыл бұрын
I had no idea how you spelled undulate, so I looked up ungulate, and was so confused about hoofed mammals.
@aaronemerson80493 жыл бұрын
“We undulated against each other” 😂😂
@hell_crow90233 жыл бұрын
I honestly cringed when i heard it😂
@MagusMarquillin3 жыл бұрын
It's honestly pretty hot - in an invertebrate primordial ooze kinda way.
@annaaquitaine42253 жыл бұрын
I died laughing
@hhoi82253 жыл бұрын
Gaaah get this out of my brain forever
@none_i53163 жыл бұрын
ULTRA CRINGE
@jimmycryz3 жыл бұрын
"Our arms undulated against each other" Ma'am this is a Wendy's.
@alittleantidote58523 жыл бұрын
I have never come across a comment on KZbin that screams Reddit so much 🤣🤣
@azulBjort_14063 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@vortexofweird3 жыл бұрын
I would like to add that “blinking owlishly” is a pet peeve of mine.
@emma-janeulmer4383 жыл бұрын
Every time I read that description I end up trying to imitate what that blink would be like
@josheike35433 жыл бұрын
Only characters with nictitating membranes should blink owlishly
@cinthiagoch3 жыл бұрын
I always imagine them blinking one eye at a time, like Pixar's characters, but very slowly. That's some ugly way to blink.
@mattward49163 жыл бұрын
Undulating owlishly
@fransgreidanus56783 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, the first things I connect to ‚blinking owlishly‘ is Debby Ryan playing Radio Rebel
@hopelessjoe95193 жыл бұрын
I am a aspiring author with a simple dream of putting the stories in my head into a physical book for all of the world to read and be entertained by. However, I now have another dream, and that dream is to fill one of the paragraphs in my future books with as many undulate/undulating as I possibly can so that one day the great Merphy could read it and roll her eyes for eternity.
@jenniparks85393 жыл бұрын
I love that Brandon Sanderson is one of the biggest culprits lol
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
While searching through my ebooks, I believe Neal Stephenson is an even bigger culprit. It appears in Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon and Seveneves. I don't have ebook copies of Zodiak, Anathem or reamde or any others at the moment so can't check them. I have Anathem in print right in front of me but that's a BIG book to go through, LOL
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
I take it back. Lynn posted the spreadsheet and Brando Mando Sando is definitely the biggest culprit so far. Leigh Bardugo is giving him a run for his money though.
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
Update. Lynn has posted 11 Sanderson novels with undulate in them but I just sent her the 11 I found from Iain M Banks so we have a tie for the crown. Come on Brando Mando Sando, you need an undulate in Wax and Wayne 4 to take the title. On another note, Jules Verne reigns supreme in overuse. It appears 19 times in 20000 Leagues Under the Sea. And Madeline L' Engle gets a prize for using it twice in ONE SENTENCE! Honorable Mention to Frank Herbert for using the rare form "undulant."
@genmea3 жыл бұрын
According to my Kindle Sanderson used the word "undulating" 8 times in Rythm of War. Plus 7 times in Oathbringer
@genmea3 жыл бұрын
R. F. Kuang is also a fan of the word. It present 7 times in the Poppy War and 5 in the Dragon Republic. I don't have the Burning God but I'm pretty sure it will be equally prominent. 😂
@gunveersingh58933 жыл бұрын
Unnecessary rants are the best kinds
@Torsin20003 жыл бұрын
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Undulate is one of the words that looks better written down and read than spoken,
@braininvasion81923 жыл бұрын
That's how I felt reading "unclosed" all the time in Jane Eyre. Jane unclosed the door. Jane unclosed the curtains. Just say opened already! Jeez! Thankfully, I've only seen the Bronte's use this word. It's so stupid.
@SomaKitsune3 жыл бұрын
Publisher: Does it have the word "undulate" in it? Hopeful author: Yes. Publisher: DEAL!!
@MKTraxel3 жыл бұрын
Cory's music choice making this feel like a carnival sideshow. 😂
@savannah44393 жыл бұрын
If it helps, the word “undulate” has come up several times for me in school...I’m a medical student...we usually talk about undulating fevers 😂
@Verdictus133 жыл бұрын
"They undulated together, as the ship's sails undulated in the storm, undulating them back and forth in time with the undulations of the sea." Couldn't fit more undulates without this turning into a cosmic horror short story.
@ender10773 жыл бұрын
This feels like when your friend quietly points out to you the person in room that is chewing too loudly, and now it bothers you now too.
@akellerhouse833 жыл бұрын
Undulate is definitely a word used in fiction often. I also think the word "flesh" is used too frequently, especially in YA books.
@Kk-fj5tn3 жыл бұрын
YESSS!!!!!!!! It also seems to also be used in a sexual context and to reference other creatures that eat humans...That connection feels like a weird one to make... Like "The beast eats human flesh" and them later it will refer to a character swooning over another... WHY THIS LINK 😭😭😭😭 WHY???
@laurayorke37523 жыл бұрын
"So I have a spreadsheet." I knew you were one of my favorite booktubers for a reason. Also this is 100% a necessary rant. Big agree. no one likes undulating.
@rchm3ga2542 жыл бұрын
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@joshramirez73 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Guaranteed this makes its way to Sanderson somehow, and he will take note haha
@henrygardner37423 жыл бұрын
The word ‘undulations’ is used frequently in golf. Specifically when talking about the up and down slopes on a green, and you have to judge your putt taking the undulations into account. So sorry, Merph, but it is a word used in real life...at least it is on the golf course
@jakerockznoodles3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, its appropriate use is generally in the description of things like moving water or certain kinds of landscapes. A lot of its use in fiction, on the other hand, is simply bizarre.
@sen78263 жыл бұрын
@@connorrhunter you sir have made a remarkable observation.
@nathanmundy56293 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was about to say, the only time I've heard undulate in real life is in relation to reading putts on greens while golfing.
@jonathanshephard9463 жыл бұрын
I came here to say this haha, does feel appropriate just for a golf course :)
@readingwithrebeccanicole3 жыл бұрын
I was going to say this too! I've heard it most in disc golf, which borrows a lot of terminology from golf
@spinnerling3 жыл бұрын
PETITION for Daniel Greene to include it in his next novella!
@merphynapier423 жыл бұрын
... it’s in Breach of Peace lol
@mordyth3 жыл бұрын
Petition for Daniel Greene to use undulation in the title of his next novella...
@olityr3 жыл бұрын
About half way through chapter 5. He at least uses it to describe a liquid in motion, not a sex act.
@captain43183 жыл бұрын
@@merphynapier42 This is hilarious lmao
@BreakingStubad3 жыл бұрын
All I could think of was that scene in “10 things I hate about you” where the guidance counsellor is writing her book
@yourLittleSinner3 жыл бұрын
This is the best comment!
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
engorged.
@BreakingStubad3 жыл бұрын
@@wingracer1614 tumescent?
@kathrynehiersche18173 жыл бұрын
I absolutely adore how often Brandon Sanderson uses it, just because halarious.
@TheElf333 жыл бұрын
I’ve now heard this word so many times in a row now that it doesn’t even sound like a real word any more. 😂
@NovelistAnne3 жыл бұрын
This word is so cursed, it even pops up in my head now when I'm describing things in my own books. It's like a virus authors get infected with and all of a sudden EVERYTHING UNDULATES.
@graydanger3 жыл бұрын
This feel very Junji Ito-like for my mental health D:
@dwightalexander26483 жыл бұрын
Wait, how come your comment was 2 days ago, when the video was only uploaded an hour ago?
@august18373 жыл бұрын
@@dwightalexander2648 I think patrons get early access
@NovelistAnne3 жыл бұрын
@@dwightalexander2648 tier 2 patrons get early access, a link to the video a few days before it goes public.
@dailycarolina.3 жыл бұрын
This the kind of word that is on a TOEFL exam. For those who don't know, it is a test we non-native English speakers take when we want to know our level of proficiency.
@nt75923 жыл бұрын
“Oscillation” is a much better word for describing waves or motion lol
@adoniscreed40313 жыл бұрын
I feel like "oscillation" implies a certain speed to the motion whereas "Undulate" implies a slower pace to said wave
@corvus_da3 жыл бұрын
'Undulating' seems to be derived from the Latin word 'unda', meaning 'wave'. So technically, it's the perfect word to describe waves.
@kaikalter3 жыл бұрын
@@corvus_da or, maybe, saying wave (waving), would suffice aswell
@lizzieware45213 жыл бұрын
My most favourite spreadsheet i ever made!
@jamesbaird13423 жыл бұрын
Things move in and out of fashion, sort of up and down, kind of in waves. I wish there was a word to describe this.
@jaredgrace50033 жыл бұрын
As a Spanish speaker this word isn't weird at all
@heybearnation3 жыл бұрын
Yep Just what I was thinking
@claireyang55693 жыл бұрын
In French too, it's used quite a lot...
@francescasalvatore22993 жыл бұрын
Even in Italian it doesn't seem weird at all, I think we use it quite a lot
@lindsaymorrison75193 жыл бұрын
Part of me: you're totally right. Other part of me: now I want to add it to my book. I mean... Is there a good synonym for it though? Surely "rising and falling" will sound cumbersome occasionally
@couldntcareless78849 ай бұрын
It’s two years late, but oscillating?
@Lynn-CA3 жыл бұрын
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Please feel free to add your UNDULATE SPOTTINGS to our spreadsheet by replying to this comment. (Spreadsheet can be found at docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UkwXe07A8ZjIAbAM5E1ra9pDm8j6KQyHSQ98zUCyPZw/edit?usp=sharing ) Thank you and have a nice day.
@saadamansayyed3 жыл бұрын
Marie Perez was an undulating young girl. Her walk was undulating. - my own book, Marie Perez and The Tabloid Expose by Saad Aman 😂
@leonmayne7973 жыл бұрын
@@saadamansayyed How could you.
@saadamansayyed3 жыл бұрын
@@leonmayne797 How could I, I thought, as thoughts flew in an undulating motion in my brain.
@hcstubbs32903 жыл бұрын
I know there was one in the first bit of the first witcher book - but I put that down to poor translation. There was also one in the lies of locke lamora. The classic undulating shark.
@acro14273 жыл бұрын
Dan Brown, Angels and Demons Although he knew the globule was microscopic, he could see every changing gorge and undulation as the ball of plasma rolled slowly in suspension.
@KachellZ3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to start looking for ways to use the word undulate in my daily conversations now.
@normalzman6613 жыл бұрын
Merphy: Reads an example of undulate in the sentences Me: New fear unlocked
@amywebb14553 жыл бұрын
this is hilarious!! thanks Merphy. gonna keep an eye out for it now in Sandersons work. Thanks for all your videos.
@scythe97343 жыл бұрын
Why Merhp WHY!!!!??? Now it's everywhere and I can't unsee it 😭😭😭
@nairadoctor90403 жыл бұрын
I have noticed "undulating" in books but I never thought to look up the meaning and after this video I assure you it's going to haunt me. Thanks for that Merf.
@morganeua3 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard the word "undulate" was in my second year acting class when our acting prof would use body undulations as a warm up. It was very strange. So I also always notice this word! :P
@nathanmundy56293 жыл бұрын
Undulate is used often in golf, when reading the "undulations" of a green to try to determine where to aim your putt.
@peehurasotra94983 жыл бұрын
the rant was so undulating, I'm undulated, thank you, my heart undulates for you from the bottom of my heart
@litlbucky3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!!! Sanderson is the master of Undulating- see spreadsheet and all the occurrences in Oathbringer as example- 5 times in 1 scene!!!!
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
He can't compare to Peter F Hamilton, the king of undulations.
@sxwriter85693 жыл бұрын
I’m learning so much about writing and new words. Thank you Merphy!
@LuchaJohnny3 жыл бұрын
I was sure that this was going to be about "preternatural". It seems that at some point authors decided "supernatural" just wasn't good enough anymore.
@pemryjanes57893 жыл бұрын
I just used that word in the story I'm writing right now. Like, an hour ago. In my defense, I don't have a woman undulate. It's the surface of an alley.
@UdyKumra3 жыл бұрын
The little comments on the Dresden Files ones were so perfect
@iyamwhatiyam27483 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. When I was in consulting, people used the word “utilize” in a very similar way, and I felt much the same about it as you do about this one. It was like they were saying, “See! I used the word, I belong.” It felt so fake. It does make me wonder if there are similarly misused words in other genres, I’ll bet you self-help would be a mine field of such words.
@user-K8T3 жыл бұрын
I review a lot of technical reports at work and people LOVE to switch utilize for use. And, yeah, they mean the same thing, but using it always smacks of "I'm smart and you can tell because I use bigger words instead of smaller more common ones." And there is a time and place. If you have been using "use" a lot and need to break it up a touch, sure. But "use" is like "said," practically invisible to a reader and you shouldn't just throw it out because it's too "common."
@elrilmoonweaver47233 жыл бұрын
*laughs in "I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding"*
@corrinflakes96593 жыл бұрын
When I heard about "wavy edges" in undulating's definition. I thought it was related to lasagna pasta.
@DrMetalpin3 жыл бұрын
I’ve had a life in science. I’ve heard the word way more than just in genre books. :)
@madel0053 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same, in physiology there is a lot of undulation going on :p
@ashlynhale33693 жыл бұрын
Omg I literally have been noticing this the past couple months and I am so happy I am not the only one! It is not a pretty word and is often used when it is not essential! I love the spreadsheet haha 😂
@WinstonHunt3 жыл бұрын
I'm putting the word in every chapter. It's beautiful. I love how you undulate under in it's presences.
@Greendalewitch3 жыл бұрын
Merphy makes a rangt about a word no one uses Also Merphy at 3:47 "My Golly" Lol
@marcelbeaudoin38863 жыл бұрын
Also “Dagum”
@danielle33083 жыл бұрын
I thought this was common lol. Maybe it's just a southern thing because I hear both words all the time😂
@matheusvmoraes3 жыл бұрын
One thing for sure happened to me, by reading (especially) a lot of fantasy, was the increase of my vocabulary.
@sanneamalia3 жыл бұрын
The only time I've ever heard the word 'undulate' is when my swim coach was teaching dolphin kick. Which is also the only time when it should be used.
@alexanderking-grey73853 жыл бұрын
Whenever "the word that must be used" comes up in a book, I've always felt like it was the author trying too hard to sound poetic or smart. I have to say though I appreciated how you commented on how editors could force authors to use such words.
@FlyingFocs3 жыл бұрын
This was advice my creative writing,teacher once gave: "It's good, but it comes off too much like 'I know words.'"
@armanisar-feinial17893 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the new word! I can't wait to use it in my writing! Especially to describe body movements and walls! My blankets undulate my soft bed.
@jorinschepers23763 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie I mostly knew about this word from r/menwritingwomen and I think that says all we need to know about what the word is often used for lmao.
@jakerockznoodles3 жыл бұрын
In most of these examples it doesn't even make sense in context and actually confuses the mental image of what's being described 😕 (at least in my head). I feel like many of these could be replaced with far more appropriate descriptors. Like the "undulating floor" that makes people fall over? Surely a shaking, rattling or even shuddering floorspace would be more likely to make one fall than the smooth motion "undulating" implies?
@toxicsugarart21033 жыл бұрын
Oh boy
@marocat47493 жыл бұрын
The only use in sexual act should be about shapeshifting, fluids or tentacles.
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
I don't know. I posted six examples I found of the word appearing in my ebook collection. Three were written by men, three by women and non referred to sex.
@savethefantasticfour2923 жыл бұрын
@@jakerockznoodles although thinking of an undulating floor is wierd, as a California native I have seen the ground undulate in earthquakes and yes it will make you fall over. I think that is the kind of thing he was going for.
@butterflywings5653 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect to enjoy this so much😂😂
@Tatersthezebra883 жыл бұрын
Okay, so ever since you have defined a word I never knew existed I am seeing everyone use it on social media... in their casual posts. How did I not know this word existed but now I can't stop seeing it.
@djhokasha74103 жыл бұрын
My eyes were closed to this. My god, you have made me feel cold everytime I hear that word.
@annatattersall2493 жыл бұрын
Same feelings about the word “cacophony”.
@azh6983 жыл бұрын
Come to Greece, we use it here.
@judyjude3 жыл бұрын
@@azh698 same in norway. maybe not common, but used.
@keithedwinsmith94163 жыл бұрын
You’re going to read the phrase “… undulating cacophony…” somewhere now!🙀
@judyjude3 жыл бұрын
@@keithedwinsmith9416 in norway, budgies is called undulat/undulater. From latin Melopsittacus undulatus. So when I hear the word undulate I thought about birds/sound. A undulating cacophony would make sense in my mind 😂
@DonGass3 жыл бұрын
Don't read Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes then. The main character is Sal the Cacophony. :)
@YourBrainonBooks3 жыл бұрын
During that build up I thought for sure you would say “click their tongue” literally in every fantasy book and it gets an eye roll from me every time
@bim413373 жыл бұрын
Now I'm really kinda interested in a part two to this video ... the story of how Merphy The Book-Keeper came to despise the word Undulate with the whole of her ever-gentle heart.
@Danielle-vl5zn3 жыл бұрын
There’s an ‘undulating’ on page 202 of Ruin and Rising
@heidijsiebert3 жыл бұрын
*Never has thought to use the word 'undulate' in my stories because I don't particularly like it either* ... So glad we're on the same page XD
@godhathirumalaianandanpill31403 жыл бұрын
Everybody: Talking about the actual video Me: her water bottle has an Eleventh Doctor quote
@MDev19973 жыл бұрын
I'M SO GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED THIS. I've been driven crazy by it ever since noticing how frequently it was used
@Mojjs923 жыл бұрын
I laughed the whole way through this video 😂
@AwkwardFaceHugger3 жыл бұрын
"... you're gonna start noticing now." Yes. Thanks, I hate it... :D
@JKWuco3 жыл бұрын
You know, going into this I worried it would make me feel self-conscious about the book I'm working on getting ready to publish. Instead, it just made me want to go back and add undulate to it a lot.
@TheMovieSequelDude493 жыл бұрын
You do realize this rant will only increase "undulate"'s power as a word, right?
@nightbreed93053 жыл бұрын
To be fair, most of the cool words are not used in most social circles, unfortunately. How many people do you see use the term "effulgence" when describing how brilliant a ray of light is?
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
Esoteric and eclectic are two words I find myself occasionally using in conversation and it often catches the people I'm talking to off guard.
@august18373 жыл бұрын
Well, how many people do you hear describing a ray of light to begin with
@DneilB0073 жыл бұрын
@@august1837 my plants occasionally describe rays of light, but usually only in terms of flavour. Green is apparently salty.
@involunteer3 жыл бұрын
E. E. "Doc" Smith was fond of effulgent and several other esoteric words. He introduced me to "yclept" and "coruscate".
@wingracer16143 жыл бұрын
@@involunteer I like coruscate.
@TheNerdyNarrative3 жыл бұрын
Bahahahahahahahahahahha - YES IT IS LITERALLY IN EVERY HORROR/THRILLER I’m dead 😂😂😂😂
@ananyapandey48763 жыл бұрын
I never knew this word existed. I can't unsee it now
@adeepdive_82053 жыл бұрын
this is the cutest drama on the internet i've ever seen
@cirthador14533 жыл бұрын
I feel haunted and it feels WONDERFUL!
@Arshelan3 жыл бұрын
I've remembered this word since high school, considering how my English teacher would go insane when people would pronounce it incorrectly.
@gordonhunt59673 жыл бұрын
The song at the end!🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, this video made me smile.
@rozakareem17533 жыл бұрын
10:46 Phoebe Buffay I never knew you started a KZbin channel 😂😂😂