My writing group held their annual writing conference this past Saturday. It was an excellent event (as always) and gave the attendees an opportunity to learn specific skills, brush up on others and enjoy a day networking with known and new writers. blateration n 1656 -1864 chatter; babbling I've had just about enough of your garrulous blateration, you clod! brabeum n 1675 -1675 reward or prize Without some brabeum, the students will have no incentive to work harder. casitive adj 1652 -1652 having grammatical cases The casitive nature of Finnish and Hungarian makes them difficult to learn. celeberrimous adj 1768 -1768 very or most highly celebrated Her celeberrimous accomplishments were lauded by her colleagues. hirquitalliency n 1652 -1652 strength of voice The wrestler's hirquitalliency compensated for his lack of strength and talent. interfation n 1656 -1658 act of interrupting another while speaking His boorish interfations were ill-received at the academic lecture. ipsographic adj 1817 -1817 self-recording He used the CD burner primarily for ipsographic purposes. noscible adj 1654 -1654 knowable; well-known It is noscible that no amount of training can make up for experience in the field. patration n 1656 -1656 perfection or completion of something The patration of my dissertation will be an occasion for great merriment. portmantologist n 1887 -1934 one who studies or coins portmanteau words Rather than being a portmantologist, why not use perfectly good existing words? quaeritate v 1657 -1657 to question; to inquire If I might quaeritate, why are we headed in the wrong direction on the trail? solennial adj 1623 -1656 occurring once a year; annual Welcome to our solennial celebration of the birth of our illustrious institution. Please visit the source of these Lost words http://phrontistery.info/clw.html I used these words to describe the conference: Our solennial Writers Foundation of Strathcona County conference this year, centered around the basics of writing. Our noscible presenters, Barbie-Jo Smith, Judy Schultz, Janice MacDonald and Linda J Pedley shared their expertise on a diverse number of subjects. They also gave us several exercises to perform. These included a blateration and interfation exercise, where in groups of three - one person wrote on a particular subject while the other two talked on another subject across them. It was a lesson in patration and concentration. Other techniques for casitive, hirquitalliency, and portmantologist gave the participants the opportunity to quaeritate their processes and redefine how they write. One such technique is a ipsographic exercise to 'hear' your words. This allows a writer to identify if the words relay their story as they propose. Each session ended with brabeum draws of books.