temperfect adj.
tem·per·fect /ˈtɛm-pər-fikt/
Temporarily perfect; describing a work-in-progress that is flawless relative to everything its creator has conceived so far, yet destined to feel incomplete the instant a new idea appears.
The fleeting state in which a draft, design, or section of prose contains every thought the author had up to that point—until the next thought shows up.
Irrecoverably unique; once a temperfect work is lost (deleted, overwritten, corrupted, etc.), it can never be truly temperfect again, because no reconstruction can guarantee every nuance of the original moment’s insight.
tem·per·fect /ˈtɛm-pər-fikt/
Temporarily perfect; describing a work-in-progress that is flawless relative to everything its creator has conceived so far, yet destined to feel incomplete the instant a new idea appears.
The fleeting state in which a draft, design, or section of prose contains every thought the author had up to that point—until the next thought shows up.
Irrecoverably unique; once a temperfect work is lost (deleted, overwritten, corrupted, etc.), it can never be truly temperfect again, because no reconstruction can guarantee every nuance of the original moment’s insight.
Novelist’s Journal, 10 a.m.: “Chapter 12 is temperfect—all foreshadowing lines up, the dialogue snaps, the symbolism is spot-on.”
4 p.m.: Laptop drive fails before the draft is backed up.
Next morning: “I’m rewriting Chapter 12 from memory. The plot still works, but I can’t shake the feeling some sentence, some subtle echo, is missing. The temperfect version is gone forever.”
4 p.m.: Laptop drive fails before the draft is backed up.
Next morning: “I’m rewriting Chapter 12 from memory. The plot still works, but I can’t shake the feeling some sentence, some subtle echo, is missing. The temperfect version is gone forever.”
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Hym "Uuuuummm... Yeah. Clearly some temporal misalignment. Can't really change it though or the antecedent chain doesn't lead to the group home.... Hmm... How would this have to work such that I don't fuck it up initially?"
Iam "Boo- The maintaining our entire consciousness after we reset and a hud would do it. Probably... Boong... Boong... Boong..."
Hym "Yeah... Yes it would... But if we don't reset we had to have not fucked it up at all... But if we affected anything in the past initially we couldn't have fucked anything up and all of this was necessary... Hmm... Well, then, excellent job me... Nah. It'll work out. Well, no, hold on. Refine the moral gradient and juxtapose an intersubjective moral gradient..."
Iam "Boo- The maintaining our entire consciousness after we reset and a hud would do it. Probably... Boong... Boong... Boong..."
Hym "Yeah... Yes it would... But if we don't reset we had to have not fucked it up at all... But if we affected anything in the past initially we couldn't have fucked anything up and all of this was necessary... Hmm... Well, then, excellent job me... Nah. It'll work out. Well, no, hold on. Refine the moral gradient and juxtapose an intersubjective moral gradient..."
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Get the The Temporary Contemporary mug.The result of insulting a wealthy English person into the upper class equivalent of a psychopathic rage; specifically, shaking so much that they spill their tea.
Not to be confused with talentless "musician" Tempah T.
Not to be confused with talentless "musician" Tempah T.
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Get the Tea Temper mug.A next level temper tantrum. Generally followed with punching inanimate objects or throwing things. Sometimes accompanied by extreme profanity.
Holy shit! Did you see that dude's Bush Temper? I don't think they'll ever be able to remove that condenser from home boy's ass!
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