Dr. Metablog

Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).

March 2021

  • I've just learned a new word that and I'm trying to figure out how to work it into the conversation. Some sample usages: "Have you pandiculated today? How often?" "I'm not pleased when you pandiculate at the dinner table." "There were a bunch of kids at the museum today, and half of them were pandiculating."…

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  • Sometime during the hippie period, say the early 1970s, I  was driving the big green Dodge station wagon solo from who knows where to somewhere else, and as was my custom in those turbulent days, I picked up a hitchhiker — a mighty scrawny young guy. He seemed to be in bad shape — underfed…

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