"scumble" [Was: Inconsistent taboos on Fox News]

[Mark Mandel]

On 10/31/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My eighth-grade art teacher was the first person I ever heard use the word
> to "scumble."  As I recall, he said it meant to rub and rub a line, as
> sketched, for example, with charcoal, so as to eliminate any sharp edges and
> present a subdued less distinct effect.
>


Probably unrelated to the fictional alcoholic beverage of the same name,
made from "apples, mostly" (in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series).

m a m

1. http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/mort.html -- search for "scumble"
2. http://www.lspace.org/fandom/filks/discfilk/scumble.html or
http://filk.cracksandshards.com/Scumble.html

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