Freedom from propinquity is part of what makes new communication technology so exhilarating.

propinquity (n) : the property of being close together [syn: proximity] – source: Farhad Manjoo: True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society

”In this whole record there is not a scintilla of any concealement or fraud attempted,” the decision said.

scintilla (n) 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge] 2: a sparkling glittering particles – source: After Stevens

All this silly machinery of plotting and pacing, this corsetry of chapters and paragraphs, this doxology of dialogue and characterization!

doxology (n) : a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God – source: Keeping It Real

Samuel Johnson adumbrated that danger more than two centuries ago when he wrote about the bankruptcy of merchants, that assumed the splendour of wealth only to obtain the privilege of trading with the stock of other men, and of contracting debts which nothing but lucky casualties could enable them to pay; till after having supported their appearance a while by tumultuary magnificence of boundless traffic, they sink at once, and drag down into poverty those whom their equipages had induced to trust them.

adumbrate (v) 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of [syn: sketch, outline] 2: give to understand [syn: intimate, insinuate] – source: The Silver Linings: The Madoff Tax Credit