Synonyms for Seema
Seema doesn’t feel right about the gift terminology, so I dug up some other options from Roget’s:
gift, donation, present, cadeau[obs3]; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [obs3][U.S.].
grace, act of grace, bonus.
allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.
bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation[obs3], dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance &c. 783; amortization.
alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule|, donative[obs3], help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula[obs3], Christmas box, Easter offering, vail[obs3], douceur[Fr], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld[Ger], bakshish[obs3]; fee &c. (recompense) 973; consideration.
bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle*, graft, grease*
So how about, the fic is the contribution; the feedback is the receipt?
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January 13th, 2003 at 6:35 pm
Or how about:
The fic is the drink money, the feedback is the booze.
The fic is the bribe, the feedback is the payoff.
The fic is the bait, the feedback is the fish.
The fic is the grease, the feedback is the squeak.
Or lack thereof.
:D
Does that help, Seema?
January 13th, 2003 at 8:34 pm
I think my problem with the word is the connotation - a bit of arrogance involved. As in “My fic is my gift to you and you will like it, gosh darn it!” It means changing my thinking in order to accept ‘gift’ as proper terminology for fic.
Your analogies work, Jerie. I like the fishing one particularly…