Pygmania

It began innocently enough. I'd wanted to download a decent Android app for logging my monthly cycle, on account of that shit don't belong in gcal no more. Can you guess what    ± 0   is code for? The app I picked turned out to be a super deluxe period tracker extraordinaire complete with a tumblr presence ( blog.glowing.com ; teh lulz) and infographics  delusions of grandeur: Dear app that tracks the whereabouts of my uterine lining: please, take yourself less seriously. You have my permission. This post is part of a series on menarche and ritualisms and more ™  (oh, my!) See the first installment, conveniently titled Menarche: Archaisms and More!

Adjective Brobdingnagian  ( comparative   more  Brobdingnagian ,  superlative   most  Brobdingnagian ) Of or pertaining to   Brobdingnag . ( figuratively )   Enormous ,  huge , far larger than is customary for such a thing. Antonyms:  lilliputian Noun Brobdingnagian  ( plural   Brobdingnagians ) A creature from  Brobdingnag . ( figuratively )  A  giant . Origin Brobdingnagian entered English in the mid-1700s by way of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels , in which Brobdingnag is the name of a region where everything is of enormous size. Quotes I wish she'd call me back now, because I'd like to share with her the last of my dreams, in which the new College of Technical Careers building has turned out to be yet another replica of my own house, like Julie's, this one on a Brobdingnagian scale.      -- Richard Russo \\ Straight Man Back in 2007, ...