For this year's A-Z Challenge I have selected a word from the dictionary for each day and written a story around it with a 100 word limit. For extra interest I have chosen words that are unknown or unfamiliar to me. All definitions are from the Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus 2007 Edition. Today's word is Clubbable.
Clubbable: Sociable and popular.
Simon
sauntered along after a hard night strutting his stuff at Escape. Clubbable,
that’s what his mates called him. “He’s the most clubbable bloke we know,
innit?” He never missed a weekend on the town, and if he hadn’t left with a
piece of fluff tonight, he still had a couple of numbers.
Spotting
a taxi idling at the kerb, he increased his stride, swaggering towards it like
he owned it. That was until he felt a dull thud and the world shifted and spun.
This wasn’t the sort of clubbable I had
in mind, he thought before blacking out.
Ha! I didn't see that coming. I love that twist ending. Although Simon getting hit seems more like the clubbing I think about when I think of the word clubbable.
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Your ending was more like what I envisioned with "Clubbable", but a fun twist, nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Debbie. I saw your word and cringed - my first thought was of baby seals, and my second was, "How tasteless." Funny how you first gave an unexpected definition, then turned it right back around - unexpectedly - to the expected!
ReplyDeleteHi Nick - my first thought was clubbable at any night club ... but now I wonder what happened to him after his clubbed event and black-out ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
Haha, that clubbable that happened at the end was what I thought clubbable meant! Fun story. :)
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See, your ending is where my mind went when I saw the word in the first place. I had no idea it meant "sociable and popular" :) Great drabble, liked the twist in the tale.
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Love it! I didn't see it coming any more than he did!
ReplyDeleteNice double use of the word! And I learnt a new meaning, I had not a clue about the sociable meaning to clubbable! :)
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What a twist ending! I was so caught up in your vivid vocab (sauntered, love it) that I totally didn't see that coming.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what this says about me, but when I read the dictionary definition of 'clubbable' I thought, "Wait, that's not right!"
ReplyDeleteHaha, nice twist! I don't think I've ever heard the word clubbable before.
ReplyDeleteSomebody clubbed him! He really was clubbable.
ReplyDeleteLOL. Good one, Nick. Simon was obviously popular and unpopular at the same time!
ReplyDeleteclever and creative- how long did it take to write. ?
ReplyDeleteGreat twist! I love the word "clubbable" - it says it all! lol.
ReplyDeleteLove that ending! I'm really enjoying this series, Nick.
ReplyDeleteI never would have guessed the real meaning of "clubbable." I figured it meant easy to hit, like "Those baby seals sure are clubbable," said the evil fur trader. lol
ReplyDeleteHahaha. I love where this went in the end. He was certainly both kinds of clubbable.
ReplyDeleteWow, either a mugging or he made someone angry with all his partying, womanizing ways.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt! Poor guy. Awesome stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteThat last paragraph is what I imagined the word "clubbable" meant! :)
ReplyDeleteDark ending. I think I'll skip clubbing with Simon this time.
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I liked this because when I read the word 'Clubbable' I was thinking of someone being the type of person you'd want to hit over the head, hehe. I like that it had a dual meaning in this story. :-)
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My mind didn't go anywhere with the word until I saw the meaning. Then the ending and his last thought struck me as funny. I'm thinking irony but it's early enough in the morning that I'm probably not working on all cylinders yet for the correct term.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece.
I like that word! It's a lot of fun to say and the meaning is perfect.
ReplyDeleteOuch! A club in the head for Clubbable.
ReplyDeleteYep. Definitely twisted. ;-) *giggling*
ReplyDeleteFirst thing I thought was of a baby seal... but that's so 1980s.
ReplyDeleteYou are coming up with some unique words... although I'm sure I used this one back in my misspent youth :)
I'm glad that's what it means and not what I was thinking, as in, something that merits hitting with a club. :)
ReplyDeleteThat was fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteI've never heard the word clubbable, but I like what you did there :-)
ReplyDeleteEeek - don't stop there! I want to know what happens NEXT!
ReplyDeleteGREAT, I love 100 word flash fiction. ~Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com
ReplyDeleteAnother new word for me :). I have to admit, I think clubbable makes more sense for the second paragraph of your story.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the introduction to a new word and definiton. Awesome drabble :-)
ReplyDeleteJenn - Yes, I was surprised at that definition! So I worked my own in there.
ReplyDeleteDebbie - Thanks!
Holly - No baby seals were harmed.
Hilary - I hope he's OK.
Dee - Thanks! I think most people thought that way.
Natasha - No idea it was a word! Thanks.
Keith - Thanks!
Sophie - It's the only meaning in the dictionary! Seemed odd to me.
Melanie - Thanks!
Jeff - I know!
Sarah - Me neither.
Alex - But was it a random attack?
Bish - Someone didn't like him.
ReplyDeleteZannie - Thanks! Averaging about half an hour per story (from looking for words).
Carolyn, doorway - Thanks!
Lexa - Glad it wasn't that.
Shell - Thanks.
Medeia - Jealous boyfriend?
Mina - Thanks!
Jennifer - Me too!
Patricia - Good idea.
Click - He straddled both meanings.
Djinnia - You could be onto something.
Chrys - Thanks! Glad you liked it.
ReplyDeletePeaches - Ouch indeed.
Misha - There's a theme here!
Mark - Baby seals are coming up a lot. Not going there!
David - Well, Simon did!
Sarah, Annalisa - Thanks!
Datatater - Maybe he calmed down on the clubbability.
Liz - Thanks!
JE - Yeah, me too.
Rose - Thank you!
Uh oh... Perhaps he's a little too popular?
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Nick- that was a great piece of work!! Nice voice and what swagger our boy had until all of a sudden- uh oh. I think none of us expected that he would meet that kind of end. Really enjoyed that.
ReplyDeleteLOL, love the twist at the end! When I first read the word clubbable, I hadn't expected it to mean popular and sociable, so that twist fits my first instinct very well... XD
ReplyDeleteGreat flash fiction - an entire story with a twist. I'll be back!
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Double meaning though. I like that. Somehow it sounds masculine. Would you say a woman is clubbable?
ReplyDeleteWow! Never heard this word before! I love to learn words that are new to me.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of the word, great story!
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