Ridiculously Cool Wordsn. A hot tempered person. Zyzzyva Program' title='Zyzzyva Program' />Also spelled CACAFUEGO. Todays word began its life as CAGAFUEGO, which was a nickname used by 1. Spanish ship Nuestra Seora de la Concepcin. The choice of name came from a combination of the Spanish words Cagare, meaning to excrete, and Fuego, meaning fire. Agent Sandra Bishop. Reeve Abraben is a nationally recognized custom gunmaker and a member of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild. A graduate of the Colorado School. Diversicon 26 July 2729, 2018 Diversitopia The SPECULATIONS READINGS SERIES continues monthly, mostly on Wednesdays from 630745 p. DreamHaven Books, 2301. Hence Cagafuego, if taken literally, meant excrete fire, which I assume means that the ship went really fast. However, the G was eventually corrupted to a C, resulting in the word CACAFUEGO no asterisk. ZYZZYVA-Portfolio-Workshop-01-3.png' alt='Zyzzyva Program' title='Zyzzyva Program' />And from there a further corruption resulted in todays word. Interestingly, Collins gives the definition of CACAFOGO as spitfire, which Chambers in turn defines as a hot tempered person. So, did the term spitfire arise as a euphemism for shitfire which would be the literal translation of todays word This worse than amateur lexicographer doesnt know the answer right now, but Ill certainly let you know if I find out. And for Scrabble buffs. This word came up during my interview with Andrew Fisher, a champion Scrabble player, as his answer to the question What is the most unlikely word youve ever played. Well, I checked it out, and it certainly would be hard to beat. There are 4. 0,1. Scrabble. If you were to list all these words from highest probability to lowest, Andrews play of CACAFOGO would come in at position 3. And if that isnt unlikely enough for you, the probability of this word appearing in a New York Times crossword puzzle, if the last few decades are anything to go by, is precisely zero. Pushcart CLIFFORD GARSTANGIt is time for the much anticipated updating of my literary magazine rankings. It is my hope that you will find the rankings to be useful. Fiction Rankings. Nonfiction Rankings. Poetry Rankings. I began this effort several years ago. I had decided to take a tiered approach to submitting short stories to magazines, but it was difficult to decide how to tier the magazines. By tiering, I mean that I wanted to submit to magazines that were roughly equal in reputation and quality, so that if one accepted a piece Tin House, say it wouldnt rip my heart out to withdraw it from other magazines in the same tier One Story, say. If on the other hand I had received an acceptance from an unknown magazine, it would kill me to have to withdraw from Ploughshares if I had made the mistake of submitting to both at the same time. So I came up with this simple system. I would rank magazines based solely on the number of Pushcart Prizes and Special Mentions the magazines had won over a ten year period. I chose the Pushcart Prize instead of the Best American series or the O. Zyzzyva_4.png' alt='Zyzzyva Program' title='Zyzzyva Program' />Henry Prize because it seems somewhat more transparentmagazine editors nominate in all genres, and the prizes and special mentions go to all kinds of small magazines although online journals are still mostly ignored, which is a drawback. I opted for a ten year period because reputations dont develop over night, and it seemed to me that magazines do need to earn their places on the list with consistency over the years. Some have argued that ten years is too long. They may be right. Ive experimented with using a five year period, but for now Im sticking with ten. It may also be of interest to readers that the ranking is based on a very simple formula that awards a point for each Special Mention received and then multiple points for each Pushcart Prize received. Thus a magazine with one point on the list has received one Special Mention in the last ten years, but a magazine with a higher total will have received either multiple Special Mentions or a combination of Prizes and Special Mentions. Also, note that there are some magazines on the list that have closed. Zyzzyva_2.png' alt='Zyzzyva Program' title='Zyzzyva Program' />Magazines do come and go and sometimes they come back again. Magazines that are closed are marked with the symbol. If I learn of new closures or resurrections, Ill correct the lists. Some people argue that the whole ranking thing is silly. If thats how you feel, you are invited to ignore the whole thing. Ive heard from lots of people who refer to the rankings regularly, however, so I am certain that lots of people find it useful. As long as that is the case, Ill keep doing them. Something I havent mentioned before, but probably should have I am in no way affiliated with the Pushcart Press that organizes the prizes and publishes the anthology each year. In fact, I dont think they know I exist. I do these rankings without their input or permission. Ferrari Virtual Academy Rapidshare here. Also, I dont get paid to do this. I do, however, accept donations via the handy Pay. Airwell May 90 Manual there. Pal buttons that you will see along with the lists. No pressure or guilt associated with the donations, but some people have been generous and I do appreciate it. The lists in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction will be posted today and tomorrow. I welcome feedbackbroken links or whateverin the comment section or by email to infocliffordgarstang.