pond words
Chill lexicon
The vocabulary of unbothered living, as spoken around the Big Pond.
- Back-float
- The signature nap position. See nap techniques.
- Century-nap
- The legendary Willow Bank nap of disputed duration. See lore.
- Melon summer
- The golden rind age; a season of unprecedented watermelons.
- Micro-drift
- A ten-minute float, eyes half-open. The gateway technique.
- Open boarding
- The policy: anyone may nap on the back, anytime.
- Ripple, not wave
- The ethical unit of disturbance. See the capybara way.
- Seniority (frog)
- The frog's ancient claim to the spot behind the left ear. Unexplained; unchallenged.
- Slow bite
- The only recognized way to eat. See snack guide.
- Stillest evening
- The dusk the pond went glass-calm; capybara napped through it.