My brain insists there's a word for it, possibly even in English. I hate my brain.

I need a word similiar to nemesis that refers to a place. A place where you would never willingly go. Something like 'hell", but more greek/latin-y (-ish?).

As in how a romance poet writing about a dog would refer to the vet's office.

I'm thinking in the vein of Norse kennings also, like "Martha's-bane", if I was talking about Big Lots.

Any ideas?

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From overheardnyc, this really needs to be in a comic, probably by brianwood:

Mounted police officer holding a pay phone and sobbing: Please, Mom, I'll do anything!

--8th & 5th

Overheard by: jewish girl


The image of a cop on a horse, leaning down into a phonebooth as the cord stretches towards him, crying and almost falling off the saddle.... brilliant!

Daily Doggerel

Garnett

I've never seen
my mother's father
outside of old photos
and my morning mirror.

© mckenzee 2007

Skull Ship Ahoy!

I still don't understand this blog (Spanish, great images) but I am totally in love with this post, both the graphic from Mr. Fish, and the text, which makes babelfish poetry.

They already scratch (with) billhooks the slate sky,
describing formidable arcs and assaults
in (the) prickly pure love (of) the mosquito.

Under them one follows another,
a kiss and a step and a murder,
and the naked monkeys describe
a horizontal parabola that
only the billhooks can enjoy, from the sky.
Arcs and arrows, mosquitos and summer.