ZALOP

A Group to promote the world wide acceptance and use to the word ZALOP.  ZALOP means ABSOLUTELY NO WAY DEFINITELY NOT NADA NIX.  It is essential this word is said in an emphatic tone. Accents do not matter in this regard.
  • De Villo Sloan

    Brilliant, Cheryl. Throughout history humans have defined themselves and their communities around a single word - for good and bad. I see this as a commentary on that. I'm also glad there's a place for all of us who are interested in Fluxus words. Following in the spirit of Ed Sanders' Investigative Poetry, I am starting a new movement called Investigative Mail-Art.
  • cheryl penn

    I'm in.
  • liketelevisionsnow

    Polaz - a place where all zalopians live!
  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Zalop! Ζαλόπιτα, Ζαλοπάδα, Ζαλοπίζοθμε, Nope, not even a Greek word ...though there could be in the futrue?

    I'm in...love FLUXUS words! 'Have many from Ruud, and they must be spread around the universe.

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    futrue is a fluxus word probably, should be read "future" however ;-)
  • Bifidus Jones

    Some serious thopiesis going on here
  • cheryl penn

    Bifidus's word - Thopiesis--a condition in which mail art is the antithesis of mob mentality.
  • Laurence Roberts

    This is all good !

    Also Investigative Mail-Art - it is that

    for sure...

    Here's to all of it
  • Karen Champlin

    I'm going to use this word with my psychiatrist.  Fast ticket to the looney bin.  Nightly snack time...all the Lorna Doones you can stuff in your socks and pockets.  Wait....ZALOP!
  • Ruud Janssen

    gewodie een zalop woordie ist extro leuko
  • DKeys

    Saw this the other day-should go the way of Zalopping it said "It's ballistic Don't twist it"

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Friend of ZALOP!
  • Eduardo Cardoso

    WONDERFUL! This word is The Word! ZALOP!
  • Jen Staggs

    Katerina is singing "zalOPA!!"
  • cheryl penn

    Katerina - did you give a meaning?
  • John M. Bennett

    PALOZ LOZAP AZOLP LAZPO ZALOP
  • De Villo Sloan

    OPALZ

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

     

    After midnight and the "H" book is put to sleep for the day...coming by here to see whazup!

    A meaning for "IOPA"? Oh yes indeedy: "I  OPA!" I dance!OPA!

    ...also like zalOPA!

    And love Sloan's "OPALZ"....beautiful stones!

    Now, "LIL PUP", sounds like something that Snooky would know about?

  • Ptrzia (TICTAC)

  • DKeys

  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Marvelous, Diane! I realy like that one!
  • cheryl penn

    Its so great to see all these envelopes in one spot! I think a discussion is in order about your OWN Fluxus word?
  • De Villo Sloan

    My Fluxus words received from Ruud are LIF and PUP. To determine my personal meaning for these words, I Google for every definition possible. You'll probably find all different possibilities for meaning. In the case of PUP, I like the definition: "Potentially Unwanted Programs." It's computer slang for unwanted software that appears on your system; it can be malicious but not always. I believe it includes computer viruses. One of my favorite quotes by William Burroughs is: "Language is a virus." So I have developed a personal meaning I like and understand. That's how it works for me. I'm not saying it's THE ANSWER.
  • John M. Bennett

    I invite you all to take a look at my 3 volume work, Textis Globbolalicus, all written in a new language of my invention, at

    http://stores.lulu.com/monoclelash

     

    available as free downloads or as printed books, very cheap at $20 a volume!

     

    Illumination for a bargain!

     

  • Ruud Janssen

  • Ruud Janssen

    some more fluxus words at: http://fluxuswords.blogspot.com/
  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    A few of my own written FLUXUS words that appeared on envelopes and postcards that were sent out "worldwide"...all to the Netherlands, actually. 'Would be interesting to start a project with our FLUXUS words and send them all over the world, to Europe and the Americas, but also Australia, and South Africa, Japan, and China. (But let us first complete "Project 26!" AACK!)

    "XULF" on the envelope and also on the Chicago CTA "L" sign!

    "AMOUI" (sounds very Greek, but not) was #3 FLUXUS word, but where was #2?..ah, yes

     

    The last (first?) letter of this word is cut-off, but it spells:"ARNIRETAK",

    and it is misspelled :-(

  • De Villo Sloan

    We could try translating Textis Globbolalicus into Fluxus, but we'd probably run out of words.
  • Ruud Janssen

    A fluxus Score is not a mail-art project.Please note the difference.
  • cheryl penn

    PILAATS - Die Sekerheid van Die Seeker Het Die Woord 'n Begrafenis

  • cheryl penn

    I hope everyone realises its NOT a mail art project too.
  • Heather Miller

    perhaps some guidelines. Is it still in the form of a post card inside an envelope. and to who does one send it? thanks. forever doff
  • cheryl penn

    Hello Heather - no - good news - you dont have to do anything except visit Ruud's Fluxus site - he posted it in the comment stream - just page down.
  • De Villo Sloan

    My understanding is that this is a place to discuss the Fluxus word Zalop. A discussion of some other Fluxus words arose as a result. This is not a mail-art project.
  • Eduardo Cardoso

    I woke up this morning, looked out the window and thought to myself: ZALOP!
  • Heather Miller

    ha ha! no wonder you and Les thought I would be blonde!
  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Zalop rhymes with "galope", portuguese word for gallop. And gallop rhymes with Zalop.

     

    Zalop goes to gallop

    Like a horse down the stream

    We hear the scream

    It cannot stop

    And all the world is listening: ZALOP!

  • cheryl penn

    EXCELLENT Eduardo :-)))

    At least ZALOP is getting out there - now the world is listening :-)

  • Laurence Roberts

    how many angles     wps!                    angels 

     

                                           dance on the head 

     

                of the                                                                                      Zed  

  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Last night, I took a label with ZALOP written on it, and glued it to the forehead of a friend. HAHAHA!
  • cheryl penn

    Excellent.  A performance of ZALOP. Where's the photograph??
  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Eduardo's friend is now dead, alas.

    RIP amigo

  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Cheryl, that's a nice idea. I'm gonna plan a new prformance, this time with pictures! :D
  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    hmmm, the performance should be recorded on video, film? In the category of documentary, might when the Golden Zalop Award!
  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Even better! I'll record that!
  • cheryl penn

    A digital performance of ZALOP in Flux would be a great idea Eduardo - go for it!
  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Oh, yes, a Flux video performance...and it might WIN the Golden Zalop Award!
  • ejva:nsva

    homage to ZALOP

    (if this makes out of the country, i'll renounce any complaints about the local post....!)

  • Ruud Janssen

    If that envelope from China gets here, I'll make a zalop video out of it.
  • cheryl penn

    Wow ejva - nice one!