A Blog for Ruud Jannssen - ZALOP

[cheryl penn]

Mail Art Received first week of January 2011.

Ok - I got a word - a LARGE FLUXUS WORD from Ruud - an EXCLAMATION word - know what I mean?

My task I  believe is to promote this as a word and determine meaning for this word. Promote - tick - I'm starting a Group.  Meaning - tick - ZALOP means "ABSOLUTELY NOT NO WAY NEVER NADA NIX". It is to be said in an EMPHATIC tone, the tenor of which gives the person you are addressing it to NO DOUBT as to what you mean.  Let me give you an example:

You have been naughty.  Your mother says "as a result of your extrememly bad behaviour, you  have to eat a WHOLE PLATE of boiled broccoli"

Your response:

ZALOP!!!!!

Included in the envelope was a HANDWRITTEN note:

AND an assortment of stamps. Think I may have to join the stamping brigade.

Ok - as part of the world wide effort to increase awareness of the efficacy  of  ZALOP - all you emphatics, please join me in the ZALOP Group . :-) Thanks Ruud - a day maker for sure.

P.S. ZALOP is also on Ruuds Fluxus Word Blog Site.