Meanings
- informaluncountableEnthusiasm for writing.
(see title)
2017, Maggie Harkness, Anna Hitch, Steve Hoselitz, Penthusiasm: A Collection of Work by Seven Monmouthshire Writers, illustrated edition, Saron Publishing, →ISBN, page Title2 more examples
Those 31 Penemy of Pignorance righters considered it their duty to help humanity by their penthusiasm. They did not write for money, to get university jobs and promotions, or for prestige, which means they were not universitting academonic writers.
2012 August 16, Penemy of Pignorance, Amerrycountry: Autorabiography, Author House, →ISBN, page 32On the page and on the stage, Tex is proud to bring her particular brand of “red-penthusiasm” to conferences, conventions, and workshops all over the country—as an egregiously enthusiastic, endlessly energetic one-woman stampede.
2020 February 4, David Boop, Straight Outta Dodge City, Baen Books, →ISBN
Origin
Blend of pen + enthusiasm.
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