word of the day: vacuity

The word of the day is vacuity:

1. the state of being vacuous or without contents; vacancy; emptiness

2. absence of thought or intelligence; inanity; blankness

3. a time or state of dullness, lacking in mental or physical action or productivity

4. an empty space; void

5. absence or lack of something specified

6. something inane, senseless, or stupid

7. a vacuum (dictionary.com)

"Coordinate conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses that are of equal importance or of the same grammatical structure within a sentence.  The most common coordinate conjunctions are and, but, for, or, neither, nor, and yet...

"Neither his existence nor his vacuity betrayed his true intent."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed