Literary Definition
Anolexia: 1. The compulsion to cut words from anything one
writes. 2. The belief that anything one
writes is too fat.
Examples:
Gertrude Stein:
“A rose is a rose is a rose.”
Gertrude Stein with Anolexia:
“A rose is.”
Shakespeare:
“To be or not to be that is the question.”
Shakespeare with Anolexia:
“Exist?”
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal,”
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin with anolexia:
“Obviously, we’re all created equal.”
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