unearths some literary gems.
From "Nuggles," by Aquila Kempster:
"Rodney W. Martin, parted in the middle with a 'William.'"
[Three more snippets attached. The premise is that the protagonist is trying to locate a woman whom he's seen only in a photo, in which she's identified herself only by the presumed pet name of Nuggles. When they ultimately meet, and he's embarrassed to have blurted out "Nuggles" in his surprise and joy, he explains it away by the ploy of saying it's a positive expletive, originating with the Greek. She, for her part, doesn't recognize the word ("What was it--Guggles?"); and it also turns out she's read the novel he's recently written in which he's called the heroine Nuggles in her honor...and so he has to double down on the word's provenance. Ha! And it Just Goes to Show: The only reason I bothered with this story, as I glanced through the Smart Set table of contents, was a faint hope that a story called "Nuggles" would pay off. I was prepared for some tedious disappointment like a sea yarn or a dog story--but hooray!]
