{"id":102692,"date":"2017-01-15T21:21:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T02:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=102692"},"modified":"2017-01-15T21:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T02:21:37","slug":"tolkiens-word-mathom-is-one-many-of-us-can-relate-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2017\/01\/15\/102692-tolkiens-word-mathom-is-one-many-of-us-can-relate-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien&#8217;s word &#8216;mathom&#8217; is one many of us can relate to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-102693 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"bag end\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a>The word &#8216;mathom,&#8217; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien, was\u00a0used by Hobbits to describe\u00a0anything they &#8216;had no use for but were unwilling to throw away.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0If that sounds familiar as you look around at your collection of Tolkien books and other\u00a0collectibles, it did to\u00a0Andrew Whalen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idigitaltimes.com\/lord-rings-answer-marie-kondo-tolkiens-fantasy-coinage-those-who-clutter-578805\" target=\"_blank\">iDigitalTimes<\/a> too. In Andrew&#8217;s opinion, the word mathom is so perfect for describing the clutter\u00a0many of us\u00a0love, it\u00a0should become part of our regular vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, &#8220;Hobbits love clutter. Many humans do too. The thought of purging a bookshelf, for example, might give you angry shivers. Everyone should have several different copies of the same book with different paperback covers!&#8221; Of course, to many\u00a0Tolkien geeks that goes without saying. Further to making his case, Andrew really hits the nail on the head with his observation: &#8220;..it&#8217;s just fun to say: mathom.&#8221; We here at TORn wholeheartedly agree. Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idigitaltimes.com\/lord-rings-answer-marie-kondo-tolkiens-fantasy-coinage-those-who-clutter-578805\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8216;mathom,&#8217; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien, was\u00a0used by Hobbits to describe\u00a0anything they &#8216;had no use for but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":102693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[153,35,149,152],"tags":[3062,3061,3060,2014],"class_list":["post-102692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tolkien-life","category-lotr-books","category-lotr","category-tolkien","tag-andrew-whalen","tag-idigitaltimes","tag-j-r-r-tolkien","tag-the-lord-of-the-rings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/bag-end.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-qIk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102694,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102692\/revisions\/102694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}