cubist, adj. (kyo͞o'bĭst)
1. Of or relating to the practice of seeing
all sides of a decision at once,
including the side that hasn't happened yet.
2. Describing any committee in which
each participant believes they are the central node.
See also: Léger, Fernand; org chart; prayer wheel.
3. Of a sky: broken into planes of blue
that do not agree on the weather.
4. Of a ticket stub: floating free
of the event it once promised,
becoming instead a circle, a color,
a thing someone almost forgot to buy.
5. Of completion: the state in which
geometries stop ascending
and simply stand there, surprised
by their own altitude.
Usage: "The meeting was cubist—
everyone left having attended
a different one."
Origin: Fr. cubisme, from L. cubus, a die.
As in: cast.