Tag Archive: words

Nov
19

Grandparents may need a primer in Harry Potter-speak!

You might think that the Harry Potter craze has died down, but think again, grandparents. The next installment of the movie sequence is here just in time for Christmas, and the final book in the series of seven is being written as we speak. Time to learn the Potter language if you haven’t already. From …

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Oct
22

Note to self, save this

I adore saving snippets of wisdom and examples of colorful language, so much so, that I keep a notebook full of them. I save newspaper clippings with interesting words highlighted in yellow and scraps of paper with “notes to self” scribbled in the margins. On my computer desktop, I have a folder entitled, “Interesting sayings …

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Aug
27

Short words make people say what they really mean

  “There is strength and force in short words, words that blast and boom, throb and thump, clank and chime, hiss and buzz and zoom. There is grace and charm in short words like lull and hush and purr. There are short lush words like dank, muck and drench; and short dry ones like crisp, …

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