Tag Archives: words

Mimesis

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. Jonathan Swift

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A-words

ANI Tropical American birds related to the cuckoo ANG A Hollywood director ACERB Sour or bitter to the taste Abbe Title for lower-ranking Catholic clergymen in France ADANO Fctional town in Sicily from the novel, A Bell for Adano Of … Continue reading

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Passage

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’. Charlie Chaplin

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Old wisedom

Eating words has never given me indigestion. Winston Churchill

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Mimesis

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. Dave Barry

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Quote

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling

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Common incommons

ODAY American jazz singer OLIO English name for a Spanish stew also known as Olla podrida ORZO A pasta shaped like grains of rice, frequently used in soups. OBI A wide sash worn by women in Japan ODER A river … Continue reading

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Echo

Freeing oneself from words is liberation. Bodhidharma

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Short crosswordese words

Please take a look at some words, which are frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. JIB A triangular sail set ahead of the foremost mast Ezra He led the second body of exiled Israelites that … Continue reading

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Unforgetable

Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it. Eugene Delacroix

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