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Saturday, December 14, 2019

The danger of artificial Christmas trees

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My husband and I recently purchased an artificial Christmas tree online.  We live in a condo and we are not permitted to have a real tree...
Friday, December 13, 2019

Greta Thunberg versus the alpha males

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In naming Swedish environmental activist Geeta Thunberg "Person of the Year,"  Time magazine wrote: "Thunberg began ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

All about the word "hopefully"

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Hopefully . . . Definition of hopefully (adverb)  1.  : in a way that express desire with an expectation of fulfillment :      in a h...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

What are Kangaroo Words?

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KANGAROO WORDS What are kangaroo words?  If you guessed that they are some form of Australian slang, you're absolutely wrong.  In fa...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Don Cherry and the power of words

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"Stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me." The above aphorism is often used in schoolyards as  a re...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Five Guidelines for Living

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Number 16 presents five guidelines to help you cope with the vicissitudes and difficulties of life.  Keep in mind that there are many ...
Friday, November 1, 2019

The language of Donald Trump

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Attribution:  https://www.pixcove.com 'When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I c...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Vocabulary Test #5 (Ten words beginning with the letter "S")

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Number 16 Vocabulary Quiz #5  Ten words beginning with the letter "S" Number 16 presents a multiple choice vocabulary quiz....
Friday, October 18, 2019

16 Riddles: What do you get when you cross . . .?

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Do you need a bit of humorous wordplay in these troubled times.  Well, you've come to the right website.  Here are 16  "What do ...

Great first lines from great novels

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"All great authors know that a killer first line is almost more important than the first few pages, and authors put in hours of wor...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Oxymoron: Meaning and Examples

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OXYMORON (noun) : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness ) broadly ...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Vocabulary Quiz #4 (Phobias)

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Number 16 Vocabulary Quiz #4 Ten Phobias PHOBIA (noun): an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

When to use "every day" and "everyday?"

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Sly and the Family Stone Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong My own beliefs are in my song The butcher, the banker, the drumme...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Fun with words: Malapropisms are amusing

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Definition of  malapropism  from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary malapropism (noun):  the usually unintentionally humorous misu...