Word

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]

'Right again, quite right,' said Mr Swiveller, 'caution is the word, and caution is the act.'

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

(Mark Twain)

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

(John F. Kennedy)

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

Isn't it weird that words work as well as they do? Think about it.

Spaces define which letters go together to make up a word.

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There it was, word for word,
The poem that took the place of a mountain.


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 – Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
 – The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain [1952], st. I

I bought one of those Word-A-Day calendars to improve my vocabulary for college.

reify – to regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.

Without another word spoken on either side, the lodger took from his great trunk, a kind of temple, shining as of polished silver, and placed it carefully on the table.

Have you ever noticed that the only difference between »word« and »weird« are the vowels?

The web of words wraps round the whole wide world, concealing the secret numbers underneath.

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