Word

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.

We had words. Each and every evening.

Sometimes, when he stopped for beer after work, we had dishes and pots and food, too.

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

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

Which is more useful to you: a dictionary that tells you how to use a word or a dictionary that tells you how a word is used?

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

There is a purity in words that cannot be sullied by their use.

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

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Words like winter snowflakes.

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 – Homer (c. 700 B.C.)
 – The Iliad, bk. III, l. 222

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

The >>Word of the Day<< today over at dictionary.com is >>oblation<<.

>>Oblation<< comes from the past participle form of the Latin verb* >>offerre<< meaning >>to bring<<.

So, an oblation is an offering or a gift.

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* A Latin verb is traditionally cited by giving four forms, in this case: offero, offerre, obtuli, oblatum.

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

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.

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.