Word

Words beginning with the »sn« sound in English are often unpleasant: snide, snob, snigger, sneer, snicker, snub, snert, snotty, snippy, snit, snarl, snore, sneak, snag. »Snow« is a word over which there is debate and even an annual change of heart. The first snowfall is almost always welcomed. Christmas snow is considered magical. But too much of a good thing for too long and March blizzards push »snow« into line with the rest of the »sn« words.

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.

My favourite word in the English language is »language«. However, if you gave me a slightly larger set of words to choose from I might have more difficulty expressing a preference.

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

1001 1001 0110 1001 1010 1001

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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

--The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
(trans. Edward Fitzgerald, 1st ed.)

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

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

mortar my words
with particles
prepositions
adverbs
and conjunctions

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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!!

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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 – Horace (65-8 B.C.)
 – Epistles, bk. I, epistle xviii, l. 71

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

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?