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.

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

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.

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

We had words. Each and every evening.

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

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

A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.

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

(Andre Gide)

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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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

A word has the power to define, to bind, to create, to destroy. Truely, a poet has power undreamt of by kings.

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.

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

Rotor is a fine palindrome, thought Frank Leigh Dearie as he ambled down the Lost Highway.