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.

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.

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!!

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

1001 1001 0110 1001 1010 1001

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

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

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

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.

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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.)

Words are like prodigies. They may want to stay inside where it is safe and warm but they'll never live if they never play outside...and find themselves lost in the cold.

... words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, they slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe...

“Be careful what you say—you may have to eat your words.”

I don’t think so much about eating my words as about wearing them. When someone sees me, the words come back to haunt like a miasma around me. No matter how colourful my dress, bad words turn everything grey and muddy brown.

We had words. Each and every evening.

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

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

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Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

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And how much courage.