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.

“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.

mortar my words
with particles
prepositions
adverbs
and conjunctions

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Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

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 – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
 – An Essay on Criticism [1711], pt. II, l. 109

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

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

(Mark Twain)

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

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

I think that Word is one of these strange softwares that can do anything except what you think it can do. It's not possible to write with this thing, but you can spend your day goofing with toolbars or including all types of spreadsheets or multimedia or even use it as the worst HTML-Editor ever.

I prefer ASCII, really.

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

A word after a word after a word is power.

(Margaret Atwood)

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

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