Category Archives: Interesting words

Joke’s On Me

Posted on 02/12/2009 by chick

Isn’t it funny, especially at a time when the stock market is in the tank, that the word BROKERAGE can be separated into BROKE RAGE? I don’t know about you, but my stock portfolio has definitely made me poorer and … Continue reading →

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Naughty Pancakes?

Posted on 12/13/2008 by chick

What is it about pancakes that makes them want to join together in the skillet? No matter how carefully I pour them, they manage to expand, sometimes even to grow pseudopodia, so that they may touch one another. Is it … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have Fun

Posted on 09/20/2008 by chick

Without going into too much detail about my job, which I refuse to do here, I will tell you that I often deal with bits and pieces of text. Some of those pieces, specifically those that spell (or nearly spell) … Continue reading →

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Language Love

Posted on 09/20/2008 by chick

It amazes me, given the shortage of readers on this site, how much comment spam I get. I like spam, though. It’s interesting. I may be the only person to think so. It’s because of my deep admiration for the … Continue reading →

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Heads-Up

Posted on 08/20/2008 by chick

There’s nothing I love more than a neologism that fills a need. I like the term “Bucket List” (from the movie) to describe a list of things to do before one dies. We all ought to have such a list, … Continue reading →

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Let It Die

Posted on 05/25/2008 by chick

Just the other night, I was reading along happily, lost in the magic place that exists between the words on the page and the visions in my head, when a jarring word knocked me back to the real world. The … Continue reading →

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Strikerious!

Posted on 05/18/2008 by chick

Listening to the mourning doves singing in the rain this evening made me think of that famous song by Prince, “When Doves Cry.” As I mentally replayed the song in my head, I paused at this line from the lyrics: … Continue reading →

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Fun With Fungus?

Posted on 02/04/2008 by chick

Fungible It sounds like a fun word, but what does it mean? If I had to guess, I’d say… adj. Likely to become covered with mold or fungus. As in, “Don’t bother saving the leftover beets. They’re fungible.” But alas, … Continue reading →

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My Little Rhody

Posted on 02/03/2008 by chick

Have you ever noticed that Rhode Island is not an island? I had never thought about it until moving here, but soon the name became a point of irritation for me. I hate it when things aren’t what they say … Continue reading →

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On One Uncertain Term

Posted on 01/16/2008 by chick

I love words, especially dangerous, tricksy words that squiggle and squirm, always struggling to impart unintended meanings. I found such a word today. The witness is incredible! It was a sentence similar to the one above that made me realize … Continue reading →

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