You know how people want to ridiculously and unnecessarily combine words? You know how they end up making mostly useless words like this: a dream catcher is a “datcher”, a beneficial organism is a “borganism”, and a significant other is a “so”? These didn’t end up sounding the way the person intended. I mean, a …
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Golden Age
“Back in my day” is the beginning of a sentence which will likely end with an opinion of how that time was better than this one. Even though some parts of our opinions hold truths, the rest is often due to selective memory. Otherwise known as bias, selective memory is a great way to beautify …
Misunderstood
It ain’t easy being…a rock and roll legend. There’s so much pressure to be on top of your game all the time. You have to be your own boss while everyone around you is trying to undercut you and steal your creative babies. Plus there are all the sides to the crazy diamond…the performing, the …
Calming the Salmon
Deserts exert influence on the riverbed, distressing the fauna. Salmon born early, their birthplace a sauna. Reluctant fishermen catch and release. Release and catch and release again. The whole time the cast was their only plan. For bombshells and clamshells, honeycombs and honeybells, we take it easy and take it well. A lifetime in solitude …
Words of a Different Color
Some words beg you to use them in ordinary daily life, even though they’re out-of-the-ordinary words. The question will enter your brain: “Should I use it?” The following list is dedicated to such words. Amphigory = writing which seems, at first glance, to have meaning, but is only nonsense. Blatherskite = nonsense, or the person …
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