Word

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.

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.

'Right again, quite right,' said Mr Swiveller, 'caution is the word, and caution is the act.'

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

(Andre Gide)

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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

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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

In the beginning was the word, and the word was 32 bits.

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

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.

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

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

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

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

A word after a word after a word is power.

(Margaret Atwood)