Word

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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

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

word

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.

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

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

(Mark Twain)

I bought one of those Word-A-Day calendars to improve my vocabulary for college.

reify – to regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.

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.

A word has the power to define, to bind, to create, to destroy. Truely, a poet has power undreamt of by kings.

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!!

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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

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

A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds.

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

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

What I feel for you,
I can't put in words,
language won't hold
my desire.