Word

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

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

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!!

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

(Mark Twain)

Without another word spoken on either side, the lodger took from his great trunk, a kind of temple, shining as of polished silver, and placed it carefully on the table.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

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

Isn't it weird that words work as well as they do? Think about it.

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

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

(Andre Gide)

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.

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

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.

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

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We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.

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 – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
 – Sand and Foam [1926]