Bubbles, Bubbles And More Bubbles
Bubbles are cute, beautiful and very intriguing. They don’t have a color that could describe them, nor are they easy draw. Not only that, but the word, itself, is pronounced sounds adorable. It’s...
View ArticleOf Shrubs & Men
My favorite word is “shrub”. I don’t really know why I like it, but I think it has something to do with how funny it sounds. When you say it, it’s like you’re saying “shh” and “rub” at the same time,...
View ArticleLearning to Live
Not only can this be pronounced in different ways but the meanings are also a matter of interpretation. You can live your life and you also can go see a live show. The two are very different but my...
View ArticleMy Favorite Word
The practice of spectroscopically analyzing biological matter (such as enzymes and tissues) can be simplified down to a single word: biospectroscopy. One of many words that I particularly like is the...
View ArticleMy Favorite Word - Defender
Mark Lunetta Mrs. Reed Expository Writing 5th hour 13 September 2015 I am on the Defensiveread more
View ArticleMy Favorite Word
My favorite word that I learned recently from my grandma is argle-bargle. It means meaningless or pointless talk or writing. Argle-bargle originated from the word argue and turned into argle-bargle in...
View ArticleOstranenie: Exercising the Mind
Ostranenie is a fancy way to say defamiliarization. This word is typically associated with art as it describes an artistic technique to take common subjects and pull them entirely out of context. The...
View ArticleWarrior
Warrior. Just sound it out in your head. Warrior. It is a person that never backs down no matter how hard the circumstance is. I have always heard my mom say this word to me. It is what she wants me to...
View ArticleThe Somnambulist
She lives in a world between reality and fiction. Half of her unconscious, the other half journeying to Neverland. Her mind wanders, free, no restriction Closed eyes can’t shackle her wild imagination,...
View ArticleThe Power of Believing
Hope, love, courage, strength-- to me “believe” is the embodiment of all of these combined. Growing up my mom filled our house with countless signs bearing that word. For a long time, I didn’t...
View ArticleMalaise as if it were a Localised Miasma
It's a beautiful word. It is a condition, a frame of mind, a concept--malaise is an attractive word. And though it may not incite emotion in the same way that "moist" would, it still manages to light...
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