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Category Archives: Word Play
Mombardment
I made this one up. Actually, I discovered it by accident because of a fortuitous typo. It means an excessive amount of mothering, a lotta mom, a lotta maternal attention. There’s no value judgment in the word; it can be … Continue reading
Cucumber Day
On March fourth, I explained why it’s my favorite day of the year. It’s the only one in which the date itself makes a sentence. March forth! I commented that it was a day for bold and decisive action based on the date’s pun. … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Word Play
Tagged cucumber, cucumber day, five two, Literarylee can't let this go, made-up holiday, pun, word play
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On Hate: A Word Play and A Meditation
I found myself playing with words yesterday after reading about OBL’s death and its aftermath. What started as a wordplay, ended as a meditation on life and hate. First, the word play… I hate hate. I hate hatred. I hate … Continue reading
Antipode
I came across this word in a NYT article about the Japanese public’s reaction to the crisis in their country. I wish it was pronounced: Ahn TIH poe dee, but unfortunately, it’s AHN tih pohd (with a long o). Still, … Continue reading
Rhymer
A poet I am not my friends I make no claim to verse, I simply like to rhyme a bit Ye gads! It could be worse. I’ve always thought that rhyming words Was lots of fun to do, Perhaps you’d … Continue reading
Rondure
I discovered this word last summer memorizing a poem (“Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd,” by Walt Whitman) for my middle son’s wedding. I fell in love with it at first sight. I still like speaking this silken word: … Continue reading
Forsooth! Forced Forsythias
My wife had the enviably clever idea of cutting a few forsythia branches from a huge bush near our apartment, and sticking them in water to force them to blossom earlier than their outside brethren on the bush. It worked … Continue reading
A Day For Bold and Decisive Action
Click play for a soundtrack to this post: Stars and Stripes Forever Happy March 4th! I like to say to my office colleagues on the 4th of March, “Today is my favorite day of the year.” Invariably they ask why. … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Events, Word Play
Tagged bold, decisive, Life, Literary Events, march, word play
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