- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Word Quotes
Short lines built around the weight of a single word.
These quotes look at how one word can carry more than its dictionary entry suggests, including the idea that tolerance sometimes functions as a disguised form of indifference. Others note that everyday terms, like entrepreneur, arrived in English as borrowed language. For a lighter take on wordplay, see our Riddles page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is love in search of a word.
- Marvelous
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Commitment' is a marvelous word.
- Hug
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hug' is my mother's word for affection.
- Hippy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate the word 'hippy.'
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Selfie' is the word du jour, and it became cause celebre at Nelson Mandela's funeral when the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt took a selfie with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.
- Feminist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the word 'feminist.' I don't like the word 'ambitious.' I do like the word 'anti-establishment.'
- Nov 07, 2020