- 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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Irony' is such an over-used word.
- Nov 07, 2020
Mum's the word.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is a long word: forever!
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Word of mouth is everything.
- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God.
- Arrogant
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Russian, ambition is a bad word. It's arrogant.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the word 'ladylike.'
- Invisible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Word - that invisible dagger.
- Lying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't use the word 'lying' easily.
- Nov 07, 2020
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
- Nervous
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- Nov 07, 2020