- 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
- Ideals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideals jump across the hierarchies of the printed word.
- Offensive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't find the whole 'cougar' word that offensive.
- Lightly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.
- Nov 07, 2020
I hate the word 'moist.'
- Merely
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- Nov 07, 2020
Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to reclaim the word 'tranny.' I don't want anyone to refer to me as 'tranny.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the hip word is 'mutate.' We're ripening all the time.
- Tired
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tired is not a word in my vocabulary.
- Nov 07, 2020