Tag: word-play

  • Now where

    If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. How good am I in directions? The Late Middle English noun, which has its origin in the French word direccoun that meant arranging in line or straightening. Like the act or the instance of directing, No idea, but yes my visuals…

  • Dumbfound for an anwer

    surprise synonymous with flabbergast, dumbfound, amaze, astonish, unaware, unanticipated. Surprise! Do I like surprises? Nice question with so many Synonyms—astonish, amaze, dumbfound, flabbergast, astound When I am caught in a situation unawares, it could be pleasant or unpleasant, to take or catch unawares surprisingly it is that one that flabbergasts us that in reality reveals…

  • International talk like a pirate day

    Ahoy matey and proud beauty come across a galley the day is international talk like a pirate day. Swill a pint or two of grog and stuff the salmagundi in the name of John Baur and Mark summen, who gifed the 19th day of September in 1995. Be that a no matey? Ye get to…

  • fee advice.

    advisory Suicide Counseling Sign Advice and advise always confused me. For a long time I thought advice meant add vice. I decided to cask advise to solve this. It was recommended that I look up an dictionary. Advise I learn is to offer advice, recommend, or take counsel. Attached was a string of synonyms to…

  • A New Onomatopoeia

    Bee Good To create a onomatopoeia I need to know what on earth it means. After all I am just a science student the intricacies of language are beyond me. I learn that onomatopoeia is a noun that means 1. Formation of a word as cuckoo or boom by imitation of the sound made by…

  • magic of words

    Words carry their own energy and power. If we are not conscious of the power of the words, we run the risk of creating noisy disturbance. When we speak or write we use words these are vehicles that carry of energy from us to a group of people. This could be anything a love-letter or…