Word

Words derive their meaning from the surrounding words, just as human beings derive their meaning from interacting with other humans around them.

Which is more useful to you: a dictionary that tells you how to use a word or a dictionary that tells you how a word is used?

I bought one of those Word-A-Day calendars to improve my vocabulary for college.

reify – to regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.

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There it was, word for word,
The poem that took the place of a mountain.


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 – Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
 – The Poem That Took the Place of a Mountain [1952], st. I

Words are the best toys you can give your brain.

on Mar 22nd 2001, 02:07:31, Natasha Jordan wrote the following about

word

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

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And how much courage.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

(Mark Twain)

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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 – Horace (65-8 B.C.)
 – Epistles, bk. I, epistle xviii, l. 71

I think that Word is one of these strange softwares that can do anything except what you think it can do. It's not possible to write with this thing, but you can spend your day goofing with toolbars or including all types of spreadsheets or multimedia or even use it as the worst HTML-Editor ever.

I prefer ASCII, really.

Think how much acceptance Mary showed when she said:

»Let it be done to me according to thy word.«

A word after a word after a word is power.

(Margaret Atwood)

»Therefore« is a word the poet must not know.

(Andre Gide)

The word on my mind right now is >>weekend<<. It's only a few hours away!

I can't wait to get away from this office!!

The best way to discover new words is by reading a book.