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Wordplay, Briefly

Writing

There should be a word for the circumstance where you wake up, briefly,early in the morning, and then fall back into a deep sleep.  I propose “resleep”.

There should also be a word for the human face that looks attractive when viewed face-on, but is unattractive when viewed in profile.  An asymmetry, of sorts.  I suppose the opposite scenario (attractive in profile; unattractive when viewed face-on) could be covered by the same term.

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Words and Phrases I Don’t Want To Hear in 2009

Culture & Entertainment, Humor, Reviews

What were the most annoying, most repetitive, most mind-numbingly banal phrases of 2008 that you hope die and stay dead before they can infect 2009?  Without further buildup, here are mine:

  1. Ready on day one
  2. Maverick
  3. I can haz <anything>
  4. You betcha
  5. Commander-in-chief
  6. Boots on the ground
  7. Hockey mom
  8. Look
  9. Bailout
  10. President Bush

What are yours?

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