Blowing Smoke
You know the old phrase “blowing smoke” – well, it is a curious thing. When people say it, do they mean it? Or, is that just a phrase that doesn’t really have clarity anymore. Idioms abound and people just say Read More …
Tag: slang
Gap In Between
There is always a gap in between two things, periods in time or people’s ages that makes connection difficult. It isn’t just the distance, time or age – it is the inability to come together and/or communicate clearly. How far Read More …
The True Definition
When you work through etymology, the true definition of a word matters. It took people years of debate, collaborative input and evaluation to figure it out. After all of this, they wrote a dictionary; others created encyclopedias – taking it Read More …
Watch Your Language
You must watch your language. Not just swearing. Not just being impolite. Not just being short. Not just being curt. Not just being vague. Not just being lazy and resorting to slang. Not just being too polite to say what Read More …
Is Salty A Bad Thing
Combination post: Is salty a bad thing? It probably depends entirely on context. Salty in food: overly seasoned, with salt (pretty hard to get away from using the base word here) Salty in life: synonymous with bitter, but more specifically Read More …