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A lex icon.
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A large vocabulary is like an artist having a big palette of colors. We don't have to use all the colors in a single painting, but it helps to be able to find just the right shade when we need it.
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Do the best job I can, not hurt our fellow beings on this planet, that's my religion.
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The verb 'fuck' has been a part of the language since at least early 1500s. The actual practice, far longer. So, no need to be embarrassed of either.
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Q: What language is not written in French? A: Sanskrit. In French, it's known as sanskrit or sanscrit, which you can interpret as sans (without) + écrit (written) https://www.facebook.com/wordsmithorg/posts/10157813707206840
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If you speak English, you speak at least a part of more than a hundred languages.
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Like a human being, each word has a story. To understand a word, we need to learn where it was born, what paths it took to reach where it is today and how it has changed along the way.
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All the life's wisdom can be found in anagrams. Anagrams never lie.
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Overall, the universe's apostrophe store stays in balance. It seems our linguistic world was intelligently designed - for every gratuitous apostrophe there's an instance where it's omitted.
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If you torture words enough, they'll confess to anything.
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Browsing the OED is the idea of a perfect day for me.
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A right word is the most direct route between two minds.
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English never met a word it didn't like.
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When life gives you lemons make melons.
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Scientifically speaking, an overweight person is more attractive than a skinny one. Newton's Law of Gravitation.
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A word in the head is worth two in the book.
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The best way to enrich vocabulary is organically, by coming across words in their natural habitat, taking the time to learn about them, their histories, and making lifelong friends with them.
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We're all surrounded by words like air, and we all need them even though they are often invisible, just like air.
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There are exotic species of words jumping out inviting me to play. I weave them into a theme, a garland of words.
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I have a dream where society will replace guns with dictionaries.