Yes. A powerful positive word. The most positive word. Yet everyone talks about hope. They think about hope. They pray for hope. What a powerful word hope is. Think about its dominance as the unifying and urgent supplication in President Obama’s pursuit of his American dream. What if we take it to its reasonable next […]
The Art of Compromise: Little Steven Style
April 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How do you bring The Rascals, first known as The Young Rascals, to Broadway after all these years? When the members of this legendary group don’t even talk to each other, how can they go on stage together night after night? What do you do? Bringing in a mediator is sometimes the only way to […]
Captured
April 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Who would have thought that the one word we all urgently wanted to hear was captured? Today it is our favorite word. Exemplifying triumph over evil. Signifying justice. And emanating calm. After chaos, finally captured. That it was gloriously, triumphantly tweeted by the Boston Police Department made our hearts swell: CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. […]
The Words of Downton Abbey
February 20, 2013 by 4 Comments
Courtesy of Downton Soup: The Words of Downton Abbey, Season 3 As avid watchers of Downton Abbey, haven’t we all sat up, perked our ears and, scratching our heads, muttered: “Huh? What did Mrs. Hughes just say?” “What was Lord Grantham talking about?” Wordnik to the rescue! In her February 14 Wordnik Blog post, Angela […]
Silence
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“There are no words.” Isn’t that what people say after a tragedy? Here we are at holiday time. A time of festivity and remembrance, introspection and gratitude. Yet, at this holiday time, when we still hold hope for peace and joy, we also consider a tragedy befallen a community. And we are all a little […]
Grateful
November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
What do we think of when we think of the word grateful? “Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don’t care, Saw my baby down by the river, knew she’d have to come up soon for air. Sweet blossom come on, under the willow, we can have high times if you’ll abide, We […]
Carefree vs. Careless
October 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who doesn’t luxuriate in the feeling of being carefree? Didn’t we feel carefree when we were young? When dreams were unreserved and hopes high. How about now? As much as we still want to dig that carefree, easy feeling, we are older and wiser now. We don’t want to be careless and squander those good […]
Word of the Year Redux
January 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Here is a round-up of the Word of the Year hoopla – good and bad, happy and sad – a final say of the words that you either like or that cause you to scratch your head and say, “huh?” We begin with the eagerly awaited announcement from the American Dialect Society. Its choice for […]
Zeitgeist
January 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It is the spirit and attitude of a particular time. It represents the cultural, spiritual, or political climate. You could say that it is the spirit of the age, the sign of the times. People that influence it have their finger on the pulse. It captures the definitive feeling in a nutshell and it is […]
Imply vs. Infer
January 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
Two words that can be used interchangeably? That have the same meaning? Let’s see. Imply im·ply [im-plahy] verb 1. to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated 2. to signify or mean. 3. to involve as a necessary circumstance. Related Words: connote, entail. dictionary Synonyms: assume, include. thesaurus Origin: late 14c., “to enfold, enwrap, entangle” from O.Fr. emplier, […]
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