Portal. I don't know if I really like it or dislike it, it's just become in vogue.
Phrase I like (obligatory "mods, please create a new thread if that's appropriate, as this is a phrase and not merely 'words' and b/c I know you like excess threads" nod) ... "cutting to the chase"
Portal. I don't know if I really like it or dislike it, it's just become in vogue.
Tripping William asked me to add a word to this thread for him. He couldn't do it himself because it is a word he tries to never utter...or even type.
The word is familiar to anyone who plays golf or has played golf for any length of time. It starts with an "s." It is five letters long. It rhymes with "dank."
Dang it, I can't type it, either!!!
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust
I just learned a new word, and I like it: dysphemism (noun)
Definition of dysphemism
: the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one
also : an expression so substituted
I loathe "retcon".
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
I still like “ Ya’ll...or was it “Y’all”....anyway...I really do ; )
April 15th
or the related words
tax season