February 12, 2006
What’s another word for thesaurus?
–Steven Wright
Word Mania
Are you just plain sick of a word, like “empowerment,” or an expression, like the vaguely obscene “bottom line”? Do you wish they’d just go away? You can nominate them for banishment at The Banished Words List.
Try a new add-in dictionary if you’re sick of Microsoft’s. WordWeb Pro, is [...]
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February 6, 2006
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.
–Walter Benjamin
Great Quotations
Brainy Quote is one of the best sites on the Internet for finding an apt quotation or browsing by author or topic.
Michael Moncur’s The Quotations Page is also good, but lately it’s clotted with pop-up [...]
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