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Wednesday, June 1, 2022Prosaic – Wordplay Wednesday™ 06/01/2022Once Upon a Time in my Diary... Most of the time I find t...
06/02/2022

Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Prosaic – Wordplay Wednesday™ 06/01/2022

Once Upon a Time in my Diary...

Most of the time I find these fun, odd, or skewed words for you, by chance, in something I read or often in a word game. This month, however, I became frustrated with Microsoft’s grammar police and sought out a word that would augment my soapbox rant ...

PROSAIC (prō-ʹzā-ik; ca. 1656) adj. – 1) a. – characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual; b. – : dull, unimaginative; 2) : everyday, ordinary. [WW-M #318]

The first definition begins interestingly, as a word that simply delineates two forms of writing. However ... more at https://www.penchantforpenning.com/2022/06/prosaic-wordplay-wednesday-06012022.html

Once Upon a Time in my Diary ... Most of the time I find these fun, odd, or skewed words for you, by chance, in something I read or ...

Tergiversation – Wordplay Wednesday™ 03/02/2022That's this month's Wordplay, but, what does it mean?? Taking that first ...
03/07/2022

Tergiversation – Wordplay Wednesday™ 03/02/2022
That's this month's Wordplay, but, what does it mean??
Taking that first bold step of the year keeps a commitment to yourself, and ensures you won’t commit a personal act of ...
https://www.penchantforpenning.com/2022/03/tergiversation-wordplay-wednesday.html

Are You Running on Empty? Finding your footing in a New Year isn’t always easy. By the third month of the year, however, we kinda need...

Tuesday, September 8, 2020Golden-ager – Wordplay Wednesday™ 09/09/2020Ol’ Gray Mare She Ain’t What She Used to Be! I’m n...
09/13/2020

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Golden-ager – Wordplay Wednesday™ 09/09/2020

Ol’ Gray Mare She Ain’t What She Used to Be!

I’m not fond of the new Merriam-Webster’s format of presenting words in its print edition—too complicated for quick perusal. Add to that its attempt to shorten definitions (presumably to save space) by referring the user elsewhere in the massive tome is simply frustrating.

Their new method does injustice to many words; and omitting some former descriptive text has muddled the meanings. And then … I stumbled on a word that made it personal …

GOLDEN-AGER (‘gōl-dɘn-‘ā-jɘr; 1961) n. – an elderly and often retired person usu. engaging in club activities. [WW #285]

Oh my, and this from a bona fide dictionary with a 2020 copyright. Golden-ager, as defined, is so many words of wrong. Obviously its meaning was 1) established in the 1960s which makes it vintage at the very least, and 2) a misnomer at best, and misconstrued meaning at worst? ... https://www.penchantforpenning.com/

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♪ Live for Today! Sha la la la la ♪ We are often reminded to live in the present. Especially when faced with fears that ...
11/21/2017

♪ Live for Today! Sha la la la la ♪ We are often reminded to live in the present. Especially when faced with fears that await us on a daily basis. Put your inhibitions aside. Recall fondly, the past—look forward eagerly to the future—but live for today!* With ... http://www.penchantforpenning.com/2017/11/nonce-wordplay-wednesday-110817.html

♪ Live for Today! Sha la la la la ♪ We are often reminded to live in the present. Especially when faced with fears that await u...

I know … it’s difficult to leave behind the heady mystique and spiritual effervescence of October. It’s time now though,...
11/21/2017

I know … it’s difficult to leave behind the heady mystique and spiritual effervescence of October. It’s time now though, to welcome the charity and spirit of Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season, with open arms, and … http://www.penchantforpenning.com/2017/11/effulgence-wordplay-wednesday-110117.html

First Light of the Holiday Season I know … it’s difficult to leave behind the heady mystique and spiritual effervescence of Oct...

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