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The Meandering Matriarch

~ AKA: Suellen Carey-Clarke

The Meandering Matriarch

Tag Archives: words

Pet Peeves — Linguistically Speaking

May 7, 2016

Six years ago I wrote a short piece here about how certain people, and cultural  groups, can be characterised by …

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And the Word Is…

January 25, 2015

Before I get into the discussion of certain words, I need to offer a bit of context.  Why do I …

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Shaped Like an Almond

November 27, 2012

Dictionary.com Word of the Day Sunday November 25, 2012 amygdaliform \uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm, adjective: Shaped like an almond. Amygdaliform derives from the …

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In Which The Meandering Matriarch Comes Unstuck On Friday 13th – Re-Blogged

July 14, 2012

Okay, it’s not Friday 13th — technically, anyway.  I seem to have rather a lot of those ,so I don’t …

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Pardon Me While I Fard

April 26, 2012

I’ve learned a new word!  I love it when I can add a new word to my day-to-day vocabulary. And …

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Plumbing: The Metaphor

May 23, 2011

Have you any idea how many plumbing metaphors there are?  Neither do I.  But I was amazed to discover that …

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Merry Christmas and Other Oxymorons

December 12, 2010

oxymoron  – noun:  a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect; a contradiction of terms. …

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Dictionary (n): Book explaining the words of a language

November 28, 2010

Has my dictionary become obsolete, or have I?  (“Well, yes,” I hear you murmur.)  Okay, so my Oxford English Dictionary …

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Nouns and Verbs and Other Kinds of People

April 6, 2010

I was recently reminded of the quote from Buckminster Fuller: “I think I am a verb.” R. Buckminster Fuller US …

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