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Word of the day!
Last night while I was trying–and, until 3:30 am, failing–to sleep, the word skeevy popped into my head, and it made me laugh out loud.
You know, like LOL.
LOL!
But seriously. What a word! There’s magic in there! The sk, the v, the long e in between… something onomatopoeic in all that, no?
I invite you to take […]
Sexantics
On Friday at acupuncture, I thought about the phrase “sex life” for a long time. You know how if you say a word over and over again, you start wondering if you might be mistaken, maybe it’s not actually a word after all, because suddenly it sounds crazy and the letters seem to be randomly […]
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