Word of the Day

pathos

A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.

Mystery word (related):

Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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knackered?

You’ve only just begun to live.

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What about the phrase of the day? I thought of this thread when I read this story.

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Ok, admit it. You just posted that blog and your pen name is Lindsey Ellefson. :rofl:

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Just posting to put Peepeep’s mind at ease if this a hot new phrase.

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Frog has good mouthfeel. Savor. :slight_smile:

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Hear hear. :frog:

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homager

An actual word, who knew.

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picaresque

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watch wonder speak

Much of my life has been spent trying to imagine what it’s like to be another human being.
-Oliver Sacks

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Is that the bath water?

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Frog fatigue. :slight_smile:

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alliterate & illiterate

a simple substitution (‘a’‘i’)

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History doesn’t repeat but it often rhymes.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/12/history-rhymes/

Industrial revolution

  1. :dashing_away: :ocean:
  2. :locomotive: :telephone_receiver: :electric_plug:
  3. :desktop_computer: :dvd: :globe_with_meridians:
  4. :robot: :microbe: :full_moon:
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:white_question_mark:

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Too much of an ‘edifice’ if both caps. :slight_smile:

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“I” and “R”? I was wondering about removing the “r”, not capitalizing it. Maybe that wasn’t clear. :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

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