“My wife ordered iced coffee!”
Rewording Word Of The Day
The Merriam-Webster dictionary produces a word of the day, and the folks at Fark helpfully show us how to use it in a sentence:
M-W word of the day: gainsay
Helpful Fark: “I’m going to eat way too much over the holidays and gainsay five to ten kilograms.”
M-W word: abandon
Helpful Fark: “Paul McCartney and Wings’ biggest hit was abandon the run.”
M-W word: countenance
Helpful Fark: “We were curious how many insects were in the colony, so we spent the whole day countenance.”
Dinner Guest
When asked by The New York Times Book Review which writer he’d invite to a dinner party, comedian John Cleese answered, “Mark Twain… because he said, ‘Wagner’s music is much better than it sounds,’ which I think is the greatest joke ever made.”
Bragging…
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Reader’s Digest New Zealand (Digital) - 1 Issue, June / July 2024