zuateg
Subscriber since: Tue May 24 22:37:08 EDT 2011
Location: Lago Sul, Brazil
About Me
Brazilian,67, living in Brazil. Journalist, illustrator, poet, photographer. My wife is Mônica and we live in a rural area near Brasilia, the capital city of this country. Here, my first priority is improve in English and find new friends: change experiences and practice the language.
My Word Lists
My Favorites

Favorite Word:

Panthera

Least Favorite Word:

impossible

Favorite Quote:

""Hay de todo!" It is a galician (from Galicia, Spain) expression speaking of all that diversity that we find in this entire world. In other terms, it means: nothing is impossible."
- My grandmother

Favorite Topics:

Dictionaries:

The Post-Dictionary World?
Thu Jun 03 09:00:00 EDT 2021
Finding (or Inventing) Euphemisms in the Latest OED Update
Wed Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 2019

Language:

Metaphors We Live By (Updated)
Thu Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2022
Brand Names of the Year for 2021
Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2021

Storytelling:

Should You Self-Publish?
Mon Oct 26 09:00:00 EDT 2020
Why You Should Consider Back-And-Forth Writing
Thu Sep 24 09:00:00 EDT 2020

Vocabulary:

The Post-Dictionary World?
Thu Jun 03 09:00:00 EDT 2021
A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
Wed Jan 11 10:14:00 EST 2017

Word Origins:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
Thu Jul 21 12:00:00 EDT 2022
Scale Your Onboarding
Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2022

Words:

Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
Thu Jul 21 12:00:00 EDT 2022
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
Fri Aug 13 09:00:00 EDT 2021