Graeme Roberts
Subscriber since: July 2007
Location:
Pittsford,
NY
My Favorites
Favorite Word:
possibleThis simple, inoffensive word that slides like a snake under a stage curtain evokes all the best and most positive in life. It should be said with a slight smile and a twinkle of approval.
Least Favorite Word:
traditionTradition is the dirtiest word I know. It represents the power of ignorance and the seductiveness of settling for the conventional, the easy, the thoughtless and the mediocre.
The rhythm of the word offends me too. The d and the second t are so close that they seem as constraining and limiting as the idea. Clipped, military in bearing, without thought or magic.
Favorite Quote:
"This is the true joy of life, the being used by a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
Favorite Topics:
Books:
Let's Talk Turkey: A Word That's Waddled Round the Globe
November 25, 2014
- 6 Comments
Branding:
Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015
- 6 Comments
Get "Smart"
January 26, 2015
- 4 Comments
Fun:
Crude, Anatomical, Off-Broadway Euphemisms
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
For Grammar Day, Write a Haiku!
March 2, 2015
- 1 Comment
How to write:
Language arts:
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014
- 4 Comments
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014
- 13 Comments
Marketing:
Brand Names of the Year for 2014
December 12, 2014
- 1 Comment
Plimsolls on Offer: British Borrowings in U.S. Marketing Speak
November 19, 2014
- 6 Comments
Media:
"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015
- 1 Comment
Looking Back on Jon Stewart's Portman-Coinages
February 11, 2015
Naming:
Truly, Madly, Deeply... BucketListly?
February 26, 2015
- 6 Comments
Getting on a First-Name Basis with Winter Storms
January 27, 2015
- 1 Comment
Word Origins:
Geeking Out On "Fleek"
February 23, 2015
- 1 Comment
"On the Media" Tackles "Whistleblowers"
February 17, 2015
- 1 Comment
Poetry:
In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014
- 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014
- 1 Comment
Politics:
A New Book Deciphers the Jargon of American Politics
October 8, 2014
- 1 Comment
The "Yanks" Are Coming: From Disparagement to Pride
July 4, 2014
Words:
Crude, Anatomical, Off-Broadway Euphemisms
March 4, 2015
Hairy Metaphors
February 27, 2015
- 6 Comments
Writing:
Storytelling:
Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014
- 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
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