The other day I stumbled upon a website for parents identifying current teen slang. It made me realize that there were still a few phrases I’ve been using since high school. Of course, I don’t know how we can track the words currently in or out. And who keeps this list up-to-date? I guarantee it’s…
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Back in my younger days, we couldn’t use a calculator. We had to do all of our math by hand or use a slide rule. Kids today laugh about that fact. I even went to school in an era before spell-check. I’m not sure how we survived. At least we had computers…
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Everyone knows, what you can say can be used against you in a court of law. But over the last decade, plus what you type could be just as dangerous. And now that everyone is using social media, the things you wrote could hang over your head forever…
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Today we’re talking about nugs. But really, we’re talking about how that word means different things to different people. If you have kids, you know we’re talking about chicken nuggets. But, if you know anything about…
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Yesterday I was discussing my interest in copycat recipes. So, of course, that got me wondering about the origins of the word copycat. I’ve heard it used forever, but it’s never made sense why we say, copycat. What does it have to do with cats? Of course, I had to find out…
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Even in times of struggle there is one word that still elicits more response than any other. I truly believe that this is and always will be the most powerful word in any language. That word; free…
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Everybody has words that make them cringe. There are some words that offend everyone, and then there are some common word that also can be upsetting. But then there are some words that bother people and we wonder why…
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We all have words that annoy us for some particular reason. Now I’m not talking about horribly offensive words like the n-word or the c-word. I’m talking about normal words that just drive us mad whenever we see them or hear them…
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I truly work at having a fresh topic to discuss every day. And while I never want to be repetitive, there is one thing I do seem to repeat…
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I often feel I could write a book about the hazards of getting old. We all experience these things, like forgetting words. I can be in the middle of a conversation and all of the sudden I can’t remember one simple word. It just escapes me. And there’s not much I can do about it…
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