Tag Archives: language

Can we stop calling them buildings?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by pouringmyartout

I get confused by the word ‘building’. Somehow, it is not only a thing you do, but the thing you are doing that thing to. To me, it makes no sense that, once you are done doing that thing, you … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged building, buildings, English, grammar, humor, language, words | 8 Comments

If you have to have one in the back seat of your car…

Posted on July 13, 2016 by pouringmyartout

… it is far better to have theoretical dragon than the heretical dragon… Just sayin’…

Posted in Everything Else | Tagged dragons, humor, language, puns, words | 4 Comments

If you miss this post, you are missing the point…

Posted on February 12, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that was a bad joke… but little miss Olivia does like to point… If you think about it, pointing is a great way for little kids to learn how to communicate before they can speak. Obviously, it can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged babies, babysitting, current-events, humor, kids, language, photography | 14 Comments

Ermagerd, it turns out, isn’t a female character in a Wagner opera…

Posted on August 20, 2015 by pouringmyartout

It is, as a matter of fact, one of those expressions that pops up and somehow worms its way into the public consciousness, being used often enough that there is some slight danger that the people at The Webster Dictionary … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged art, current-events, ermagerd, history, humor, language, OMG, social-media, words, young people | 28 Comments

When my wife gives me a chore list…

Posted on July 11, 2015 by pouringmyartout

In my head, I just call it a bucket list… That way, as long as I do them all before I die… See, it is just a matter of semantics.

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged chores, current-events, humor, language, love, marriage, philosophy, relationships, words | 22 Comments

Balderdash… part 6…

Posted on December 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Well, I hope you all had fun with our little game. Just to finish things off, here is the definition of the word from the last post. The word was: ‘Fretzer’… According to the American Dictionary of Slang, published in … Continue reading →

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Balderdash… part 3…

Posted on December 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Here is our first word for the day: Flubtard… And I guess it is time to announce that the word from the last Balderdash post was a word I just made up. So it might be hard to pick a … Continue reading →

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Words…

Posted on November 19, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Words are so powerful. They exist only as puffs of air and the vibrations of our vocal chords that transmit sound waves that react with the eardrums of other human beings. And yet words are so much more. They encapsulate … Continue reading →