Off the peg thoughts
A fine metaphor for a mind incapable of original thought or phrasing. The lady has a stock of ready-made comments...
Mastiff-like tenacity
Such jaw-gripping tenacity is used to describe the force that the ending '-cious' adds to words, as in the word...
Splatchers
‘Splatchers?’ said Roger.  ‘Splatchers,’ said the boy. ‘For walking on the mud.’  ‘Gosh!’ said Roger. ‘Like snowshoes?’
When these children...
Orographic
I learned some fine landscape words from reading Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams.  Orographic means ‘relating to mountains, especially as regards...
Plump with meaning
When there is substance behind them, the most ordinary words acquire meaning, and so satisfy the senses as ripe nuts...
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