The Power of Words by A B Plum
The Power of Words “Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words can never harm me.” Remember this childhood ditty? Remember how old you were when you knew it was a lie? Words hurt. They can break the heart and wound the soul. Once said, they can’t be unsaid (though, mercifully, sometimes we can forget them). The most obvious example of words used as missiles of mass destruction was during the presidential election. Too often, those of us listening to the vitriol spilled across the airwaves couldn’t believe our ears. Parents around the country covered their children’s ears. For us writers, the bad ‘rap’ words have gotten in the past few months threatens to tarnish our only creative tool. But . . . new words come into the English language every second of the day. Here are a few I’ve discovered recently. Do you know what they all mean? Vlog –makes sense blogs and video would collide. Yogalates – makes more sense than tai’lates, right? Glam...