181 Quotes About Vocabulary

Language construction will BREED a mythology. J.R.R. Tolkien

Greeley knew no language but his, but of that, he possessed a most extraordinary mastery. An employee

Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.

[T]he accumulation of things not spelled out, not properly articulated, may result in neurosis.

Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.

How many words are you having trouble with, sir?""Just the ones that I've highlighted.""I count at least a dozen, and I haven't gotten out of the first paragraph.""That's as far as I got, too. I'm not sure you and I speak the same language.

OK, so the guy is cool, but... I mean own up, this is barking time, this is major lunch, this is stool approaching critical mass, this is... this is... total vocabulary failure!

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags.” Gay is not a synonym for shitty. If you wanna say something’s shitty, say it’s shitty. Stop being such homophobic assholes.