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A random selection of creative terms, a.k.a. locutions, pulled from my daily practice of word association.
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Amusing ramblings stuffed with witty wordfoolery! Juxtapositional japes! And all manner of chucklesome nonsense insisting on itself!
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But that’s not all, folks…
Because when we explore language together in this way, when we place words in unexpected yet still meaningful combinations, we can unlock our expressive potential and become better writers, better thinkers, and better friends.
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