He didn’t stand a chance/opportunity/opening.
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On this day in 1852, the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus (the wordiest dinosaur ever) was published. Compiled by English doctor, writer and inventor Peter Mark Roget (who was also a Capricorn … are we all word nerds??), it’s never been out of print.
I joke about people who sound like they swallowed a thesaurus, but words are kind of a huge part of my job. They’re also my hobby because I’m weird and have no life.
Nope, I can’t let go of my nerdiness even for a day.
Search me.
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With extra synonym and cream cheese icing!
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They’re stealthy like the night.
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Cadaverous is a fun word to say … not to be, but to say.
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It’s itchy, scratchy, inflamed, uncomfortable, vexatious, ulcerated …
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Go back … you’ll get there. Try looking in E for exasperating.
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And especially don’t poke your finger at them and say, “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”
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That’s enough of that for the day. I’ll just keep it warm for ya.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
Someone described the profession of writer as simply rearranging the 26 letters of the alphabet. For me, that sometimes happens effortlessly, and other times I put one word after another like a drunk trying to walk a straight line for the police.
Capricorns Rule!
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Ditto, and super-ditto! 🐐
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My astrological sign is Cancer and I am also a word nerd. No I am not crabby–most of the time. Capricorns really get my goat unless I cannot “sea” them.
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Word nerds come in all stripes, but Capricorns seem to have more than their fair share. There’s an awful lot of them in the newsroom, including my buddy Deering. 🤓
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I suspect that one of the reasons I became a word nerd was all of the time I spent reading my father’s collections of POGO comic books. Walt Kelly, who created and wrote POGO, was a word nerd and he really liked to play with words and their meanings.
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Cartoonists are some of the biggest word nerds there are.
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The strip, Shoe, seems to love taking liberties with language. Recently, a policeman was reporting there had been a robbery at the flower shop. When asked how the owner was taking it, the policeman replied, “He’s kind of a petrified florist.”
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Did your grammar cook delicious synonym rolls?
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Both of them did! 🍥
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Thank you Earl Babbie, Shoe was one of my favorite comic strips.
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Was the florist stoned or just petrified? This sounds like a rocky situation to me.
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Ba-dum-bum! 🥁
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