Words + Phrases

A Collection

I collect words and phrases off the street, from pages of books, movies, teacher's lectures, recipes, from people's conversations, and everywhere else in between. I love the power and interest they generate.

WORDS

Provocative
Truncated
Vulnerable
Paradoxical
Commune
Visceral
Modality
Incognito
Agitate
My pleasure
Chintzy
Behooves
Tome
Intergalactic
Miasma
Compost
Moniker
Propagandistic
Huckster

Savant

Bespoke

Fail Process

Rabbit hole
Finicky
Untempered
Bear traps
Fragility
Manifesto
Leverage
Constructs
Suspend
Homespun
Humanizer
Cherish
Cadence
Untether
Spaces
Nodes
Cloisters
Perfunctory
Abstract

Reckon

Oddly infused

Nary

Echelon
Customize
Sanctuary
Belfries
Salty
Yeoman
Hinging
Yammering
Fodder
Ramifications
Furlough
Hungry, curious people
Sugar-coated
Substantiation
Bailiwick
Reliquary
Albatross
Apogee

Salty

Intentional

Self-discipline

Manaical

Augmented
Willy-nilly
Cowboy
Harmony
Identity
Savor
Top ramen
Bubbly guppies
Touchstone
Change
Advocate
Outlier
Persevere
Dovetail
Lambast
'whiz-bang'
Mundane
Fail process

Unashamed

Strive / striving

PHRASES

"Sweet Moses"
"Bent on his way"
"Beautiful Metropolis"
"Welded together"
"Shingle Revivers"
"...had the cool nerve to..."
"Bolt from the blue"
"I nerded on this..."
"Dead people are toxic"
"Not a 'glitzy initiative'"
No "Cookie cutter" solutions

"On first blush"

"And we shared some words"

"Je ne sais quoi"

"Negative ability"

"Oh spit that out"

"He is bright and lerpy trying to figure out what it means to be a man."
"Poo-poo"
"Moral sewer of scandal"
"Hey Johnny!"
"Saw what was written on the wall"
"Glued to his face"
"The car ride to nowhere to just clear our heads."
"Calcified synapses"
"...Fabricate the visual landscape of our culture."

"I look both ways in the middle of the street because it has the best view."

"Waiting for the muse to strike"

"Morphed in my mind"

"Feel your feelings"

"Unsatisfied with truth"

"Is that a bridge too far?"