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JUBILEE

Wild Word Friday!   Our word today – JUBILEE – comes to us from the ancient Hebrew via a long journey through Europe. Every fifty years, according to a law that has been recorded in the Old Testament book of Leviticus (chapter 25, verse 10): “And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty…

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SWARD

Wild Word Friday! SWARD is one of those words seldom heard in modern English. As a noun, it’s used to designate a grass-covered area or a field. As a verb it means to cover or become covered with grass. SWARD traces its roots to an Anglo-Saxon word, sweard, which means a skin or hide. In…

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Your Pet! OSCAR

Beautiful Oscar! According to his mom, Lisa, “Oscar is a spoiled rotten Pomeranian.” We venture to add another word to that description, Lisa – Beautiful!  Four-year-old Oscar loves to dress up in fancy clothes and collars. He likes to play fetch, “all the time,” says Lisa. When he stands on his hind legs and waves his…

YOUR PET! Brock

Bright Lights, Beautiful Dog – Brock Brock is a pit bull, but his owner Jeff says that he will make any close-minded person immediately change any pre-conceptions they might have about pit bulls. Brock is sweet, loving, happy and loves to run around and play. He’s great with kids, too. Join me in welcoming Brock…

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PITCH

Wild Word Friday! PITCH is one of those words that takes up a third of a column in the dictionary because it has so many meanings. It also has two separate entries in the dictionary because there are two separate and unrelated origins for the word, each with its own group of meanings. Today I’m…

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