Category: They’re Only Words

adjective: someone who is selfish only thinks of their own advantage Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. I am now going to selfishly expect you to read this post on selfishness. Nobody likes selfish behaviour, do they? When a person is selfish, they put themselves before others. Before you….

adjective: stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone say “don’t be ridiculous”. As I like to believe I can count pretty high, I’ll say it’s a common phrase. As ever, I…

pronoun: used in questions and negatives to mean “something”; any event, act, object or situation Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. “Anything” can mean… well… anything. It’s practically all-encompassing. That being the case, I find it strange how blasé we seem to be when using the word. While I’m…

verb: to consider; to believe something; to have an opinion or idea; to decide; to reason; to use the brain to decide to do something, to plan, to solve a problem, to understand a situation, etc. Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. I think it’s time to give thinking…

noun: the part of a person that makes it possible for them to think, feel emotions and understand things Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. What’s the first thing that springs to mind when considering the word “mind”? A hand-drawn image of a human brain, pink and riddled with…

noun: brightness; adjective: not heavy Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. For this post, I shall endeavour to shed some light on the word “light”. As well as being a word with multiple direct meanings, “light” carries moral and religious connotations. Don’t worry: it’s not as heavy as it…

verb: to give an answer without all the facts so you cannot be certain if you are correct; to give the correct answer or make a correct judgement; noun: an attempt to give the correct answer when uncertain if you are correct; an opinion formed without any knowledge of the…

adjective: refusing to change actions or opinions Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. To be called stubborn is hardly complementary, is it? Perhaps not as bad as “obstinate”, but it’s still almost synonymous with being awkward, causing problems where there were none. Precious few people admit to being stubborn;…

noun: fold, verb: fold Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. We don’t like creases, do we? Culturally, I mean. Yet, they’re something you find almost anywhere you look: those clothes you have yet to/no intention of ironing, that screwed up tissue in your pocket, that crumpled piece of paper…

verb: to talk; adjective/noun: opposite Prefer listening to reading? Just click below. Let us now converse on the ancient art of civilised conversation – unless you prefer the sound of silence? Hello darkness my old friend… I’ve come to talk with you again… People love to talk, don’t they? Everyone…