Vocabulary

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

~ Mos Def

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When I was in Mrs. Richardson's sixth grade class, I remember a contest we had.  She had us come up with as many ways of saying the word "said" as possible.  I totally won that contest.  Know how I did it?  Reading Hardy Boys books.  Biff chortled.  Frank pondered.  The other Hardy boy agreed.  Seriously, they hardly ever used the word "said" in those books.

"I don't think I got a prize.  I should have," she grumbled.  Bitterly.