Jan
10
Bailiwick
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Bailiwick - which originally meant the district of a bailiff — and now means one’s particular area of activity, authority, interest, etc., or a special domain.
I love the sound of the word (which I thought was Irish), and it means different things at different times of the day, depending if I am at home or at work, working at work or on the phone with a client: I have many bailiwicks and I can have as many as I want as a bailiwick is (largely) in the eye of the beholder: Flowers are my bailiwick, trusts and estates are my bailiwick, my house is my bailiwick, reading is my bailiwick: it encompasses knowledge, legal authority, practical authority, or even a willingness to learn (as in “I would like to make [insert field of knowledge or activity] my bailiwick”).
After hours of gardening in the hot sun, I like to think of bailiwick as a changeling on its way to becoming a verb: You better bailiwick on out of here if you know what’s good for you, varmint.
Now, go find your own bailiwick — this one’s mine.
Janet Rae Montgomery
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Jan
10
Tantrum
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I just like the way it sounds when I say it.
Julie
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Jan
10
Chthonic
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The juxtaposition of “ch” and “th” is unique and exciting, and the meaning, “relating to the Underworld” is powerful and suggestive.
Harry Hancock
New York
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Jan
10
Aubergine
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Aubergine rolls through the mouth, tastes like it’s colour and spells “cubeshine” on SMS predictive text.
Sandra O’Connor
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