Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of mermaid.
Examples
“Hence, ˜mermaids™ is being used to refer to the property of being a mermaid, not to individual mermaids.”
“She told me she was a mermaid and then asked, “Do you believe in mermaids?””
“I totally belive in mermaids but THIS is soooo FAKE!!!!!! someone Says:”
“And if the mermaids are the muses, is it possible that I have heard the mermaids singing each to each.”
“From silent-screen sirens to the fetching "mermaids" of Brighton, England, from New York's Rockaway Beach to Maine's Old Orchard Beach, and from vintage swimsuits to the Gilded Age artistry of the great American illustrator Edward Penfield, summertime has never looked more inviting.”
The Huffington Post: The New York Public Library: Dive Right In -- Summer's Here! (Slideshow)
“Whitfield's deepsmen bear the same relation to conventional 'mermaids' that Blade Runner's replicants do to creaky actors-in-tinfoil androids of earlier cinema, or that the Batman of Begins does to the Batman of & Robin.”
“Of course, there are many underwater monsters and sensual "mermaids", and by the standards of the dawning age of wonder it was pretty packed, but alas, it does not read as "space adventure", or any kind of memorable adventure at all (probably because of the total lack of characterization).”
“Reasons for reading: Review in People; the word "mermaids" in the title”
“Before ending these preliminary remarks, there might be mentioned the marine monsters, such as mermaids, sea-serpents, and the like, which from time to time have been reported; even at the present day there are people who devoutly believe that they have seen horrible and impossible demons in the sea.”
“To Beagan, Peter Pan's casual equation of "Indians" with imaginary Neverland creatures such as mermaids was part of a larger racist British mindset that didn't see native North Americans as a real people who existed in the present.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mermaids’.
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Know...
A bizarre and seemingly fictitious animal classification system described by the writer Jorge Luis Borges in his 1942 essay "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins".
those that belong..., embalmed ones, those that are tr..., suckling pigs, mermaids, fabulous ones, stray dogs, those included in..., those that trembl..., innumerable ones, those drawn with ..., others and 3 more...
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Quotables
Wonderful words featured in some of my favourite quotable quotes.
shirty, coffee spoons, vociferate, lies, happiness, insanity, writing, despair, commandeer, heaven, doubt, abstract and 48 more...
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M is for Miss Scarlet
My M Words
macaroni, mad hatter, madcap, malarkey, margarita, marmalade, maverick, mekka-lekka hi me..., minx, miss scarlet, mister, mister splashy pants and 80 more...
Tweets
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bilby Chin up, Alf. Apr 7, 2009
anydelirium 'I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think they will sing to me.'
-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot Feb 19, 2008