word-lover

Words are celebrated in vocabularic feats -- Page 117 alone delights a word-lover with "syzygy," "invigilator" and "fusee."

Tom McCarthy's "C," reviewed by Samantha Hunt 2010

At this point, my writing is generally pretty basic, although as a word-lover it is impossible for me to resist the witty comment (two I'm unreasonably proud of are "To me, a Sicilian Defense is the Fifth Amendment", and "The only thing lonelier than an empty church is a crowded whorehouse") or the apt metaphor.

Map Quest 2007

When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.

French Word-A-Day: 2007

When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.

robinet - French Word-A-Day 2007

When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ( "chrome," "mode," * "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix" * terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.

French Word-A-Day: 2007

When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ("chrome," "mode,"* "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix"* terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.

robinet - French Word-A-Day 2007

When I mention that the retro line doesn't match our current budget, Corinne, with the clack-clack-clack of her high-heels, tactfully whisks us to the recesses of the store where she is no longer uttering a one-syllabled stylistic sales pitch ("chrome," "mode,"* "chic") but using phrases like "bon rapport qualité prix"* terms that suddenly sing to the word-lover (and wallet-watcher) in me.

French Word-A-Day: 2007

Though Chambers has included a new "word-lover's miscellany", its attempts to keep up with modern slang seem a bit forced.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

This was preceded by a generous EP, a strange melange of spoken word and singalong art song dedicated and based on the lyrics of the acerbic, angsty Jewish Glasgow word-lover/performer Ivor Cutler.

Three Imaginary Girls - Seattle's sparkly indie-pop press Chris Estey 2010

This was preceded by a generous EP, a strange melange of spoken word and singalong art song dedicated and based on the lyrics of the acerbic, angsty Jewish Glasgow word-lover/performer Ivor Cutler.

Three Imaginary Girls - Seattle's sparkly indie-pop press 2010