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Words have been primarily invented to deceive.
 

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Wound in the heart hurts worse than wound in the flesh--according to poets, anyway.
 

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Anyway, I was riding down the street when the dragon broke out of the seven-eleven and like totally toasted the Shruggy Shack.
 

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"Shack up" doesn't necessarily mean living in sexual intimacy, does it, like if I say, "I'm shacking up with my cousin this week?"
 

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Stronger prose results from using action verbs, eliminating adverbs and cutting all unnecessary verbiage, according to writing teachers, but what do they know?
 

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Sense, love, and decency is all that is needed.
 

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prunella vulgaris is also known as self heal; a low growing plant it sports a square stalk with blue tri=lobed flowers. although found in north america it is not (chuckle chuckle) indigenous.
 

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"Place your jewelry in this duffel bag," barked the burglar with the five o'clock shadow.