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thanks tsuwm,
just a minor correction : Joseph Conrad
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>do you have an amazing memory, or an amazing (to me at least) facility w/ the Internet, or both?? well, I guess it must just be the second since I butchered Conrad's first name! 
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Tsuwm--
I went to the anagram server (thanks, David, for the reminder) and put in "I butchered Conrad".
Two apt ones were:
He'd don't err a cubic, and
A cherub cried don't.
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the 4th of July wwftd is: petard
don't be hoist on your own petard on this (US) holiday.
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This is a night when petards go off all over my neighborhood--so many that the air is hazy!
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My favorite word is palindrome. Can anyone guess what it means? I've loved this word since third grade. It's a fun word.
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Welcome, Us...! Well, let's see: palindrome, eh? Sounds like it ought to be an entertainment facility where you take your friends. So, perhaps, would rats star there? 
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Palindrome
Famous Example : Able was I ere I saw Elba
I like words that are phonetic exemplars of the things they stand for... for best effect, say them out loud :
silk
mellifluous
gregarious
opaline
limpid
shatter
glitch
and on the ugly side : hate.
wow
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Favorite words
Last night, while pretending to read my Physical Anthropology textbook and suffering intense Wandering Mind Syndrome (I wonder if that's akin to Restless Leg Syndrome? Whoops, there I go again) I came across the word pilfer and realized that I like the way it sounds. Other words that have "p" and "f" in them came to mind as well-- piffle, puffy, perforate... I guess it's the combination of sounds that I like.
Another favorite word of mine: Praxis.
I don't know if it's a "real" word, but I like the sound of it. If I ever discover a planet, I think I will name it Praxis.
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If I ever discover a planet, I think I will name it Praxis. You might rename Jupiter that. According to Kant, and I can't remember where or what his reasoning, the people on Jupiter have such a superior work ethic, they work 24/7--and love it! 
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