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 Embrangle- 1) verb-- to mix up in confusion; to make complicated, to bewilder Pogonophobia- 1) noun-- a fear of beards Story Slingers May 15, 2022 Myrna Flynn The Dictionary Man Strikes Again Merlyn Jones was a jovial person. I think his main entertainment was pursuing the dictionary for the least used words to embrangle anyone that he could corral. By the time he had spent 10 minutes talking with people, they were totally confused and bewildered. They spent all day trying to figure out what he was telling them. They did not realize that he really was not saying anything that was important. He was only interested in their expression as they tried to understand. As soon as one word was over used, he searched the dictionary to bamboozle with again. I would almost be convinced that he slept with the dictionary.  Also, he has a strange phobia, Pogonophobia, which is the fear of beards. If his face shows even a hint of a 5'clock shadow, he rushes into the neare...

  Sarah's Surprise  By: Carrie Keiser There was a knock on the door, ‘because the hour is much too late’, Sarah grumbled while she got up to answer it anyway. She figured they could see the light and they would know she was home. Unfortunately this had become a rather ordinary thing to her, having people knock on the door at any given moment, normal but not really appreciated. That’s what happens when you accidentally become famous because your actions. What kind of actions could make one famous…. Or was it infamous? I’ll let you decide. Sara drug her feet as she slowly walked to the door. She didn’t want another person come to gawk at her.  Really what was the big deal, it was only one thing she didn’t do! ‘She simply wouldn’t take the garbage out.’ Slowly she reach out to turn the door knob as she steeled herself for another blow.  What she saw on the doorstep shocked her, it was not a person or several people, -as she expected- it was simply a box addressed t...

Pleonasm [ple-o-nasm] 1. (n) the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea, redundancy. 2. an instance of this; as free gift or true fact. 3. the redundant word or expression Fanfaronade  [fan-far-o-nade] 1. (n) an arrogant or boastful talk. 2. fanfare Solivagant [soh-LIH-va-ghent] 1. (n) a lone wanderer. 2 (adj) characterized by solitary wandering; rambling alone Markus and Jilly By:Carrie Keiser Standing there looking out over the valley from this height, Markus could not believe how blessed he was. The beauty of the majestic mountains had always captured him. He especially enjoys them in solitude. This is a concept not everyone can understand, only those who lean towards the solivagant life.  His penchant for wandering around alone had always been hard on his relationships. The women in his life had never quite grasped the appeal and need he had for just disappearing for days or weeks at a time, until now. He had met Jilly one afternoon while wandering th...