Category Archives: Cloudeight Site Picks

The Hippopotamus of Words

Let’s say you’re feeling particularly ornery and you want to lash out. You could write a vitriolic diatribe and post it on your social media account. But what if you don’t like the word vitriolic — say it annoys you because it sounds like I’m a sesquipedalian. If you visit Word Hippo you can type in vitriolic and… Read More »

Mending Wall…kind of

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast… “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost This article has zero to do with Robert Frost, but it might. It has nothing to do with poetry, but it might. It… Read More »