This week's theme: words with color as metaphors. blue streak (bloo streek) noun
1. Something moving very fast. 2. A rapid and seemingly endless stream of words. [Or unknown origin, perhaps an allusion to a bolt of lightning.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The amiable young teen talks a blue streak to the camera or anyone who happens to be nearby, his eyes darting about and his expression morphing from moment to moment." Limited Movie Runs: Bill the Kid; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Jan 10, 2008. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q Want a professional writer's help? Critiques, help with writer's block. Fiction, nonfiction, business writing. Free newsletter. http://RoySorrels.com ............................................................................ I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm. -Alice Walker, author (b. 1944) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/blue_streak.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/blue_streak.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/blue_streak.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
