Blog of Josh Hall

Give someone a shove, and they take flight. Give one some love, and they take your night. Take someone’s breath away, and they give you love. Take the time in a day, and they give answers from above.

A malapropism (AKA dogberryism or acyrologia) is a phrase or word that can substitute to sound like another word phrase. Just like when you have some misheard song lyrics (These are called mondegreens btw), usually these have funny stories if they come up in real life situations. Here are a few examples of ones I’ve [...]

When the most beautiful words I never spoke Are at the tip of my tongue and then I choke On the possibility that you might respond And then we€™ll meet, and I€™ll grow fond Of the way your hair slowly covers your eye Or the way your hand gently brushes mine Or how the blood [...]

I used “Meaningness” in a sentence yesterday, and the other person questioned the existence of that word. I faltered, thought about it, and we came to the conclusion that it was not a word, and that i should have just used “meaning.” Post-conversation thoughts made me think of why I used that word. I swear [...]