Dip in to this list anywhere, and give your inner editor’s funny bone a tickle. Take “hurriedly scurried.” Or “moral high horse.” Or “live studio audience.” “Old codgers.” “Old coots.” “Old fossils.” “Old ruins.” “Commonly available general knowledge that anyone would know.” I don’t make this stuff up. Bonus: Smiling at redundant phrases sharpens your writing. Warning: These things are addictive. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Wordplay
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 47 [writing/editing game]
How would you tighten this week’s Challenge Sentence? “When the do-hickey input is connected through external whatz-its that, when opened, whatz-itize the neutral or when…” Continue reading
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 46 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 45 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 44 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 43 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 42 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 41 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 40 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?
Tighten This! Challenge Sentence 39 [writing/editing game]
Come play the weekly concise-writing game, Tighten This! How would you tighten this week’s sentence?