Fabric of English
Most words having to do with speech and storytelling relate to cloth and fabric.
- He gave a blanket description.
- The deails are hairy/fuzzy.
- Her evidence is a fabrication.
- Made it up from whole cloth.
- There are holes in the story.
- Iron out the wrinkles.
- Patch your nattative.
- Don't skirt the issue.
- Spin a story.
- Your excuse is a stretch.
- Stitch the story together.
- Don't string me along or rope me in.
- Follow the conversation thread.
- Tailor a narrative.
- Tie up loose ends.
- Her fiction unraveled.
- Weave a tale.
Money is Water
Plenty of "money" words have to do with water.
- bank -> as in river bank
- deposit -> as with mud and sediment
- flow of cash
- currency
- frozen account
- trick-down economics
- let it rain
- toxic assets
Eigenword
Interesting how this one word looks the same everywhere.
- Arabic - Alsukar
- Danish - Sukker
- Dutch - Suiker
- Egyptian - سكر (Sukkar)
- English - Sugar
- Finnish - Sokeri
- French - Sucre
- Hebrew - Sukar
- Hungarian - Cukor
- Icelandic - Sykur
- Irish - siúcra
- Italian - Zucchero
- German - Zucker
- Greek - Ζάχαρη (Záchari)
- Latin - saccharo
- Latvian - Cukurs
- Norwegian - Sukker
- Persian - شکر (Shakar)
- Polish - cukier
- Portuguese - açúcar
- Romanian - zahăr
- Russian - Sakhar
- Serbian - šećer
- Spanish - Azucar
- Swahili - sukari
- Swedish - Socker
- Turkish - Şeker
- Ukrainian - tsukor
- Yiddish - צוקער (tsuker)
Fuckabulary
Another type of universal word.
- Aggerssion - Fuck them up.
- Anger - Fuck you.
- Betrayal - Fucked over.
- Confusion - How the fuck?
- Curse - Go fuck yourself.
- Dismissal - Fuck off.
- Identification - Who the fuck?
- Intimacy - Get fucked.
- Mischief - Fuck with them.
- Philosophy - Who gives a fuck?
- Puzzlement - What the fuck?
- Regret - Fuck me.
- Resignation - Fuck it.
- Sexual - Let's fuck.
- Surprise - Oh fuck!