... smell as sweet; This may be true in a world of denotations; but Juliet was apparently too love-struck to recognize that words have connotations, too! The best joke about the power of connotation is the one about the designer of a new perfume who realizes that, if he wants to sell his product, "Evening in Paris" will be a much better name than "Morning in Brooklyn!" ...

Summary: The connotation and meaning of the word “open” continue to degrade ONE OF the real issues that we have with Novell at the moment is its promotion of Microsoft XAML (departure from web standards), which people like O’Reilly conveniently ignore as there is a conflict of interests perhaps. Earlier this month we wrote about the 'Open' Web Foundation (OWF), which is ...

... actual short bus. Uh, thanks, Chris. Of course, short buses have a certain, well, connotation in popular culture. I'll just say that anybody who would purchase this vehicle and fix it up for private use would receive and deserve that connotation as well. It would probably be much more deserved than the actual connotation. So, is it bad that I'm running through the ...

... Web site: to read the latest issue and learn more about the journal. Connotation Press (food writing) The online arts and literary magazine Connotation Press is seeking food writing from the creative writer's perspective. If you' ... morsels to Amanda McGuire, the Food and Wine feature editor at Connotation Press <amandamcguire@connotationpress.com> . Bon Appetit ...

... I got to thinking about how many people feel the word feminist has a negative connotation.  And that maybe these are related.  I feel like the term b*tch has become, for some, ... that language evolves as the use of words changes.  Maybe the b-word has a stronger connotation for me than it does for other people who use it so loosely.  Personally, I rarely ever swear or cuss (I can&# ...

... use gay as a negative adjective, and that’s terrible. Fag, however, is another story. That word is meant to have a negative connotation, and though it’s still a shame to draw that connotation because of its modern relationship to the word fag, it’s great that someone is making an effort to change the word to something new. Leave it to South Park ...

... rather, it was part of bilad al-Sham, or Greater Syria...[that] had no national or political connotation". May we ask: was "Palestine" truly a political connotation, seared into local Arab consciousness, as he would seem to imply? More to the crux of the matter, why would a supposedly separate Arab national unit refer to themselves by a ...

Two things: First, Connotation Press has just accepted my CNF piece "Abandoning Furniture at the Hanover U-Haul", due to appear sometime in December. Second, the SIU Alumni Association ... commercial. The commercial will air during halftime of the men's basketball 2010 MVC Tournament, most likely during SIU's first/second round matchup. Go Tim! Go Salukis! LINK: Connotation Press

... on: I find it difficult to imagine that Ms Palin is unaware of this connotation in choosing it for the title of her book, given that she has never been above flirting with straight male admirers in any of ... that an expression that can serve as a sexual euphemism on some occasions has a sexual connotation on all occasions — that is, that any sexually tinged use contaminates all uses. That' ...

... a way in which I'm apologetic, somewhat ashamed, for still being at home. In our culture, the connotation of an adult living at home is usually one of a lazy bum mooching off of ... good advice: answer confidently, joyfully, lovingly, and Biblically. In doing so, we can change the negative connotation by showing that you can be useful, helpful, and productive while still living at home. It's ...

... can help guarantee a long life. They are careful that a product's name should have no negative connotation that might turn off customers. They run consumer opinion panels to judge how & ... as twaddle and twerp and through sound rhyme to nitwit-- none of these words having a particularly positive connotation. What are the synonyms for twit or twitter as a verb? "banter, caricature, cartoon, ...

... meant the hidden teachings (the mysteries, sort of). The word dogma used to have this mystical connotation. The change really occurred during the late medieval period as Aristotelian ideas were being ... of God to the physical plain of the authority of the church. Dogma took on the connotation of edicts of the established Catholic church, which were more or less inviolable. The mystical world in ...

My question is primarily for native speakers of German ('standard' or dialects). Are Hakenkreuz and Swastika synonymous, do they share the same connotation or not? What are the differences (in meaning and connotation)? Are these both used for the Nazi symbol or just one of them, and does this usage vary from dialect to dialect? Is there a difference between (spoken) dialects and ...

... far as f**king a bunch of groupies while taking drugs, because the usual connotation of being a rock star is having a cool life in which there is absolute freedom of action and also ... Montana for example, have been considered rockstars, probably owing more to the way MTV gave another connotation to the term than to how they used the songs they composed to depict their rockstar lives (and yes, even ...

... lucid moment, notes that the feminist label has been "corroded" and taken on a negative connotation that is difficult to shake, that its stereotype suggests "a woman who's basically unattractive ... is what she wrote in the preceding sentences: "I find this negative connotation to be shameful and highly unhelpful. Women could truly benefit from finding a more inspiring word ...