word_nerd
nr
"
just
make
sure
you're
not
doing
it
to
assuage
their
guilt
,"
she
said
.
i
was
thinking
the
same
thing
,
but
substituted
with
the
word
"alleviate"
instead
of
"assuage."
these
word
choices
made
the
word_nerd
in
me
happy
,
which
always
makes
everything
else
seem
just
a
little
brighter.
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...
raze
sometimes
a
scene
from
the
golden
age
of
"
the
simpsons" floats
into
my
head
. homer's presumed-dead
mother
returns
after
a
decades
-long
absence
and
bonds
with
his
precocious,
misunderstood
daughter
.
"
you
know
,
lisa
,"
she
says
, "
i
feel
like
i
have
an
instant
rapport
with
you
."
"
you
didn't
dumb
it
down
,"
lisa
says
,
smiling
like
she
wants
to
cry
. "
you
said
'rapport'."
it's
rare
to
meet
people
who
value
words
the
way
we
do
.
it's
a
special
feeling
when
it
happens
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from