Wordplay Wednesday™ September 2, 2015 – Noetic thinking

Is being noetic, poetic?

NOETIC (nō etʹik) – adj. of or having to do with the mind or intellect; sometimes specifically able to be understood only by the intellect.

Think “poetic” with your noodle – not the pool noodle, silly – your noggin / noodle / little pea brain. Noetic belly-flops into your intellectual pool of thought.

We “wax poetic” from tidbits of prose floating through our minds. And we grab those tantalizing tastes of wisdom with our intellect – noetic.

But according to famous and infamous Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, “… intellect is, at best, only the half of truth …”*

So many philosophers, so little time … but let me feed your curiosity …

Wordplay Wednesday™ July 22, 2015 – Coinkydink: Hand of Fate

Okay, we know COINKYDINK (co-inky-dink) is not a real word – but we also react to the cutesy coined term with a knowing chuckle.

Today’s Wordplay Wednesday #22 falls on the 22^nd day of July. Coinkydink? Do you believe in coincidences?

COINCIDENCE (kō inꞋ sɘ dɘns; aka COINKYDINK) n. accidental and remarkable occurrence of events or ideas at the same time, suggesting but lacking a causal relationship. [Causal, m’dears, not casual. Oooooh, so close.]

Deviating from our usual unusual words list, coincidence is an interesting expression to explore, and more controversial than you might think, for one so ingrained in the English language. Are we tempting the hand of fate? ...