Not too much "stuff" but plenty of "intangibles."
New winter coat. "Your existing, still functional coat is UGLY.
"
Mini electronic picture frame key chain.
Gift cards. "Argh! I don't know what to get you!"
Clear roads to get to family gathering.
Nobody was sick, so no five-days-later-incubating-bug.
etc etc.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
New winter coat. "Your existing, still functional coat is UGLY.
"Mini electronic picture frame key chain.
Gift cards. "Argh! I don't know what to get you!"
Clear roads to get to family gathering.
Nobody was sick, so no five-days-later-incubating-bug.
etc etc.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll