Thursday, April 3, 2025

“Groceries”

An “old-fashioned term,” to be sure, but “a beautiful term.” “It sort of says a bag with different things in it”: a president speaks of “groceries.”

[Also works an apt figurative characterization of Orange Crate Art.]

2 comments:

  1. "Sundries" is another great word that is too little used. Or "various and sundry".

    Ceci

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  2. Ceci, I think you’d like this post: https://mleddy.blogspot.com/2022/11/got-twine.html. Bring back notions and sundries!

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