Hope (noun) The one feeling that makes you believe every morning that you will get more sleep later at night but you still end staying up too late and way past your bedtime. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the name implies is … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #44
Regret (noun) When you hesitate for a fraction of a second to do a random act of kindness and end up losing the window of opportunity. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the name implies is to come up with a one-liner. Please … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #43
Suspense (noun) The feeling you get when you're reading a really good book and you can't wait to find out what happens, and you keep turning the pages as you race to get to the end and lose track of time in the process. True bibliophiles will know what I mean. 😉 This post was … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #42
Breath* (noun) Just another really important process that is a sign that you are alive, but is also the traitor that conspires with your mask to fog up your glasses and make your life a nightmare. * This definition is only applicable to those of us who have to wear glasses...because our vision is way … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #41
Disappointment (noun) The feeling that engulfs you, drowns you and threatens to pull you under when you realize that the one thing you have been looking forward to for a long time is probably never going to happen. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #40
Language (noun) A means of communication meant to make communicating with others simpler but ends up confusing the intended recipient even more if the "language" used is too complex! This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the name implies is to come up with … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #39
Compliment (noun) Words of praise or admiration that might be true but could also be laced with a heavy dose of sarcasm, especially if your close ones are the source of the said "compliment". This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the name implies … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #38
Creativity (noun) When you come up with impromptu, random lyrics (that do not bear any resemblance to the actual lyrics) when you feel like singing a particular song but don't know, or can't quite remember the lyrics or are too lazy to google it up. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #37
Dogs (noun) Most popularly known as man's best friend (and any woman's too!) who can seem incredibly cute and irresistible to dog lovers but at the same time can seem like ferocious monsters to people who don't get dogs and are hence scared of them! This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #36
Handwriting (noun) What would be an excellent means of communication and a way of gathering admiration if beautiful, but can create much dispute if it's unrecognizable and/or unreadable especially if it happens to be your study notes, presentation points, or worse, the minutes of the meeting that you had hastily scribbled down. This post was … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #34
Silly (adjective) When you choose to believe that a black cat crossing your path when you are about to begin a journey is a sign of ill luck, rather than the fact that the black cat was simply in a hurry to get somewhere that it took the risk of jumping in front of you … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #33
Dreaming (noun) The feeling that transports you to another magical world and encloses you in a bubble of happiness, especially when you are in the middle of a boring lecture or meeting. Not to be confused with its terrible cousin: Nightmare. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #32
Strength (noun) The one thing that we desperately need when we are trying to coax a scooter into the center stand, knead the atta to make chapathi, try to open a glass jar, or even when we are breaking a coconut* and the most important weapon in our immune system's arsenal in its fight against … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #31
Negative (adjective) A word that usually means the exact opposite of positive and doesn't bring much happiness, unless of course if we are speaking about the results of a COVID-19 test. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the name implies is to come … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #30
Hair (noun) The one part of a human body that rarely obeys the host body's wishes, gets tangled and entwined at the slightest provocation, over-grows when and where you don't want it to grow, and doesn't grow when and where you do want it to grow! This post was written in response to today's One-Liner … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #29
Cynical (adjective) When life has worn you down so much that you start seeing only the dark side of everything and you think that fairy tales, romcoms, and inherent goodness don't exist in the real world. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. The challenge, as the … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #28
Thought (noun) An often time-consuming and brain-exhausting "process" which, if absent, tends to screw things up spectacularly and also tends to overcomplicate things if present in excess. This post was written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. Please click on the link to know more about the rules of this … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #27
Hurry (noun) The unfortunate situation in which you find yourself performing tasks as if you are in a hyperlapse video and end up messing things more than half of the time! Procrastination gives way to hurry. The sooner the deadline, the more you hurry. 😀 Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #19
Cooking (noun) The one skill that was widely accepted as an essential, basic skill that everyone and anyone should know, all thanks to the lockdown. I was cooking on my own well before the lockdown and I was extremely grateful that I did learn my way around the kitchen. But we have a lot of … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #18
Wi-Fi (noun) Just another thing that's saving my sanity during the lockdown. Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. DISCLAIMER: The above-mentioned post is meant to be taken lightly. We need a bit of humour in our lives, especially in the light of recent developments. Ever since midnight, the whole … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #17
Mask (noun) Just one more commodity that many wish they had the foresight to buy in advance. Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. But many of are the opinion that healthy people need not wear masks. If all of us rush to buy masks, then the ones who truly … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #16
Fate (noun) The one thing you can blindly put the blame on when things (read: life) don't exactly work out the way you wanted them to. Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. I'm a bit late to the party. But as the saying goes, better late than never. Please … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #15
Helpless (noun) How most people feel when they find a lizard/spider in their bedrooms, or worse, inside their washing machine or oven! Note: I have been on a break from the blogosphere. That's exactly why I haven't been able to approve some of your pingbacks for the challenge. I have missed out on so many … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #14
Resolution (noun) When you plan to do a lot of great things at the start of every new year, but end up raising your procrastination score. Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. Please click on the link to know more about the rules of this challenge and/or to read the … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays ##
Irony (noun) When you discover that your favourite song that you had used to listen to, 24x7 for quite a long while has now turned into a song that you can't help but skip. Written in response to today's One-Liner Wednesday challenge from Linda G. Hill. Please click on the link to know more about the … Continue reading One-liner Wednesdays #12
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