Round 1 – S Words
Not being one to traffic in #salacious rumors, but…
Did you see the size of the package that the delivery man had for Samantha?
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Round 2 – L Words
The worst part of an Economics education: the interminable #longueur of government publications.
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Round 3 – A Words
#Alluring #amulets of #amorphous #alliteration
#All-knowing
#All-seeing
#Almighty
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Round 4 – M Words
Belief without evidence clouds perception. It makes it difficult to see the #mountebank in your midst.
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Round 5 – W Words
The wise person satisfies their #wanderlust early in life. Unfortunately, the means to do so is inversely proportional to age.
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Round 6 – O Words
The desire to be #omniscient is a worthy but impossible goal.
It would take the mystery out of life.
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Round 7 – R Words
“Look at that little #rapscallion tearing up the playground…”
“I have to say, Tammy, that I understood you better before you went to college.”
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Round 8 – D Words
“I’ve had it with your #daft ideas! Be practical!”
An impossibility for someone who was raised on Warner Bros cartoons…
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Round 9 – S Words
How to tell if you are #somnambulant:
- Unexplained weight gain
- Pillows rearranged on the couch
- Mustard stains on the kitchen counter
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Round 10 – What You Like/Enjoy about Slamwords
It sounded like a sharpening stone was constantly being used to hone a fine knife. Sally went to the door to find her husband hunched over his computer, writing #SlamWords prompts.
“Gotta keep the blade sharp, hun!”
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Encore Round 1 – C Words
“Why are you doing this again? You always end up #catatonic.”
“My clan needs me!”
In truth, your clan would fare just as well without you…
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Encore Round 2 – E Words
The pastor completed his #elegy for the deceased. The entire room was silent.
“That concludes this service as is prescribed. And now, it’s time for the wake he would have wanted.”
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Encore Round 3 – L Words
“Wait right there,” she said as she left the room.
He waited impatiently on the couch.
Soon, she emerged from her bedroom wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a #lariat. And little else.
He rose from his seat. “Giddy up!” he cried.
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Encore Round 4 – E Words
It is sometimes odd that a horror story would #engender feelings of sympathy for the main bad guy character.
If your face looked like this, I’d feel sorry for you…until the first slash…
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Encore Round 5 – B Words
“Let us rejoice and enjoy this #bountiful harvest!”
The children looked at each other, puzzled.
Your lesson for today, kids – everything is relative…
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Encore Round 6 – R Words
Ever the #raconteur, Evan had the ladies in thrall at every dinner party.
And then they all left.
And he resumed his lonely existence.
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Encore Round 7 – A Words
The wall phone has to be my favorite #anachronism. How in the world did anyone set up dates back then?
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Encore Round 8 – T Words
“I’ve read a lot about this #tantric thing. Do you think we should try it?”
Jessica held her tongue, based on his established record in the bedroom.
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Encore Round 9 – E Words
She knew that he was no match for her #enticing perfume. She walked by him slowly but was astonished that he paid no attention to her.
How could she know that he had a cold?
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Encore Round 10 – Acrostic
Certainly
Everyone
Loves
Energizing
Banter
Rendered
Across
Twitter.
Engage!
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