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Paraphernalia
August 16, 2022
Such a fun word
paraphernalia
for the "stuff" that
people collect.
"clutter" and "junk"
but why not use
a word much finer.
Paraphernalia
just rolls off the tongue.
Sometimes a long word
can seem quite useless
when a simpler word would do.
but paraphernalia
is one that holds
a deeper meaning to your
"odds and ends"
that cannot be described
as anything other than
paraphernalia.
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I am a collector of words and love to find one that sounds like its meaning. Paraphernalia is one of those