Rachel Kaufman, freelance writer

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Posts Tagged ‘blissing out on words’

Quickie: an irrepressible love for “maven”

By Rachel • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

I really really love the word maven. I don’t know why. It’s just something about the way it sounds, maybe, the drawn-out maaaaaaaaaay followed by the short ven. Maybe because there are few words that rhyme with it: haven, raven, shaven. Maybe I just like it. A maven, the dictionary tells us, is “A person [...]