catachresis

PRONUNCIATION:
(kat-uh-KREE-sis)

MEANING:
noun: The misuse of words.

USAGE:
"Our neighbors to the north aren't spared the disease of catachresis, either. A Canadian politician displayed this manifestation of the illness:
'If this thing starts to snowball, it will catch fire right across the country.'"
Jaime O'Neill;
A Verbal Ship Lost in a Sea of Words;
San Francisco Chronicle; Sep 25, 2005.

Flaming snowballs.
Who knew?

Paul Alan - To Bring You Back
From the album Drive It Home

Are you thirsty
Standing in the rain?
Not sure where you are
Or how you lost your way?
Are you drowning
In some bar outside of town?
Searching for something given not found?
A crowd of people
But totally alone?
At the front door
But worlds away from home?

Light up the nights last regret and
Burn your only safety net
Step to the edge
It's such a long way down

Chorus:
I left the ninety-nine to find the one
And you're the one
I walked a thousand miles
In this desert sun
Only to bring you back
Only to bring you back

Are you tired Of chasing the wind under water?
Do you aspire to breath again?
Are you dying?
Is that the best that you can do?
Cause you can't find your place
In a world that wasn't meant for you?

Chorus:

Hello it's Me
I couldn't sleep
I was just counting sheep
And I'm missing you,
Hello it's Me
I couldn't sleep
I was just counting sheep.

Chorus:

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Not being able to sleep because He is counting sheep and one is missing.
And that one is you.
Pretty encouraging.
It's good to feel wanted.

The living are soft and yielding;
the dead are rigid and stiff.
Living plants are flexible and tender;
the dead are brittle and dry.

-Lao Tzu, philosopher (6th century BC)