Word: pokes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...him—the fear of losing him terrified me. Although we couldn’t play games or carry on conversations, we could make each other laugh. All I had to do was roll a blue rubber ball towards his contorted feet. All he had to do was poke me with his misshapen fingers...
It’s true that John isn’t offended by any of this. You could walk up to him, call him a “retard” and he would probably just laugh and poke you with his fingers. But I also know that he can’t defend himself, only adding insult to injury. He’ll never be able to thank my mom for her devotion or prove to her that her time was not spent in vain. He’ll never be able to show people he is so much...
...post-ironic poke at commercialism, experimental artist Allison T. Tanenhaus ‘05 designs and sells a line of handbags made of dangling plastic doll limbs...
...NASDAQ-cracking spring of 2000 taught us anything, it?s that it?s perfectly safe, even smart, to use the words "boom" and "bubble" interchangeably. And when it comes to the housing boom, well, the pins are out, and ready to poke a hole in the whole thing...
...wanted to poke fun at the shallowness and insecurity of higher education administrators and college applicants who view these ranking services as some sort of gospel,” he says...