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Let’s carve up this beast… Dr. Seuss’s best words blend whimsical, invented vocabulary with iconic, rhyming phrases that spark creativity, humor, and wisdom. The tops, wackiest, and most memorable, his word inventions and quotes highlight a unique contribution to literature, from the nonsensical Zizzer-zazzer-zuzz to the profound, heartfelt phrases like "A person's a person, no matter how small". 25 iconic words and coined terms from Dr. Seuss's books: Invented & Whimsical Words Ga-fluppted (from The Lorax) Lerkim (from The Lorax) Zizzer-zazzer-zuzz (from ABC) Gluppity-glup (from The Lorax) Jertain (from The Lorax) Zong (from The Lorax) Jogg-oons (from The Lorax) Obsk (from The Lorax) Wocket (from There's a Wocket in My Pocket!) Zummers (from The Lorax) Yuzz-a-ma-tuzz (from If I Ran the Circus) Nizzards (from If I Ran the Zoo) Ham-ikka-schnim-ikka-schnam-ikka-schnopp (from The Lorax) Fiffer-feffer-feff (from The Lorax) Yekko (from The Lorax) Flunnel (from The Lorax) Grinch (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) Lorax (from The Lorax) Sneetches (from The Sneetches and Other Stories) Nerd (from If I Ran the Zoo - credited with first usage) Iconic, Rhyming, and Wise Phrases 21. You-er ("...no one alive who is you-er than you!") 22. Grinchish (Derived from The Grinch) 23. Slump ("And when you're in a Slump...") 24. Wumbus (from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish) 25. Truffula (from The Lorax) By the Book “You can find magic, wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.” “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” “Fiction Is My Addiction” “It is better to know how to learn than to know.” “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” Life and the Places You'll Go... “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” — I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” “You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!”— Oh, the Places You'll Go! “How did it get so late so soon?” “Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” Some fun facts here… https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/teddy-roosevelt-humiliates-dr-seuss/ More about the image here:  |
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