Nouns
This refers to items that are brought illegally from one place to another.
What is contraband?
This short story was made famous by Hemingway.
What is the six word story?
Unplanned. A circumstance one did not anticipate.
What is unforeseen?
According to Tesher's award winning essay on Minecraft, one should do this to an enchanted apple. "Trust me."
What is to eat?
This Tesherism is a synonym for the answer "yes."
What is "No der?"
For some people, it may be quantum mechanics. For others, Chinese. Either way, it means something difficult to understand.
What is an enigma?
This Japanese poem
has a very specific
syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
This refers to something that is pleasant to hear. For example, Tesher playing the violin or Tesher's writing instructor reading Hemmingway.
What is melodious?
This quote from Elf, "I love smiling. Smiling is my favorite," is an example of a verb ending in "ing". This verb form is also referred to as this.
What is a gerund?
This Tesherism can replace the word curser.
What is a typer?
A small salamander with short legs and a long tail that lives on land and in water.
What is a newt?
If you start a sentence with this type of a clause, then you must follow this type of clause with a comma.
What is a dependent clause?
Something that happened in the past. It begins with Tesher's favorite letter
What is bygone?
To put off doing something.
What is to procrastinate?
This Tesherism describes the line that you find under a typed word.
What is underlinezation?
If a family does not have one of these, then they might not have much of anything.
What is a breadwinner?
Many writers have the goal of writing 600 of these a day, or the equivalent of one single spaced typed page in Times New Roman 12pt font.
What are words?
Genuine or sincere. It begins with Tesher's favorite letter.
What is bona fide?
This is a term used in baseball when the pitcher starts to pitch and then stops. It is also a word used to mean to stop and refuse to continue or be involved in something.
What is to balk?
This Tesherism is verb. It refers to the act of adding a yellow citrus fruit to the background of a slideshow.
What is lemony?
If you have this, you have a lot of energy and or enthusiasm for something.
What is zeal
Shel Silverstein expertly used this stress pattern in his poem "Sick." Shakespeare is famous for using it in is sonnets. It is a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
What is iambic?
What is hefty?
To stop and refuse to go on or be involved in something.
What is to balk?
Tesher once used this word to describe the act of leaving a Zoom meeting.
What is leave-a-fy?