Heritage her-it-age/ˈherədij/ Noun rights, traditions, or possessions handed down from ancestors “A people’s relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.” John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998)

Nutcracker nut-crack-er/ ˈnətˌkrakər/ Noun a device for cracking nuts “The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories.“ Vera Nazarian (1966-)

Heartfelt heart-felt /ˈhärtˌfelt / Adjective sincere, felt deeply “It’s funny how the littlest things can make you feel larger than life; the right lyric, the most heartfelt melody, the clearest message. Love.” Alex Gaskarth (1987-)

Handmade hand-made/ˈhændˈmeɪd / Adjective Made by hand “Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.” Nirmala Srivastava (1923-2011)

Artificial art-i-fici-al / ˌärdəˈfiSH(ə)l/ Adjective assumed, insincere, affected “Better an honest enemy than an artificial friend“ English proverb created by humans, not naturally occurring “The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.” Scott Jurek (1973)

Token to-ken /ˈtōk(ə)n/ Noun a thing serving as a physical representation of an idea “Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.” Socrates (470-399 BC)

Familiar fa-mil-iar / fəˈmilyər / Adjective/Noun   Adjective having prior knowledge of something or someone “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” Lin Yutang (1895-1976) Noun a demon tending and obeying a witch “You see, a witch has to have a familiar, some little animal like a cat or a toad; he... Read More

Latke lat-ke/ˈlätkə/ Noun Potato pancake “I am a latke, I am a latke and I am waiting for Hanukkah to come.“ Debbie Friedman (1951-2011)

Pious pi-ous / ˈpīəs/ Adjective   Devout, religious “The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.” C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)