RELAX

transitive verb

1. TO MAKE LESS TENSE OR RIGID : SLACKEN,
2. TO MAKE LESS SEVERE OR STRINGENT : MODIFY
3. TO DEPRIVE OF ENERGY, ZEAL, OR STRENGTH OF PURPOSE
4. TO RELIEVE FROM NERVOUS TENSION
5. TO TREAT (HAIR) CHEMICALLY IN ORDER TO RELAX CURLS

instranative verb

1. TO BECOME LAX, WEAK, OR LOOSE : REST
2. TO BECOME LESS INSTENSE OR SEVERE
3. of a muscle or muscle fiber: TO BECOME INACTIVE AND LENGTHEN
4. TO CAST OFF SOCIAL RESTRAINT, NERVOUS TENSION, OR ANXIETY
5. TO SEEK REST OR RECREATION
6. TO RELIEVE CONSTIPATION
7. TO ATTAIN EQUILIBRIUM FOLLOWING AN ABRUPT REMOVAL OF SOME INFLUENCE (AS LIGHT, HIGH TEMPERATURE, OR STRESS) 

LOVELINESS

1. obsolete : LOVABLE
2. DELIGHTFUL FOR BEAUTY, HARMONY, OR GRACE : ATTRACTIVE
3. GRAND, SWELL
4. ELICITING LOVE BY MORAL OR IDEAL WORTH

SEDULOUS

1. INVOLVING OR ACCOMPLISHED WITH CAREFUL PERSEVERANCE
2. DILIGENT IN APPLICATION OR PURSUIT

TEETOTALISM

1. THE PRINCIPLE OR PRACTICE OF COMPLETE ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

MAUDLIN

1. DRUNK ENOUGH TO BE EMOTIONALLY SILLY
2. WEAKLY AND EFFUSIVELY SENTIMENTAL

PROBITY

1. ADHERENCE TO THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS : UPRIGHTNESS

INVEIGLE

1. TO WIN OVER BY WILES : ENTICE
2. TO ACQUIRE BY INGENUITY OR FLATTERY : WANGLE

PUISSANCE

1. STRENGTH, POWER

JOIE

1. (FRENCH) JOY

So here is a link to my Google Docs spreadsheet with common, uncommon, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. Thanks to everyone for contributing!

http://goo.gl/dlWCn

Also if there is a word you would like to submit, do so here:

http://goo.gl/MG8Rx

Lastly, vendor letter of intent and sign up for alerts at:

http://goo.gl/1h3NX

So here is an idea: Sell a neon Google sign for $100 that you can put your words in. 

Businesses can use them to display their favorite search terms.

So I had the idea of having a store filled with words where tourists in Union Square would pick up souvenirs. The size 3"x3" means they can be mailed / put into suitcases. They are small enough to ship, but big enough to have an impact sitting on a shelf.

Then the cascading implications hit me.

- Imagine an emphasis on value of education and power of words

- Imagine relating to people through the exchange of words

- Imagine gift ideas that you can re-gift, or build something out of

 - Imagine an app that you point at the word and it tells you the definition

I was saying that there would be a google search bar in the window you can take pictures with your words in. My friend said he could see stores adopting this, putting their keywords in a neon google sign in the window to re-enforce their internet presence. Brilliant! 

Just imagine seeing the word "Yeah" in someone's office. Next time you are in Paris you walk into a word store and see the word "Hell" and you have it mailed to that person (a service of the store). Then they send you a word or two. It becomes a symbol of your  relationship.

I imagine going online and viewing a webcam of a store in Paris and talking to an attendant there. I pick out a word in their inventory and they mail it to her address in Paris. Interactive, fun.. love it!

Okay, I just about died when I saw this! It is perfect! So impactful! I love how the words are too big for the podiums. It is like life can't hold them! I noticed that there are a lot of negative words in the list I got from a GRE test prep site.

So cool! I can't wait to decorate my house in my mind as I walk around the store!

So after one revision this is what I got! It is not perfect but good enough! Awesome!

So more revisions! All good, but not 'just right' 

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