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Anthony Shore
@operativewords.com
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I name things.
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Classic Gary Larson cartoon entitled "How to recognize the moods of an Irish setter" in which six identical images of a chipper Irish Setter are shown, each with a different caption: happy, depressed, angry, pensive, excited, suicidal.
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The Grateful Dead logo, "Steal Your Face", featuring a skull with a lightning bolt down its center, dividing the center of the skull into red (left) and blue (right) fields, all within a circle of blue (left) and red (right).
May 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Wearing togas, Roman customer to Ronan clerk says “There I go — sill writing ‘B.C.’ on my checks.”
January 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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If you see this, post a knight
The upright torso of Black Knight of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, looking forlorn, having all his arms and legs lobbed off by King Arthur. Tis a scratch? Hardly.
December 3, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline ☺️
A superbloom of desert sunflowers in Racetrack Valley in the California desert. Blue skies with puffy white clouds stretch above.
November 16, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Here’s Phil Lesh from Ventura County Fairgrounds in 2022
Phil Lesh playing his six-string bass at Ventura County Fairgrounds in 2022
November 11, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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RIP 😥
Phil Lesh, who died today, shown here looking cheerful and goofy at Terrapin Crossroads
October 25, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Reskeet with a favorite book from your childhood
August 24, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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Doing a Wordle happy dance today as my answers in 3 wins finally beats out my answers in 4 wins 🕺🏻
January 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Am I the only one who read that and thought of this?
December 4, 2023 at 6:17 PM
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Hey @stevesilberman, I just attended a meet and greet with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew before the Remain in Light show in Dallas. Jerry said he discovered the album title Fear of Music while reading Oliver Sacks. Thought you’d like to know that if you don’t already. #naming
November 16, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Let me tell you about @AmpleforthOrg, a crypto company I named back in 2018. It's a deeper story than your usual #naming fare because the client's brief and interests were so very particular. Please enjoy my first blog post in two...
November 16, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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Hey @nlyonnenand & @rianjohnson! So much do I love the song Hook, that I actually hoped it would be what The Hook referenced. Mind abso🤯lutely blown that it was! Here’s a picture of me (right) enjoying a crazy night w Bobby, Blues Traveler’s bassist RIP. TY for #PokerFace!
November 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM
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🤯 “When Bowie said that he wanted a flash of lightning across his face, Duffy and makeup artist Pierre La Roche copied the bolt from a nearby Panasonic rice cooker in Duffy's studio.”
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November 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Seeing “Proto-Indo-European” wrought in neon on the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium makes me inordinately happy #linguistics
November 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Congratulations to my clients Evident Scientific, @lumanity , Twang, Zinnia, and @lumafield who launched in 2022. Thank you for your trust in @operativewords!
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Thank you @george_clinton for a night of funkin’ magic at @MountainWinery!
November 16, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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TIL The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (from @montypython and the Holy Grail) was modeled after the Queen's Orb.
TIL Queen Elizabeth has an orb.
November 16, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Stunning appropriation #trademarks
November 16, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Apparently #naming products this👇🏼 is an option
November 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Hey @ArtoftheTitle I’m loving #Roar (AppleTV) and its titling. Who designed it? Thanks!
November 16, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Announcing my 250th name! So thrilled to introduce you to Evident Scientific, the new spin-off name for Olympus Life Science and Olympus Industrial Solutions. Operative Words also developed Evident's tagline, "Seeing is Solving".
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November 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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I saw ⁦⁦@billieeilish⁩ last night, and welp, my deadhead friends, by comparison our crowds are *pathetic*. No audience is more engaged than 25,000 middle school girls in thrall to an inspiring performer like Billie. Watch this video with the sound ON.
November 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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I swear, every time I see these “xfancy” vegetables, I hear a ⁦@JerrySeinfeld⁩ monologue: “Have you seen this at the supermarket? I mean, who are they kidding? Do they have a dress code? Am I supposed to wear fancy clothes for these green onions?” #naming
November 16, 2024 at 5:06 PM