Comments on: Toy Words

By: Tooth-Grinding

Tooth-Grinding — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:21:00 +0000

I have a friend who is constantly using words as toys. He loves to say “literally”, “no, no it’s true”, and “honestly”. Another friend loves “the whole nine yards” and “To tell you the truth..” I think the words we use say a great deal about who we are. Thanks for the great blog!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:31:53 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Toy Words, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:52:43 +0000

Very good, Michael. LOL Debbie! and thanks hypnosis.

By: hypnosis

hypnosis — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:14:28 +0000

Cool blog! I love the topic of conversation!

By: Debbie Lane

Debbie Lane — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:05:55 +0000

I eschew toys in my office, relying unilaterally on linguistics!

By: Michael Raugh, C.H.

Michael Raugh, C.H. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:51:18 +0000

Do we have toys? Oh, yes. ;^)

Some of my favorite toys are pet phrases, things that I use frequently in play hypnosis (ie, not therapy but just trancing with friends for fun) and, as a result, tend to get a mild reaction from those friends when I say them just in casual conversation.

“That’s right…”
“It’s perfectly okay …”
“Very good!”

Sometimes I drop into my hypnotic voice, say one of those phrases, and watch a goofy smile come across the face of a housemate or friend who’s familiar with them as they realize how conditioned they’ve become.