“Sometimes I play it smooth; sometimes I play it like a waffle pan.”
—Raymond Chandler, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, CBS Radio
Philip Marlowe, after a suspect quips, “You like to play it smooth, don’t you?”
I like words, and more, words that are used well. This is where I collect them. Most I come across in the works of other authors, but on occasion I find some in the wild myself.