How often do use the word "Touch-wood"?
I have heard people using this word most of the time. I myself use it a lot. So how many of you really use this word?
That's a new one on me.
I've heard of "knock on wood" for luck or to stave off bad luck after saying something they hope remains true.
I've heard of "touchstone," a stone used to verify the quality of a gold sample, and frequently it is used in a broader sense of validating the quality of anything -- or merely standing for quality in general.
Can you add a note on the effective meaning (definition)?
No. Never, but I asume you mean (for luck). I've said it, but I've had no real reason to use it in writing.
In parts of United Kingdom, people touch wood for luck. Most people would use it thus,
' I will get the job, touch wood,'
'When I have passed my exams, touch wood.'
it seems to be the kind of phrase you use when you hope something will happen the way you want it to happen, and to take the bad luck off counting your chickens before they have hatched, or assuming that something will go as you wish..
hey lone77star, We use the word "touch-wood" for Luck most of the time. And its exactly like you knock on wood for luck. Mercia Collins has given the best explanation of it.
I agree with Mercia the word is used quite often in the UK I use it myself sometimes...
Never. I believe the expression means that the user is unsure of himself, lacks self-confidence and often indulges in falsehoods without making a commitment.
I don't believe I would classify "Touch wood" as a word. It's simply a phrase that people use to mean "if all goes well" or "for luck." No harm in using it, but if you're writing fiction, you should consider limiting its use to just one character in your story.
by Chitrangada Sharan 6 months ago
Please take some time to read Brenda’s Word Prompt Series Article, Where She Has Provided Another Interesting Word Prompt https://discover.hubpages.com/literatur … ty-week-66
by mmendes 11 years ago
i've been searching for the tibetan sanskrit word for 'faith' with no luck, do you know what it is?also i believe there's also a tibetan symbol for the word 'faith' too, do you also happen to know it? please e-mail me if you do.monica011087@hotmail.comthank you! x
by Disappearinghead 9 years ago
I've been on Hubpages for a few years now and in that time I've come out of Church, spent a lot of time here in the cut and thrust of debate, and spent much time reassessing what I believed. Theological discussion has some value for intellectual debate, and the old back and forth arguments about...
by Melanie Palen 12 years ago
I am doing something I'm calling HubPageWriMo where I'll be writing 100 hubs in 30 days.I'm not sure if I'm allowed to link to my journey here in the forums, so if you want to follow my journey just search my hubs for HubPageWriMoIf anyone else is going to be doing this for the month of November,...
by Devanni 13 years ago
Hello there.The reason I ask is that I've been diagnosed with a condition of which one of the symptoms is poor dream recall. More importantly, the improvement of dream recall is used to determine the effectiveness of treatment. I've always assumed I was fairly typical in terms of...
by Nell Rose 7 years ago
I have had a Hub snipped according to my email, hub staff have improved it, images, low quality this and that. Trouble is they have taken every single photo out! its just a page of writing and looks really dull! The question is, am I supposed to add some more photos or is that it? thanks
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |