#GOD / DOG

What’s interesting about these two words is that they have kind of opposite meanings according to two entries of the Merriam Webster Dictionary.

GOD, beyond the supreme Being, etcetera, also means ”a person or thing of supreme value”. Whereas DOG, if we forget about the mammal, means ”one inferior of its kind”.

And GODOG as one word? What would it mean?

#STAR / RATS

What do stars and rats have in common? Astrology, I suppose.

According to the Chinese horoscope, 2020 was the Year of the Rat (鼠年).

#ATAR / RATA

This one is in Catalan and Spanish.

The origin of the necktie can be traced back to the 17th Century, during the 30 Years’ War (1618-1648).

Rats rarely have been linked to fashion and yet, some years ago, the fur of the Bayou water rat crawled into the catwalk with style.

#SAPOS / SOPAS

Sapo (in Spanish) = Frog / Sopa (in Spanish) = Soup

Frog Soup (Urban Dictionary): A person, usually a male, who is unknowingly entering into a relationship where the “significant other” will very slowly begin to try to control them, change them, and nag them, but the level of control rises ever so slowly so the other person (the “frog”) doesn’t even realize what is taking place, until it is too late.

#ALITA / ATILA

Atila (Attila in English), the scourge of God, earned to become a symbol of destruction: apparently, he killed his brother and flattened many cities back in the 5th century AD.

Ironically, the word Alita (little wing in Spanish) can convey the idea of protection if it belongs to a mystical being, of course. An angel? Soldier of God? Unless, of course, we are talking about food, like alita de pollo.