Associations to the word «Balaam»

Wiktionary

BALAAM, proper noun. A diviner in the Torah.
BALAAM, noun. (slang) (archaic) (journalism) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column.
BALAAM BOX, noun. (slang) (archaic) (journalism) A receptacle for rejected articles.
BALAAM BOXES, noun. Plural of Balaam box

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky