Prologue: Being a native Russian speaker, I was always annoyed that in Russian the word "marriage" - 'brak' - has a second meaning of "flaw, defect".
So I always spoke up about English, where the word "marriage" seemed to be very neutral.Lexigramming: MARRIAGE
(you) RAM (this) AIM (which is a) GRIM MIRAGE
(full of) GRIME (where you)AGE (with) RAGE (and) RARE (people have) AIR. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/devil.gif)
So, whenever you find a mate, definitely don't call it marriage.
PS. The part my husband liked about it is that MARRIAGE contains GAREM. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif)
PPS. This is one of my first Lexigrams, I am still on it - just couldn't help but gasp at the results. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/wink.gif)
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