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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin