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

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates