swishism

For a definition I couldn’t do better than this from my editor and friend, James Crooke:

swishism n. a unique acrostic or acronym using the letters s,w,i,s and h, exclusively and in that order, to capture, concisely, tremendous truth, and/or wisdom, in no more than five words e.g.

swishisms (the plural) are also sometimes called swishes. They matter because anybody literate can write them quite easily and at no cost to encourage some else, and to raise money and awareness for those who can’t. Simple.

The most popular swishes of ‘09 will be put into an anthology, at the end of 2009. All proceeds from the book will go to charities such as, Room to Read, who are commited to improving literacy in the developing world.

Think of this blog as the gallery where we hang all our contributions. There is also a lens on squidoo that explains all things swishism.