I felt relieved last night when I realized today would be Lame Post Friday. But I’ve spent the morning and most of the afternoon realizing: you still need words to make a blog post.
Words, words, words… Nonchalant is my favorite word. It means to be cool, and it sounds cool when you say it. Really, as a word, it has everything.
OK, that was one word. Let’s see if I can come up with another.
My husband, Steven, heard on the news this morning that one of the most overused words of 2011 was amazing. THANK YOU!!! If I hear one more person, experience or anything described as amazing, I may scream. EEEEEEEEEE! In fact, I screamed just now thinking about it. Most of the things that are described as amazing are really not. I won’t quote the dictionary here, because that really is lame, but if you are amazed, you are dazed, bewildered, you just can’t believe it. You stop and stare at something that is amazing. There are no words.
Ooh, here’s a random observation: “there are no words” is an oxymoron, because “there are no words” are, in fact, all words. It will be a truly unusual situation if I have no words. My husband is still searching for just such a situation.
Where was I? Ah yes, Words on Lame Post Friday (ooh, that would make a good title). How about the word “word?” What exactly does that mean? Sometimes I hear a young person say in a solemn tone, “Word,” usually in reply to something somebody else said. I believe it signifies agreement of no common order. If so, I think I like it.
And here’s something else about words: Sometimes I use a word and somebody asks me what it means. I tell them a synonym and they say, aggrieved, “Why didn’t you just say that?” Because I didn’t mean that. Actually, there are very few true synonyms. Most words have shades of meaning. I don’t like to say “green” when I mean “teal.” I was once expounding about this to an annoying person (I have many annoying friends and acquaintances; no doubt they find me annoying too) (that could be a whole other Lame Friday Post). I said, “A word means what I used it to mean.” And he said, “Yeah, can’t they tell by the context what it means?” as if he knew exactly what I was talking about. That is not what I was talking about. I don’t expect people to magically know words they don’t know because I said them. I’m good, but I’m not that good.
Well, I’ve babbled on for over 400 words, and I think I’ve gotten fairly silly. Happy Friday, everybody.
Mohawk Valley Girl 
Nonchalant is a great word. I use it on the golf course frequently. When someone I’m playing with makes a nonchalant short (read misses) putt I always say “A nonchalant stroke counts the same as a chalant stroke.”
I have never heard the word “chalant” used in a sentence. I thought it was one of those lost positives you hear about. Cool. Or should I have been nonchalant and said, “I knew that was a word.”
Words sometimes require imagination – or intelligence – or not being exhausted in order to “get it”. Words are a game – some just hate to play
Words games are my favorite, not head games as some ex-loves have accused me. Maybe I’ll do more posts on words. They’re fun.
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