In an attempt, I assume, to be funny, a restaurant recently posted the word “sammich” in the soup and sandwich deal promotion. It was on a sandwich board, which made me cringe even more. It might be my least favourite word/ not a word. It is right up there with “sangwich.” Is it dumb that I didn’t eat there because of the word “sammich”? I couldn’t do it.
There are words you love and words you hate, but what about whole sentences? Recently this won The Worst Opening Sentence competition:
“As he told her that he loved her she gazed into his eyes, wondering, as she noted the infestation of eyelash mites, the tiny deodicids burrowing into his follicles to eat the greasy sebum therein, each female laying up to 25 eggs in a single follicle, causing inflammation, whether the eyes are truly the windows of the soul; and, if so, his soul needed regrouting.”
Congrats to Cathy Bryant for that frightful gem!
The Merriam-Webster dictionary recently posted the list of new words they have added. From ‘gastropub’ to ‘f-bomb’ it’s quite various. Oprah should be pleased, as ‘aha moment’ made the cut.
WHAT WORDS DRIVE YOU CRAZY?
What words do you love/ over-use?
Have song lyrics ever added to your vocabulary?
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