1. Herownself/myownself — One of Miranda July’s characters used this in a short story and I’ve been saying it to myownself for three days.
2. B.S. as opposed to bullshit.
3. Befuddled/puzzled.
4. FFFFFFuuuuuucccckkkk that/this/him/her/it/you/me — usually sung with a drawn out U-sound that goes up a few notes on the K.

you may refer to me henceforth as virago.

this year i went out on a limb and got Jeffrey Kacirk’s Forgotten English word-a-day calendar. today, it’s provided a lot of entertainment. see, it’s shawn’s birthday and he got a highly-amusing forgotten english phrase. and, since i love you all, i will share it with you.
tip the velvet: to tongue a woman.
Kissing Friday
On this [...]

i was recently (10 minutes ago) horrified to discover that dude has become a starter in my vocabulary line up.
i just found myself saying “dude it’s so cold in here.” that’s just one of many recent offenses i could name.
i’m none-too-thrilled with this development and plan on sending dude pakcing as soon as possible.

“In the other, from 1902, she warned that free-speech advocates ’shall soon be obliged to meet in cellars, or in darkened rooms with closed doors, and speak in whispers lest our next-door neighbors should hear that free-born citizens dare not speak in the open.’”
an excerpt from Old Words on War Stirring a New Dispute at [...]

it seems i’ve recovered from the many minor tragedies of yesterday. at least i feel like today is gonna be a better day. even though i still feel a little nugatory here. i am just going to see how the week plays out and then plan my strategy next week.
p.s. i love my word of [...]

a good day is when you get yo use superfluous in a work-related e-mail.

Virginia comes to my desk daily to check out the word of the day. Mostly we know the words, they aren’t always that spectacular. Yesterday’s word was caucus.
“Caucus? I know that one,” Virginia said.
“Yeah, it’s a word of unknown origin. It seems John Adams was the first to use it. It might be an old [...]

rats! I am writing marketing copy and I am running out of words. I’ve already used create, panache, pizzazz and dazzling. . . what else is left? i’ve two more pieces to go. who knew writing about software could be so damn fun?

ok, don’t you think it’s time to retire the word “eclectic?” i think that’s quite possibly the most overused word in recent history. you say eclectic, i say indecisive. blech, i am sick, sick, sick of that word. if i ever call myself ecclectic punch me in the face, please. so yes eclectic, here’s your [...]

ok, first of all my life would be much easier if across was spelled accross.
second, i think i am feeling a bit better. maybe because the sun is shining. or maybe because i took a nap and had strange dreams that leave me feeling optimistic. or maybe because it’s almost 6 and i can watch [...]

when you type the word “album” over and over again (I am writing a tutorial on creating a photo album using our software) the word starts to lose all semblance of sense. Album? What in the hell is that? It’s like a martian word meaning egg or something. It’s strange. Maybe I am just too [...]