2012/02/15

Words.

Words I have a problem with:

Wipe. I can't seem to disassociate this word from wiping butts. Swab seems to be the only suitable synonym, but is reminiscent of ears and throats.

Thrill. I can't seem to disassociate this word from sexual arousal. "Go on, write on his Facebook page, give him a thrill." Do you mean give him an erection? Because that's what I hear.

Ginormous. Not a real word, people.

Presumably. It's a very useful word, but it sounds stupid to me, like it's not a real word but people say it because they don't know how to pronounce "presumedly." I'm not sure what the denotative difference between them is.

Supposably. Same problem as above.


Fake words that I say:

Scrumple: scrunch, crumple, rumple

Scrummage: rummage, scrounge, scavenge

I don't know where I got these words. They just happened and eventually I asked myself, "Why do I say that? It's not a real word." Since I realized that I've pretty much stopped using them.


Words I wish I didn't say:

Basically any lazy contraction word, like gonna, kinda, wanna, gotta, etc. And any time I leave the g of it -ing. Or turn "them" to -em.

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