I. Sometimes. Get. Burned. Out.

But. Then. I. Realize. I. Can. Do. Anything. I. Want. On. This. Blog.

Even. Exclusively. Use. One. Word. Sentences.

Thanks. For. Your. Concern.

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Previous entries:
Vol 1
Vol 2

1. matriculate
Definition: to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree
Why I Won’t Use It: It sounds like you’re giving birth.
What I’ll Use Instead: “I am going to that one college.”

2. foppish
Definition: resembling or befitting a fop; excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner
Why I Won’t Use It: I so rarely run into fops these days.
What I’ll Use Instead: “Dorky”

3. frisson
Definition: a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
Why I Won’t Use It: I can’t stop thinking it has something to do with frying chicken.
What I’ll Use Instead: “A yeehaw moment.”

4. splendiferous
Definition: splendid; magnificent; fine.
Why I Won’t Use It: I think to say this I would have to be gesturing widely while holding a fairy wand that shot sparkles (I don’t own a sparkle-shooting fairy wand).
What I’ll Use Instead: “Really cool”

5. literati
Definition: persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
Why I Won’t Use It: I might be mistaken for a person of scholarly or literary attainment.
What I’ll Use Instead: “Smartypants”

6. moribund
Definition: in a dying state; near death.
Why I Won’t Use It: I just don’t like the way this word sounds.
What I’ll Use Instead: “Almost dead”

7. treacly
Definition: contrived or unrestrained sentimentality
Why I Won’t Use It: I don’t know. You tell me.
What I’ll Use Instead: “Sappy”

8. quotidian
Definition: daily: usual or customary; everyday: ordinary
Why I Won’t Use It: Quotidian sounds like the name of a shitty prog rock band.
What I’ll Use Instead: Any of the quotidian words in the above definition.

9. berm
Definition: the bank of a canal or the shoulder of a road.
Why I Won’t Use It: I LOVE this word. I LOVE IT. I just never talk about berms is all.
What I’ll Use Instead: n/a

10. cacophonous
Definition: having a harsh or discordant sound
Why I Won’t Use It: The word cacophonous shouldn’t be pretty-sounding. It should sound harsh!
What I’ll Use Instead: “Fucking loud”

01. Infanticide (“Inrantiride!”)
02. Polyps (“Roryps!”)
03. Incest (“Rinrest!”)
04. Death (“Reath!”)
05. Economic collapse (“Recoromic Rorapse!”)
06. Torture (“Rorure!”)
07. Cancer (“Ranrer!”)
08. Slavery (“Ravery!”)
09. Ethnic Cleansing (“Reric Renring!”)
10. Heart Attack (“Rar Arrack!”)
11. Pauly Shore (“Rorry Rore!”)
12. Rabies (“Raries!”)
13. Ennui (“Renri!”)
14. Nuclear Annihilation (“Rucrear Arrihiration!”)
15. Bubonic Plague (“Ruronic Rague!”)

01. Light My Fire
02. Light Our Fire
03. Light Your Fire
04. Touch Me
05. Touch You
06. Touch Us
07. Riders On The Storm
08. No Bass
09. Love Us Madly
10. L.A. Women (all-female)
11. People Are Strange
12. Hello, You Love Us
13. Hello, We Love You
14. Morrison’s Beard
15. The End

I am tired of typing “destory” and have it not be a word.

Let’s make “destory” a word.

Give me a definition for it and I will send it off to the people at the OED.

Thanks in advance.