I like words, language, turns of phrase...I like new ones, old ones--especially old ones. Sometimes I like to go mucking around in the dictionary.com or Oxford English attic just to see what I can dust off and put to good use. (There are some good ones!) Sometimes I am writing an email or in conversation and I use a word that I didn't know I knew. That's always a weird but pleasant surprise. I spend so much of my time communicating that having interesting terms at my disposal makes the experience more entertaining for me--like learning to brush your teeth with the opposite hand or walking backwards or something.
I don't know why, but I've been exclaiming a lot lately, and as I try to limit my swearing (only for peak comedic effect) I've started to use other words and phrases to express my distress, surprise, etc., like:
"Zounds!"
"My word!"
"Fie!"
"Upon my life!"
"Damn it all to hell!"
Okay, that last one isn't void of curses, but they are the mild swear words at least. And, I am not damning anyone, just it--more specifically it all. That could be anything: all the bugs, all the splinters, all the incompetence...Let's be honest, who would be upset to see any of those things gone?
5 comments:
Haha! Upon my life, this was a funny blog post! I'm just waiting to hear you come out with these in group staff. :)
That would be so funny! "Those are the GRAD results? Zounds!" lol.
Zoinks, and E'Gad also work. "Zounds" sounds like something the Great Gazoo would say after he called you a "Dum Dum".
D.S: Nice Profile Pic, there goes that hair again....
P.S In order for this post to be accepted I have to type, "mantiopo"
sounds like a Mix drink on mars.
I LOVE when I realize I've used a word or phrase I didn't know I knew too! Each time it happens, I feel as though I've been posessed in some small way...like, "how did you get in there?!"
i know someone who says "Good Night" as an exclamation.. i sorta loved him everytime he said it...try it out if you'd like
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