I almost titled this post “Broke, Sick, and Grumpy” but I realized that title wasn’t funny, and it was also all Negative Nan and stuff, so I changed it to the above, which is a totally non-SEO-friendly title name and not funny in the slightest. I’m not feeling overly funny today, but I’ve been neglecting this little corner of the internet for so long I felt like I should post something.
Continue reading Positive Words, In Place of the Negative Words I Typed First
Listen, Internet. I know it’s not your fault my ad thingy on my blog got disabled. I also know it’s not your fault that it hurt my feelings and that I’ve been sort of avoiding computers altogether lately (with the exception of my constant research). I haven’t even been filling out those “Living Social” Top Five thingys on Facebook anymore.
I’m sort of mad at Facebook, too. Ask me why some other time, but just rest assured that it’s not always a good thing. It can be the harbinger of bad news PLUS some nice uneeded paranoia and insecurity. Because just bad news isn’t enough.
Quit looking at me like that, Internet. I know that I’m less-than-great when it comes to the self-esteem plus common sense and rationality department. You’ve always SAID you loved me anyway. Now’s the time for you to throw your wide-area-networky essence over my shoudler, punch me on the arm and say, “Buck up, Kiddo. Your totally irrational and freakishly obsessive mind are part of what makes you special. But they don’t necessarily make those things in your head true.”
Thanks, Internet. I feel a lot better.
I don’t LOL, ROFL, LMAO or anything of the sort. I do, on occaision, SRWFS (smirk righteously while feeling superior), EMTBOCAHM (eat many tiny bags of chips and hate myself), and RMEWIFTCMFSTO (roll my eyes when I forget to change my Facebook status to “offline”). None of those are going to catch on, because they are long and clunky, and because you can’t pronounce them outloud. Although, I get pretty irked when I hear someone actually utter “LOL” aloud.
Anywhoo. There are tons of neato expressions that predate the computer/text messaging/IM/Facebook/Myspace phenomenon. I think we should concentrate on bringing them back. Here is a list of examples:
Calling someone “Turkey”. How I love this. Perhaps best used in the Jerry Reed song “She Got the Goldmine, I Got the Shaft”, “turkey” as a means of addressing someone has to be uttered in a certain way. You can’t drag out the “turkey” like “turrkeeyy”. It’s got to be staccato, like TURKey. TURK + EE. Practice it. Try it on your friends and loved ones.
Responding to the question “How are you?” with “Ducky”, or “Just Ducky”. As an adjective it means “fine”, or “excellent”. You can mean it, or you can say it sarcastically. Either way it’s fun to say and people don’t expect it, so that’s fun too. Incidentally, as a noun ducky means “someone’s favorite”. So you’re sort of implying subconciously that you’re a favorite of some kind, which makes people view you in a more positive light. Note: that last part is utter and total speculation and mostly bullshit.
“I am called…” You might notice that people from countries who speak English correctly (ie any English-speaking country besides the good old US of A) say this a lot more often. My good friend from Trinidad always tells stories about people saying stuff like “I had a friend called Ruth…” and it sounds really nice. Flip it and use it on yourself. You’ve got Instant Importance.
“Fixin’ to” It means that you’re getting ready to do something. “I’m fixin’ to wash the car”. It doesn’t mean like “fixing dinner”. You can be “fixin’ to fix dinner”, but you are not using it properly if you’re merely “fixing dinner’. Dig?
“Golly Gee” or “Golly Gee Whilickers” – People curse too much and too often. Instead of a good GD, or a F’in A, try on a “Golly Gee” for size. You can probably even get the right amount of sarcasm and viciousness into your voice that people will think you’re being edgy.
So that’s a good start. Try these on for size and see how much better you’ll feel.
