Wednesday, January 30, 2008

A few words I am Happy with and One I am not

Ok first, I have one word that I am so proud of.
Ginormous.
You made it into Websters? Good job!
Now 2 others that I am quite pleased with?....
Crack
&
steroids

I love these 2 words because they have added 2 new descriptive modifiers to the English language.
Think about it, you can say
"oh The New Thing? It's like The Old Thing On Crack."
Or,
"It's like a ____ on steroids"

You see what I'm getting at?
What did we say to make sure you knew how extreme this new thing is compared to the old thing before we had crack or steroids?
"oh man it's awesome, it's rad...it's extreme."

Hang on "extreme" I have a bone to pick with you.
You have been showing up in places you have no business being.
Without going into a strict dictionary definition the word means "of the greatest severity or drastic".
So now we have "extreme sports" is there any fire involved? Does anybody die, ever? Are the participants at least naked?
Ok, so not strictly extreme.
What about the TV show, "Extreme Home Makeover"
Um, yeah, I've watched the show a little bit and there is never a hot-lava moat around the house, never a second floor made entirely of glass so you can look down into the living room or up into the bedrooms. You never even see a stripper poll or a "grotto"
Not extreme.
But the most egregious offenders?
Food products.
Did you know you can buy "Extreme Jello"
Really?
Jello is hospital food. How extreme could a food product be if it can be liquefied by squishing through your teeth?
You know what extreme Jello is? Jello with ground glass. Or gravel.

NO, I have it!

New extreme Jello! Pick your flavor:
Cranberry- Crack
Strawberry-Steroid
Or super-new and improved!

Viagra-Very-Berry!

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