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antonym farm I have issues with my tendency to talk like a sixteen year old Valley girl. I've been trying to ween myself off the word 'like'(as in 'so and so was all, like...') since I was twelve. I will never get those ten years back and it was all a waste of my time 'cause I still say it, hell, I still type it. I avoid the word 'cool' like the plague. Mostly because my mother went through this phase where she pronounced it 'ke-ewl', which never ceased to mortify me. Plus one of my older sisters was once overly fond of the phrase 'cool beans.' (You thought it was just me that was dorky, nope, its my whole family.) You'd be amazed how difficult it can be to think of synonyms for 'cool' without being reduced to calling things 'keen' or 'neat-o'. I used to think 'That's nice' was a perfectly good alternative, but apparently it just made me sound bored.
There is one word that I refuse to give up. I will be using it to my dying day. 'Whatever.' It has so many uses. As a substitute for 'I don't know' for instance.
"Hey, Mongi, What do ya want for dinner?" or
as a substitute for 'I don't care.'
"Do you think I should paint the kitchen table peach?"
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as a substitue for 'I really wasn't listening.'
"Blah blah blah, Mongi, blah blah. Susan!"(My middle name is Suzanne, but my mother never pronounces it that way, its always Susan, Suzie, or Sue when she's trying to get my attention.)
So you see, the second most useful word in the English language (the first is still fuck) is Whatever. But keep in mind, its one word, not two, so don't pronounce it that way. That way lies annoyance. < an act of uncharateristic optimism - blowin' in the wind > |
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