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Written by:
bonnie
9/7/2007 12:38 PM
Are you as sick of "awesome" as I am?
Once used infrequently as a descriptive adfective in circus posters and movie ads (ex: "Witness Bluto's awesome feats of strength!!!") it has morphed into a noun, sometimes a verb. Even used by those over age 50. I demand an imediate cessation of the totally overused "awsome" whose 15 minutes of fame has been painfully prolonged. "Groovy" did not have as long of a shelf life.
Example of overheard simi-private conversation:
Doofus A: "We hung out and went to Mickey D's last night.."
Doofus B: "Awwwwesommme!!!"
Awesome? Hardly; more like mundane at best, tedious and unappetizing at worst.
Lets agree to a Moratorium and save "awesome" for those truely appropriate occasions as listed below:
- Unexplained Miracles
- The Second Coming
- Spaceships landing on the Whitehouse lawn
- Criss Angel (he made an ELEPHANT DISAPPEAR!!! For real, I saw it on A&E. If you can explain exactly how he did that remove from the list. I suspect that Criss Angel is not "of this world" as that would explain his many truely "awesome" illusions.)
- The Rolling Stones live in concert (If you have seen them, you will agree; if you have not see them, you should as they are indeed "awsome". Imagine 60 year-old men who can deliver a high-energy 3 hour performance, not once but several times a week for over a year, never once losing the beat or forgetting the words!!)
If the moratorium on "awesome" is successful, we will need a Replacement Word to fill up all those blank spaces where "awesome" has inappropriately been.
So, I am announcing the "CONTEST FOR THE NEW AWESOME!!!"
The rules are simple:
- Comment to this Blog with your Word; use it in a sentence, too.
- I'll be the judge of that and my decision is final.
- The winner will receive accolades in this blog and will be recognized publically as the Initiator of the Replacement.
Plz k thx
Bonnie
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7 comments so far...
Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
Good idea! But I am not sure one word can replace all the instances of the use awesome since it is so missused. However, my choice would be SPLENDID because you would then be responding possitively to the person who might be expecting awesome without going so overboard.
The sample conversation between two students would go something like this:
Student A: "I finished my Pshyc paper just in time."
Student B: "SPLENNNDID! Was it "awwesome"?" -OPS I slipped, let me try again. "SPLENNDID! Did you ace it?"
This will take some work.
By Elaine on
9/7/2007 12:53 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
I like "Splendid"...sounds v. British & sophisticated!
By Bonnie on
9/7/2007 7:42 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
Nothing's better than "cool." It's classic.
But along with "awesome" can we chuck out "blessed"?
"We are bleseed" "I am blessed" "My little family is so blessed"
Did the Pope pass through & I misssed it or what! When did everyone get so blessed? And how come I'm not?
By Dude on
9/17/2007 7:27 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
Dude:
Always had a soft spot for "cool"...still use it but on the DL.
You are so right about the "blessed" mess! If I hear that one more
time someone's going to need the Last Rites. Then they'll really be
"blessed". You know, it sounds sort of pretentious to say how "blessed" you are...it's like "I'm God's favorite and you're not". Where I grew up people said: "I've been really lucky", "he's a lucky dog (or duck)". None of that superior "I'm blessed" attitude. Okay...throw "blessed" on the
rag heap with "awesome". Do you have a suggestion for a substitute???
By Bonnie on
9/17/2007 7:55 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
Replace awesome with Mmmm-da
By monkey butt on
9/30/2007 8:47 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
Hey. monkey butt...like your name. Have a thing for chimps!
By bonnie on
10/14/2007 5:52 PM
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Re: Moratorium on "Awesome"
I think we should bring back "groovy"
But, cool is still it for me.
By Nostalgic on
10/25/2007 1:32 PM
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Bonnie Barker
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Hello, out there! I'm Bonnie Barker. You are all probably acquainted with my nephew, Sheridan, otherwise known as the "smartest prairie dog in town".
Being somewhat envious of Sheridan's success, I decided that I should host a blog of my own. I am interested in all the news that's fit to print and some that isn't. If you don't have anything nice to say, please come down to the prairie dog mounds and let's dish!
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