“Look” I am picking up an increasing use of this intro word when people are answering a question, especially finance types. “Look . . . “ followed by answer. Imperative and arrogant. Call me paranoiac, curmudgeon, misanthrope, or all three,...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Everyone, everything— in movie and music reviews especially— is suddenly “luminous.” But so much light gets to be blinding, so that we lose our sense of direction—and critical judgment.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Word Of The Year! Well, no sooner than i post the previous one, I see on my building's "elevator news" that Dictionary.com has chosen "existential" as its Word Of The Year for 2019! Say no more. I will be trying...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Why do I have to say it again? In a previous post, I already had to gag about this word: Everyone’s using it now along with the word “threat,” i.e. Existential Threat, a threat to the existence of something or...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Forever. Everything now seems to be changing something “forever.” Of course it has. It’s always been true. Needless, repetitive to create false drama and significance. And now a cliche as well.
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Site-specific. When referring to dance, theater, etc. All the world is not a stage. Will was wrong on that one. Give me the proscenium arch every time. (Yes, a dullard, I know--unimaginative etc. But i embrace it.)
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Agent/Agency. It's everywhere now, suggesting some form of liberation. How did a word that means "acting for another" come to replace the word "empowerment"?
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex
Existential. Everyone's using it now along with the word "threat," i.e. Existential Threat, a threat to the existence of something or other. Let's make sure not to confuse it with Existentialism, which grapples with the issue of individual human responsibility,...
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By: Dan Flanigan
Categories: Gag Reflex