Gag Reflex

forever and ever and ever and…

And speaking of blather, How about now EVERYTHING these days is not just “changed,” but “changed forever."  More empty pronouncements, phony drama, false profundity—everywhere.  Nothing is forever.

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I do not think it means what you think it means.

The Trump “Era” The “Era” of Covid How can 1 year or even 4 be an “Era”? Just more blather, suggesting profundity where none exists.     https://youtu.be/dTRKCXC0JFg  

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So Many Emails…

Am I just a hopeless curmudgeon or are others offended by all the Happy Thanksgiving emails from vendors etc. clogging the inbox?  

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LOOK! updated

“Look” Updated.   It’s spreading so fast!   IT’S A MEME! NO, IT’S A VIRUS!  Officious and Arrogant combined.  

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LOOK

“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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PHONY BEDHEAD

What about Boris Johnsons’ fake hairdo?  

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Luminous? Not really…

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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Word of the Year? aka Existential Revisited Pt 2

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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Existential. I said it before…

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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Doesn’t make me gag any less…

Gag. Reiterate. Fancy-sounding word for ""Repeat."

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