Thursday, September 27, 2007

Awkward

It is such a curious word... AWKWARD. Only two out of seven of its letters are vowels, and they are the same one, twice. Two w's in the same word? Along with a k? It is the scrabble-guru's fantasy come true on a triple-point square.

But my favorite part of this particular seven lettered-word is its definition according to M-W Online. The fifth meaning says: "Lacks social grace". What a wonderful phrase! We should use that instead of saying awkward. Awkward is... well, redundantly... awkward. Awkward to say, to type, to spell... Lacks social grace is so much more smooth and graceful.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

The Difference



by Randall Munroe