S’cuse me? Words Never & Always Heard

You know how, sometimes, you hear a new word and it sparks your attention? Then, you begin to hear it over and over again, as if the word has always been in everyone else’s vocabulary, but, somehow, you missed it? Here are two that have been following me around, lately.

Mondegreen – a mondegreen is a misheard song lyric or phrase. Most of our exposures to mondegreens happen when we try to figure out what people are saying or singing and we can’t totally focus, so we fill in the blanks with what we think they are saying. Most mondegreens are not created by sober people.

Eco-warrior – No doubt we have a responsibility to live responsibly; unfortunately, a word like this gets watered down because it is almost too catchy. The whole warrior thing is cool, but, it is getting over-played like a Kool and the Gang song at a wedding reception. And, marketing people are beginning everything with “eco”, thereby diminishing its good purpose. Even so, eco-warrior is way more bad-ass than tree-hugger.

My brothers wisdom

In listening to one of my brothers usual bitch sessions, he did impart a piece of wisdom. "I wish I could skip work like i used to skip school....and still get paid" Ain't it the truth!

To be human

While engaging in some slightly catty gossip, my mom came out with a wonderfully descriptive line that I fully intend to steal:

"I'm a good person, but I'm not always a nice person."

Whaat? No Way!

Wacktastic – something that is simultaneously amazing (or wacky) and fantastic at the same time. Like…

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Dawin were born on the exact same day. (12 February 1809)

Isn't that wacktastic?

Lunch

Ok, so I was in line for lunch at our company cafe and I was getting the taco salad and the guy next to me asked the cook the following:

"How much more meat can you get in my salad?"

Bravo, Bravissimo Flipping Out

I know what I want and I want what I want. Can’t you understand that and just get me what I want?

“Ideally, 70% lemonade, 20% punch, 10% sprite. If they don’t have fruit punch, do like 85% lemonade, and 15% Sprite. If the don’t have lemonade, do 85% punch and 15% Sprite…or 7-Up.”
– Jeff Lewis, ordering a drink with his lunch, on BravoTV’s Flipping Out

“Grande, no fat, no foam 140 degree latte, two Spenda. Actually…why don’t you make it 150 degrees, so by the time you get here, I can drink it.” – Jeff Lewis, giving his coffee order to an assistant

“I don’t want to party like it’s my birthday; I want to sell my house.” – Jeff Lewis, suffering from real-estate anxiety, amongst many other things