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.