Come closer and I’ll confess something and share a piece of me that is less than flattering.
Sometimes I can be a snob.
That side doesn’t come out often and when it does it is generally attached to one thing, vocabulary.
I get a little crazy when people try to populate a discussion with big words that they clearly do not understand.
It is not my finest trait but it is mine and I own it.
I try to make a point not to let it serve as my sole judge of who a person is, but sometimes it is almost all I have got.
Have You Been Defenestrated Lately?
That quote above is awesome and a significant part of why I write and will always do so and it ties in nicely with our topic.
Defenestrate is one of my favorite words and it is not uncommon for me to work it into conversation.
de·fenes·Â·rate
verb
1.
rare
throw (someone) out of a window.
“she had made up her mind that the woman had been defenestrated, although the official verdict had been suicide”
2.
informal
remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority.
“the overwhelming view is that he should be defenestrated before the next election”
You might wonder if I have actually defenestrated anyone and the answer is why yes, I have.
Way back in days of yore when I was a silly college lad we engaged in all sorts of crazy antics, some of them included defenestrating people but only from a first floor window.
They even managed to defenestrate me but being someone with foresight I had already placed a mattress under the window.
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Given the current election cycle, I have probably talked about defenestrating people more than 1,983,322 times.
Hell, I used it today when my computer overheated, but I didn’t actually defenestrate my computer or people.
But let’s circle back to my confession and my snobby attitude towards how some people misuse words.
You might ask if I am some kind of grammar nazi let me assure you I am not.
I am a rule breaker and a color outside the lines kind of man.
Sometimes I double space after periods and laugh about doing so, but I won’t populate my external dialogue with a series of words I read in a dictionary because I am trying to impress people.
I ain’t no lexicon peacock.
I am just an average Joe who loves words and feels better when my message is easily understood.
Misuse of words isn’t a criminal offense, but it does lead to misunderstanding and I prefer to avoid those.
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