I was honestly considering not posting today. I couldn't think of anything to say, so why bother? Then I realized that today is the first menoversary of this blog. How exciting is that?
What do you mean "menoversary" isn't a word? Sure it is, Urban Dictionary says so! I'm sure that means it's a real word... * searches through unabridged dictionary *... Huh. Guess not. At least not for now. That's the great thing about the English language: make up a word, get a lot of people to use it, and voila! you've added something to the American dialect, possibly even the dictionary. I've lost rounds of Boggle to my brothers because they somehow combined random letters into things that I was dead certain weren't actual words, but then a quick search through the dictionary proved them right and me wrong. Some of those words you definitely wouldn't use in a conversation and some of them specifically said they were "informal English" (can you say "bad English"?), but they were words nonetheless. For instance, Ribbajack once came up with "neep", which you'd think is something like "the sound you make when you sit in something wet and cold", but in reality is the Scottish word for turnip. Strange? Yes, but at least now you've expanded your vocabulary!
I'm something of a Grammar/Spelling Nazi and the wanton torture of the English language pains me, so to the end of keeping people enlightened, I have a little something for you:
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