Monday, December 01, 2014

The Dictionary Is A Living & Dying Book

Words come into our English Dictionary all the time...

  • Dis... To treat with disrespect. To be rude.
  • Humblebrag... An ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud.
  • Amazeballs... Extremely good or impressive; amazing.

Being sly, cunning and alert, the Smartfella has taken note of some words or phrases that are going out of usage. They are still in the dictionary but it won’t be long before they will be stricken...

  • Vulgar or Profane... Hardly anything is Vulgar or Profane today.
  • Respect... It just does not have much of a place in the today’s Self-Centered Good Ole USofA.
  • Politeness... Yes, Sir ... No, Sir ... Yes, Mam ... No, Mam. These all sound sort of silly to too many of us.

That’s progress... Or is it?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

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