Often my sweet Virginia-Left-Brained (VLB) man has some troubles with the words I use. You see, over the years, thanks to some of my all time favorite people, I have invented words; I use words that are not. . . Well they're not the English language.
I know, you probably have some trouble with this. English is the language of Shakespeare, Proust, Chaucer, J.K. Rowling and Lady Gaga. How could it possibly need improving?!
Oftentimes there just aren't enough adjectives to describe exactly what I think/feel. A feeler (read: emotional basket-case) to my deepest nature, I feel the need to express myself. Rather than pick up interpretive dance or join a Madonna music video, I invent words/use words that others have invented.
I mean, if 'bootylicious' can make it into the Oxford English Dictionary, surely kungies, gleep, zoo-y, lired, ell-o-dubs can. . . Right?
But the point is, sometimes "I'm really hungry" just doesn't convey how hungry you actually are. And "You are nuts" really does not describe the insanity that a person actually possesses. So, children! Throw off the constraints of the English lexicon! Join the revolution!
And if people think you odd, just remember how fabulous Audrey Hepburn looked speaking Cockney!
[Note: This entire post was written after reaching an epic road block in writing an end of the semester paper for graduate school. To a point where I no longer had original thoughts, words or phrases. I do actually use the words listed in everyday jargon, but not in papers. So. Please. Don't start speaking Cockney. I'll probably punch you in the wind pipe]
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