I Love Words

I love the etymology of words. I love the creativity of the English language. Anyway, maybe I have already blogged this so I will move on to three thoughts about words.

I don't like the word "inextricably". First of all, it is a show-off, ten-cent word. Secondly, and more annoying, is that it only seems to be used in front of the word "linked". Have you used the word? Hopefully not. Have you ever heard it used to modify a word other than "linked"? Doubtful. If a word only has one usage (besides impressing others) it seems very wasteful. We need to do something about this.

I love the expression, "Mouse Potato." Maybe because I am one. I just read it recently for the first time, saw it on the internet (ironically). The couch potato of the 21st century is one who sits in front of their computer surfing the web all day long. Very creative. Punny. Good expression.

This last one is a question. When you say the past tense for "weed-eat," how do you say it? Does anyone ever say, "I weed-ate the grass around the house."? I think I actually say, "weed-eated." And I am pretty sure I have heard others use that expression. Wouldn't "weed-ate" be grammatically correct? Anyway, please comment by clicking below and let me know which form you use. Maybe there is a book with the full conjugation for "to weed-eat."

"weed-ate" versus "weed-eated"

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