Monday, February 6, 2006
A Little Language Lesson
Today a friend of mine used the absolute best euphemism for saying somebody was a jerk. (I was going to use the word "asshole" there, but didn't want to upset my mom. Hi Mom!) In fact, it was such a great phrase that, for a moment, I didn't even realize it was an insult. It was "I am not sympathetic to his journey". Use it like this: "I saw him struggling with all of his packages, but I am not sympathetic to his journey, so I walked right on by."
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I flippin' LOVE that. Of course, it's better on the West Coast, where "journey" doesn't mean 80s music.
As a generally journey-unsympathetic person, I plan to get a lot of use out of this one.
<shriek!> I do like that term better than yours, but it takes too long to say. I'd rather call the person a harshly spoken yet quick-off-the-tongue word. I'm open to suggestions.
This is the best & I plan on borrowing it!
I keep telling you there is no need to cuss. :D
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