I love words. On my 45 minute commute to work today as I watched the sun rise I looked at the mountains and pondered words that describe their majesty, their beauty, their splendor. I came up with some very powerful and beautiful words. I absolutely love words.
On the contrary I believe that in our culture there are a great many words that are overused and have lost their power because we tend to be dramatic in our conversations with one another. Here are a few that come to mind:
Crisis (who isn't in a crisis these days?)
Love (we throw this very important word at anything we like or enjoy)
Epic (Dude! I had the most "epic" day on the mountain.)
These are all that come to mind at the moment. There are more, many more. This is a bit of a random thought, but it's what I have been pondering this morning...it's the writer in me, and maybe a little bit of the "be betterer" in me too.
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What about the words that were once cool...but have now lost their steam? I personally believe we need to use some of those more. Example
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Wicked
Where did these words go? Am I the only one still using these words?