\t\t\t\tWhen I set out to share a word for today (word of the day), I realized\u00a0it would be more effective to show, really show you than to tell you. Just as well not to tell sometimes, you know? Some words are easier to explain by showing than telling. Everyone’s always telling, you know?\u00a0Telling this.\u00a0Telling that. Don’t you think that also sometimes? If you think so too,\u00a0you know, you most likely do,\u00a0so why don’t we just go ahead and go with that?<\/p>\n
In case you’re beginning to wonder, and who in their right mind doesn’t wonder now and then?\u00a0You should understand\u2014please understand\u2014I haven’t lost mine. Mind you, I don’t know though, do you really\u00a0mind about my mind in particular or can you simply muster mind over matter? Ha, or does it even matter?<\/p>\n
I’m simply attempting to exemplify the peculiar, very\u00a0peculiar pathology of verbigeration (ver-bij-uh-REY-shuhn), in which one engages in the constant or obsessive repetition of meaningless words or phrases. Super meaningless words or phrases, like you know, I don’t know,\u00a0know what I mean? Lots of unnecessary little words thrown in, sometimes every other word it seemingly seems. Like, really meaningless words or phrases, you know? Like, taking, like,\u00a0forever ever to say almost nothing. Interestingly, “verbigeration” entered English in the late 1800s from the Latin verbiger\u0101re<\/em>, meaning “to chat, converse.” Chat or converse, or not chatty and then, you know, like wham bam,\u00a0conversely chatty? What do you think about that, my little mockingbird? Mocking, mocking,\u00a0mocking, but only maybe so so mocking, you know? Right?<\/p>\n Photo of a mockingbird by benjamint444 via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I set out to share a word for today (word of the day), I realized\u00a0it would be more effective to show, really show you than to tell you. Just as well not to tell sometimes, you know? Some words … Continue reading ![\"800px-Hood-mockingbird\"](\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/800px-Hood-mockingbird.jpg\")