"What's the word I'm looking for?"
EAT YOUR ALPHABET SOUP. IT’S GOOD FOR YOU…
Actually, I was too immature for “VOCAB” class the first time I went to college. This was way back in the 1970s when we thought it was cool to get smacked in the head with a pair of glass balls called “clackers.”
Anybody remember those? Talk about stupid! It was as if somebody swiped those fake glass grapes from my Mom’s coffee table, tied them to a string and said, “Here kid, here’s a fun game. Hit yourself in the head with these.” And we did!
Anyway, I spent the 70s doing too many stupid/illegal/immoral things to mention here or anywhere else for that matter.
But one stupid thing I don’t mind mentioning, is that I snubbed my nose at VOCAB class. My friends took it and swore it was a great experience. Sure, I thought, I can take it later. Well, we know what happened to me later. I dropped out of school for a fun minimum wage job!
Eons have gone by and the old lady has wised up enough to realize that a person can never know enough words. Today you can find me curled up in any corner in any room of my house. I have 200 books that never fail to entertain and educate.
I’m setting up this exercise for myself. Usually, I write new words I come across in a notebook. But this practice is getting boring. So I will take my lessons to the internet.
I love it when Mr. Webster reminds me that no matter what I think, I have not, nor will I ever hear every word in the English language.
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