Sunday, November 7, 2010

AWE- wait for it - SOME!

Before I write anything further, I want to make myself very clear. I absolutely ADORE How I Met Your Mother, and yes, I do think Barney Stinson is the “awesomest” person living. Just so that, you know, I don’t get any hate mail in future. : P. Because this isn’t about the show or its characters. It’s just about the word AWESOME.
I can confidently say that on an average, most people, including me, use the word AWESOME to describe just about anything. “Oh did u see that movie? It’s AWESOME! Have you seen my new shoes? They’re AWESOME! I just scored full marks in my assessments. Isn’t that AWESOME?” and then awesome this and awesome that, and it just goes on and on and on. Personally, I think that awesome is a fantastic word to express awe, admiration and amazement. But that’s exactly my point. There are so many other words out there, wonderful words that can describe awe in countless ways, but all we do is narrow ourselves to one single word. What happened to the times when people would use such gracious words such as excellent, fabulous, impressive, brilliant, striking, superb, etc.? And it doesn’t help either that one of the funniest characters (in my opinion at least) use it as his pick up line.
So, in conclusion, I would like to say that we should all try and use a more varied vocabulary - not just in replace of awesome but other words in general. Fun fact? I just used the word AWESOME ten times in about 200 words. Isn’t that AWESOME?

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