Zia’s Word Meme

by Zia ~ January 2nd, 2007. Filed under: Webbish.

A word that describes me is …
Grumpy.

My favorite word is …
Cunctation. Because it sounds like it’s dirty, but it’s not. Also because it’s obsolete, so it makes me feel smart. (It means a delay.)

My least favorite word is …
Classy. Let’s face it, if you have to describe something as classy, it’s probably not.

Use the two words in a sentence …
When her date finally appeared toward the end of Act II, he excused his extreme cunctation by explaining that he had to buy a classy suit.

A word I always have to think twice about pronouncing is …
Manure. My mother always said matyoor for mature, so I always want to say manyoor. And that just doesn’t sound right.

Dictionaries … printed or online?
I have a gazillion dictionaries, but still tend to use dictionary.com.

A word whose meaning I cannot seem to retain no matter how many times I look it up …
Bathos. Admittedly, one doesn’t come across bathos very often, but whenever I hear/read “pathos,” I remind myself to look up bathos for the umpteenth time.

Open a dictionary to a random page and find a word you don’t know. Post the word and the definition.
facinorous: atrociously wicked

Use the new word and the word you can never remember in a sentence.
Despite the vampire’s attempts to look facinorous, he only succeeded as a bathetic figure.

One of the most overused in my area of work/study is …
Leverage. God, I hate that word. Impact (as a verb) is a close second.

8 Responses to Zia’s Word Meme

  1. charlotte

    I’m going to have to steal this one! What a great meme.

  2. Zia

    Please do!

  3. Zia

    Please please please! I posted this as an experiment to see if it would be memed, or if it would just kind of fizzle away into nothingness. Helen and Charlotte, you’ve made my day!

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  5. Kerryn

    I saw this on Charlotte’s blog and just knew I had to do it. Thank you for creating it and I hope that it grows legs that keep it going for a long time.

  6. (un)relaxeddad

    I also saw this on Charlotte’s blog and was sucked right in. Kind of disturbing where it took me, mind you.

  7. Zia

    Kerryn and (un)relaxeddad,

    I’m glad you both liked it. I liked both of your answers too. It’s really interesting to see how different everyone’s response is.

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