There, there. Put your head on my shoulder and have a good decry. I decried just thinking about it. Oh wait. DEcry. That’s different.
Thank goodness for the newspapers and television folk who keep those old terms alive. The Tulsa World this morning features a headline about a decision being decried, which – according to the ol’ Merriam-Webster is to: 1) depreciate, like a coin’s value; 2) express strong disapproval. We’d have understood better if it read DECISION DISSED. Dissed, we know.
And the sports folk, gotta love ’em. They’re recapping the stats:
Sportsguy One: He’s flying in space, running downhill, north and south!
Sportsguy Two: Yeah! He has twenty yards thus far on the night.
Thus far, thus good.
Do we really use -thus- in place of -so- when we talk?
Guy Who Wants a Date: Thus… wanna get a cup of coffee?
Potential Date: Sorry. I’ve already had four cups on the night.
On the night? On the season?
How about -tonight? or THIS season?
Viewer: I’ve had about enough of this tonight.
Other Viewer: Yeah, I’ve gotta get up early on the morning. I’m takin’ it to the house.
Now, as long as the car remains on the tarmac, and attention is ramped up, all is well on the world.
Know your cliches: