18AUG09

WORD OFF!!!!!!!

propitious vs. canicular

i don't know why i don't like propitious. it might have something to do with a general aversion to -tious words (i.e. pretentious). plus that whole 'shhhh' sound is scratchy and makes me feel yucky. canicular is like "wtf? that's a word? seriously? should a word have a definition that refers to a specific outdated term like 'dog days'?" it's almost like an attempt to legitimize something which was superfluous to begin with. it also bears mentioning that while a google search of canicular will yield you hundreds of pages of definitions, it's flagged by both blogspot and gmail as being misspelled. their suggestions? funicular, conical, cannula, carbuncular and angular; all of which are better words than canicular. especially funicular. most words with 'fun-' in them are in fact, fun. except fundamentalism. fundamentalists they take the fun out of everything.