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Saturday, November 20, 2004

Unbelievable

Last night we had dinner at the Quarterdeck in Maynard with Mark and Ginger. We had four distinct choices: Indian, Thai, and Korean, but we chose fish. And it was delicious. Especially the appetizers: seared Sashimi cut wafer thin with a narrow crust of peppercorns and mustard, Coconut Crusted Scallops with chili sauce and the New England staple, fried clam bellies.

Sometime during the evening someone says the word “interesting.”

I launch into one of my mini tirades.

Me: “What is the single most overused, boring and meaningless word?”

Ginger: “Interesting?”

Me: “No, worse.”

Diane: “Fascinating?”

Me: “Worse.”

For me the word is “unbelievable,” and I’m sure someone will guess it. I pause again.

Mark: “I love you?”

posted by michael at 11:03 am  

6 Comments

  1. I shall not even try to comment on Mark’s guess.

    But, for overused and thus meaningless, “awesome” gets my vote.

    Comment by Hyperbole — November 21, 2004 @ 9:04 am

  2. Wow.

    Such deep thought. 🙂

    Comment by Coffee Boy — November 21, 2004 @ 9:06 am

  3. I kinda like awesome ; ) .

    After I entered ìunbelievableî into the lexicon of works I hate, I was forced to defend my position. ìBut what about the Red Sox? That was unbelievable.î

    ìNo it wasnít. It was just a FU*KING sporting event (I get polarized so easily). Jesus Christ walking down Central St MIGHT be unbelievable.î

    Comment by michael — November 21, 2004 @ 9:37 am

  4. How dare you. The red sox were/are unbelievable. And awesome. And interesting and fascinating too. So there. When you run out of adjectives the above are just fine. As for me it is the F word that is over used, so much so that it doesn’t pack a punch anymore. So that is the answer. When it no longer packs a punch or conjures up what it should, it needs to be retired. For those for whom it still packs a punch, the Sox were Fu*king unbelievable.

    Comment by indignant — November 21, 2004 @ 4:44 pm

  5. Right on!

    Comment by rakkity — November 22, 2004 @ 1:53 pm

  6. The next to fall might be one of my favorites, as it does not presuppose the nature of an emotion/reaction, just that a reaction is expected — “remarkable”. I find it can be used with deliberation and is appropriate to a good many situations. But its flexibility may well be its downfall……

    Comment by artful dodger — November 22, 2004 @ 7:51 pm

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