Well in the main, when we get our own way with others, we do it with words. We almost make others agree with our viewpoint, give them what we want, do what we ask and buy what we are selling. The seduction or attack of words is unremitting.
The words draw out emotional responses that manoeuver other people's thinking and behaviour. Here are some rich gooey extra words for you this summer.
"Accessit" means honourable mention of one who comes nearest to a prize. "Agcalan Point” by Butch Dalisay is accessit of “The Day of the Locusts” by Leoncio P Deriada in the 1975 Palanca Short Story award.
"Aiguille" means needle or sharp point or peak. "Be careful of plants with aiguilles on them."
"Balling" means to have a lot of money. "He's balling now!"
"Bite the big one" means to die or to get killed. "Do you think he will bite the big one?"
"Blast" means extremely fun. "The Harapan on ABS-CBN with vice presidential candidates was a blast!"
"Blaze" means extremely attractive. It is used to describe a person. "That guy is a blaze!" Or it means to be extremely attractive. "That guy is blazing!"
"Bodega" means wine-shop or a small grocery store. "I picked this little thing up at my local bodega."
"Bogart" means to steal or hog. "Don't bogart my cookies!"
"Catch a note" means to get buzzed or intoxicated from some natural substance. "Hey, did you catch a note off of that?"
"Cattywompus" means diagonally across from something else. "Her house was conveniently located cattywompus from the post office." "The wastebasket into which she attempted to vomit, was only cattywompus from her mouth." Or it means out of alignment. "I need to get my wheels aligned. They're sitting all cattywompus."
"Fess" means to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation. "Dude, don't fess. Just ask her out already!"
"Go to town" means to engage in an activity with excessive energy or excitement. "He went to town on that bowl of batchoy." "You really went to town cleaning the house."
"Kickass" means very good, excellent, cool, or awesome. "The Ateneo Blue Eagles is kickass!"
"Old fart" means an elderly person. "The old fart was driving too slow."
"Onion" means a police officer. It is a derogatory term. "The onions got my brother again."
"Pray to the porcelain god" means to vomit. "I was praying to the porcelain god after eating that."
"Quone" means to desperately want something. "I quone a date with Gerald Anderson."
"Random" means an unknown person (stranger). "We met a few randoms at the party in Smallville last night."
"Refry" means a cigarette that has been put out midway so you can smoke it later. "Damn this is my last cigarette, better make it a refry."
"Retail therapy" means a way to justify a shopping trip to cheer you up. "I can't believe he broke up with me. Will you girls come with me to the mall for some retail therapy?"
"Soup" means something worthless, hopeless, useless, etc. "This poem is soup."
"Wail" means to sing well. "Their female lead can wail!"
"Walmart" means inexpensive and readily available but often sub-standard. "I bought that thing last week at three in the morning and it's broken already; it's so walmart."
"What's poppin?" means a greeting, synonymous with greetings such as "What's going on?" "What's the dilly?"
"Xyz" means to examine your zipper. When seeing someone in class or at work with their zipper down, you can discreetly say, xyz.
"Yahoo" means a weird person or an uncultivated or boorish person. "What a yahoo!"
"Y'all" means two or more persons. "How are y'all?"
"Yark" means to talk and talk and talk without end or to babble. "That woman over there is just yarking on and on about her favourite presidential candidate, it is so annoying."
"Zing" means a good verbal shot or insult, or retort to a stupid remark. "I really zinged that liar when he said that!"
"Zoodled" means you've had way too much alcohol in a particular outing. "She's puking—must be zoodled."
Have your shout and murmur at inkslinger215@live.com. Enjoy your summer.
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