Hangin' around wondering if some connection might be made between a woman who is pregnant-out-to-here and is sometimes said to be "expecting" and the arguably youthful person who "died unexpectedly" the other day. Both have expected for whatever reasons. Both, in most cases, get fooled. So much for "expectations" great and small.
For whatever reasons as well, that thought thread led me to the word "gormless," a word I admire for no particular reason ... except, perhaps, if I were angry at someone and wanted to hurl an epithet, "gormless" has a great, insulting ring to it. A veritable pillar of a sound ... sort of like, "shit!"
But I wanted to check my footing and so offered "gormless" to Google for clarification and clarity purposes: Was it really a good epithet? Ahhhh, yes. It was. How nice to reestablish a friendly link!
But, wait....
There, spliced into Google's offerings was this comment: "According to merriam-webster.com, "gormless"
does indeed mean "lacking in gorm", which was originally the
middle-English word "gaum" or "gome", meaning "understanding, or
attention". I would have to say that "gorm" as its own word has fallen
out of the modern lexicon, though, and is not at all likely to be
understood. Dec 30, 2010."(emphasis added)
What?! Not at all likely to be understood? Is everyone out there as gormless as I? This simply will not do and I implore all self-respecting readers to use this word at least ten times a day in the upcoming month.
You think I'm kidding?
Gormless twit!
For whatever reasons as well, that thought thread led me to the word "gormless," a word I admire for no particular reason ... except, perhaps, if I were angry at someone and wanted to hurl an epithet, "gormless" has a great, insulting ring to it. A veritable pillar of a sound ... sort of like, "shit!"
But I wanted to check my footing and so offered "gormless" to Google for clarification and clarity purposes: Was it really a good epithet? Ahhhh, yes. It was. How nice to reestablish a friendly link!
But, wait....
There, spliced into Google's offerings was this comment: "According to merriam-webster.com, "gormless"
does indeed mean "lacking in gorm", which was originally the
middle-English word "gaum" or "gome", meaning "understanding, or
attention". I would have to say that "gorm" as its own word has fallen
out of the modern lexicon, though, and is not at all likely to be
understood. Dec 30, 2010."(emphasis added)What?! Not at all likely to be understood? Is everyone out there as gormless as I? This simply will not do and I implore all self-respecting readers to use this word at least ten times a day in the upcoming month.
You think I'm kidding?
Gormless twit!
I guess if your British the word may be gormless, but in America the expression would be a blunter one, something like those oft quoted as being said by some of his associates.
ReplyDeleteLately it reminds me of a certain kind of behavior we often see on the playground. The loud mouth guy who manages to gather a crew whose main activity is to harass others. In other words, the playground bully.
In NYC despite the cold there was a substantial Anti-Trump demonstration. For example see
https://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/15/us/ap-us-haiti-rally-new-york.html
Sad this was necessary on Martin Luther King Day.