Comments on: A partial list of the terms I’ve prohibited myself from using in future reviews

By: Philip James Hart

Philip James Hart — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:14:58 +0000

Jake: I’m startled and pleased at such a good memory of my large vocabulary of made-up words. And since you’re one of my blog’s most valued readers, I’ll have you know that my URL has changed to http://mach-stem.blogspot.com. A bit pretentious, I know, but you may remember me as a pretentious person. It’s a “new” blog, but rather than abandoning my old one, I’ve taken the Itchy and Scratchy approach to revitalizing my work. You could call the changes I’ve made to the site “Poochie”. I apologize for the ten to fifteen seconds of typing you may suffer as you edit your blogroll to reflect these changes, but I felt the Public Radio connection was getting a little stale. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s four in the morning, and little boys need their rest.

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:23:59 +0000

Philip: I will try to use that word more, though I do admit I prefer your variation on it, smuggadocio.

Jenny: You’re welcome to all of these. I will begin browsing your blog for words I might want.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:20:18 +0000

This should be a word-recycling program–you give away ones you’ve used forever, and somebody else can take them. (Like, “plangent” is new to me, so I’ll take that one.) Then years later you’ll see your word in Goodwill or something and be like “Oh yeah! That was a great word. Maybe I’ll start using it again now!”

I should probably get rid of “actively” (as in “I don’t actively hate my job”)–does anybody else want that?

By: John Wanninger

John Wanninger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:58:48 +0000

This list of words eliminates the possibility of you ever writing about Sigur Ros.

Not that you were going to.

By: Philip James Hart

Philip James Hart — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:28:19 +0000

You should continue to use “braggodocio”, a word I still have to spell-check by typing it in on Google every time I use it.