Saturday, January 15, 2011

Stumble, Goddammit!

In 2010, some fancy schmancy group of linguists chose 'app' as the 2010 word of the year. My personal word of 2010 was not really a word. If you listen to Kanye's new album (which... get on that, dumbass!) Jay's new stuff (as well as his older stuff (which... get on those, dumbass!)) and Drake (which... dumbass! TO.!) you hear a lot of "hungh!?!" type of a sound. It's been around forever, but I feel like Kanye and Jay have brought it back, and Drake happens to have that as part of his style. I think it's awesome. Reminiscent of Micheal or James Brown or Marvin Gaye or Bob's old schrieks of pure soul. Words can be capsules of emotion, as well as meaning, you know? Cheh! Word to superior rap. The second place word of the year by those chumps also happens to be a sound rather than a real word, strictly speaking. That cute, cute, cute 'nom,' as in "mmm warm cookies... I will nom nom nom." I like it. So cheerful and hungry, much like moi! However, 'app' definitely deserves the W because apps are now so firmly part of life. Not just a word or a concept or a joke so much as a fork or a brief case or a computer. There was a time when there was really no word for what I'm typing on right now. Now there is- indelibly so! Only a certain kind of people will nom nom nom but everyone with one of those computer machines or ipod devices (I believe that Ipod may also have been a word of the year once... I should totally do research) will have apps. Thus, the importance and value of the word isn't in the word itself, as it is with 'nom,' it's in the importance of the thing that word represents. Word to the App Store. 

Good work scientists!
My favourite app and yours are the same. That's what I love about our relationship. Our #1 App is obviously...


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