I enjoy drafts. Listening to All Fantasy Everything, hosted by comedian, Ian Karmel, he and his friends draft everything from best Taco Bell items to Favourite Music Videos to Best One Word Movie Titles. The podcast has existed for many years and they've not lost on topics to draft. Way more than can be covered in the opening paragraph of some blog that nobody reads. Suffice it to say, it's something that I've found personal joy in doing my own drafts and sharing them on Facebook. I've even shared some with Ian and the AFE podcast. A couple months back, I concocted my own draft, which I shared with Ian via Twitter and he liked it so much, though he never specified it, I think he may (if he hasn't already) pose that as a subject to draft on All Fantasy Everything. It'd be fun to find out their picks.
Cruz FM, here in the city, also does a draft. It's done by morning DJs, Stacie Cooper and Clayton Kroeker. Usually only local things or items from the province are drafted, but it's still fun to listen to and vote on who the winner is.
All this influence and I've come to the point where I'm going to do another "one-off" draft that, to my knowledge, has not been done yet, but may in the future if someone likes it. Today's draft is going to be my FAVOURITE WORDS.
Before moving forward with my list of favourite words, I feel it necessary to compile a short list of the words I don't like. Absolutely detest them. The first word that I don't much care for: FAKE.
I absolutely hate the word: Fake. It has such a negative connotation associated with it. I think it's association with professional wrestling is where it garnered the most hate from me. Reducing the efforts of what those men and women do in a wrestling ring, to "fake" is a slap in the face to their talent and athleticism.
The next word that I absolutely detest and the irony is not lost on me, is the word: HATE. My dislike for this word is a thousand percent. It's a word that should be stricken from the books, as it invokes the worst in people.
Another word that deserves to be stricken from the record is the word that isn't really a word. PROLLY is for stupid people who can't spell probably. In a world where auto-correct controls all of our communique, it's hard to argue that prolly should exist. Yet thousands of dummies continue to use it and it drives me crazy.
Last word I detest and probably the most controversial, is the name of a Canadian Resort. Banff. I've always, since I was old enough to speak, have hated that name. The letters sounds for N and F should not be placed right next to each other and as a result, I'm not confident that I can pronounce it correctly and thus makes me feel like a f*cking idiot!! Change your name!!
This is a nice segue into my draft for the words that I absolutely LOVE. These are my favourite words and I try to use them on a regular basis because they're fun and useful.
Number One (and I suspect would be the most popular word): FUCK! I really like the F-word. It's so perfect and universal. There's a video or audio track out there that I'll try to find and post with this blog when I put it up, that goes through all the many uses of the F-word. From a noun to a verb to adverbs to you-name-it, fuck can be used for it or to describe it. I use it frequently.
Numero dos: TREMENDOUS, meaning extraordinarily great in size, amount, intensity or excellence. For example, my love of the F-word, is tremendous.
My fourth pick is one that I began using many many years ago, when I would hang out with Dustin K___ and a bunch of people whom I worked with at the time: DISCOMBOBULATED. Verbiage was big with these guys and when discombobulated came across our purview, we were enamoured. More so when the word made an appearance on an episode of The Simpsons. Looking at the word today, I've come to realize that it's not just a fun word to say and use, but it would seem it's also the a state of mind that I frequently experience. I've had meltdowns in the past, where I was so confused about something that I did a million times but for a few fleeting minutes, I couldn't grasp the logic of how or what I was doing. I recently had a moment like that at my current job, but after a few deep breaths to calm my nerves, I was no longer discombobulated and was once again, focused.
Fifth and final pick is the word: INDULGE. I only recently discovered it's charm and grace. Meaning to yield to an inclination or desire; to yield to satisfy or gratify. Essentially surrendering to what brings you joy or satisfaction. There may be too much of that in the world, but in moderation, I think it's fine and people should practice more.
This concludes my Draft of Favourite Words. That list again:
- Fuck
- Tremendous
- Extravaganza
- Discombobulated
- Indulge
I feel it necessary to make a couple honourary mentions, that never quite made the list, although this first mention was on the list for a short while, before being replaced by "indulge". That word is: MOIST. The reason I enjoy it is mostly because most people hate the word. Moist. Mmmmoist. Mmmmm... Moist. It's so fun to say, but more so when you see people squirm at it's mere mention. 😂
Another word would be: FART The only reason for this one is that the sound of the word also matches the sound that it describes. It's like the word orange can only describe the fruit that is the same in colour. They're made for one another. Much like only fart can accurately describe flatulence. Say flatulence to a kid and they'll cock their head to the side like a confused mutt, but say "fart", they'll laugh and know exactly what you're talking about. Plus.... Let's be honest. Farts are fun.
