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improving vocabulary

genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
in General Banter
In times past, there were vocabulary-building encouragements that included such lines as "use a new word ten times in a day and it is yours."

Today, I wonder if reversing the process might not also have some benefits ... "erase one word from your vocabulary in a day and see what happens."

It's just an experiment. What word would you choose, assuming you wanted to experiment?

My choice for the day is the word "because."

Comments

  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran
    edited January 2014
    Big Elephants Can Always Undertstand Small Elephants, because that is how my son learned to spell it.

    Sorry, can't do away with because!

    Because

    We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    We hear he is a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was
    If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz is one because
    Because, because, because, because, because
    Because of the wonderful things he does
    We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    jaesovaTheswingisyellow
  • lamaramadingdonglamaramadingdong Veteran
    Get rid of "but", replace with "and".
    sovaHamsakaanataman
  • misterCopemisterCope PA, USA Veteran
    How about the word "no"?
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    misterCope said:

    How about the word "no"?

    No !

    sovaanatamanmisterCope
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran
    Seriously though, you can't lose a word from your vocabulary once you've got it, unless you have dementia of course.

    Now where was I, how do you spell that word again? Big elephants can always understand small elephants - there is even something insightful about learning how to spell it.

    Can we get rid of the word BIGOT, or shall we just get rid of the 'worlds bigots'

    Oh I love this thread already,,,
  • fivebellsfivebells Veteran
    Double plus ungood.
    sova
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    The experiment is sort of like Buddhism: No one can unthink a purple cow, but they can practice.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    Why would they ?
  • genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
    Why would they ?
    @citta -- Perhaps as a means of checking out too-casual assumptions?
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    I neither assume nor refute purple cows. Casually or otherwise. :-/
  • corkcork Explorer
    Why?

    We rarely need to know why. When we ask, it's mostly for our own egos.
  • corkcork Explorer
    fivebells said:

    Double plus ungood.

    2 legs good.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    cork said:

    Why?

    We rarely need to know why. When we ask, it's mostly for our own egos.

    Utter crap.
    :)
  • corkcork Explorer
    I'll let someone else ask the obvious.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    That asking ' why ' is an egoic activity per se may not be as obvious as you think
    @cork.
  • corkcork Explorer
    What's your problem? You can't be a Buddhist.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    Why ?
  • corkcork Explorer
    Ha ha.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    Namaste.

    _/\_
  • corkcork Explorer
    Thank you. Blessings to you.
  • sovasova delocalized fractyllic harmonizing Veteran
    lamaramadingdong said:

    Get rid of "but", replace with "and".

    furreal yo



    big yetis can always understand small yetis
    bycausy :)

    can't do that without y
    anataman
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    supercalifragilisticexpialodocious
  • VastmindVastmind Memphis, TN Veteran
    Jeffrey said:

    supercalifragilisticexpialodocious

    Erasing that??
    Oh...now your hitting below the belt, hahaha

  • matthewmartinmatthewmartin Amateur Bodhisattva Suburbs of Mt Meru Veteran
    So... if I put a word into someone's mouth 10 times, it's theirs?
  • BeejBeej Human Being Veteran
    globalism- i'd love to forget that word and all of its economically motivated conceptualization.
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    genkaku said:


    My choice for the day is the word "because."

    I really like the word "tautology" but rarely get the chance to use it. :p
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    Are any of you actually getting @genkaku's point, here....?

    Just to clarify, for those who aren't - genkaku is proposing removing words form your vocabulary that do nothing for your personal progress, and actually form hindrances to constructive Mindfulness.....

    'because ' seeks to justify a position, which may on the surface appear logical, but is actually, examined more deeply, intransigent.

    MY word to eliminate, would be anything with she suffix -ist.
    The moment that word leaves the mouth, it describes a divisive opinion, and is both antagonistic and extreme.
    lobsteranatamanBunks
  • lobsterlobster Crusty Veteran
    edited January 2014
    I love words.
    What you mean you noticed . . . [unkind] :p

    I spent a long time living without 'no' before it became a movie hit - Yes Man not to be confused with the excellent 'The Yes Men'

    I often misappropriate, misuse or make up words. So I am going to give up 'uploss'
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    edited January 2014
    How do we know what in the long term is ' good for our progress '?
    I frequently find that what is good for my progress varies.
    In fact I would go further. It's the very words, fears, aspirations and people that impede my imagined progress that I should retain..they are clear messengers.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    So, the summary of that is... that you'd stop speaking altogether? :rolleyes:

    It's just a simple question/word-game.... It's not supposed to be a harrowing, soul-searching exercise, ferkrissakes.....
  • TheswingisyellowTheswingisyellow Trying to be open to existence Samsara Veteran
    Mayby not giving up words but points of reference especially as they reflect back to me.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    edited January 2014
    federica said:

    So, the summary of that is... that you'd stop speaking altogether? :rolleyes:

    It's just a simple question/word-game.... It's not supposed to be a harrowing, soul-searching exercise, ferkrissakes.....

    No I would not play word games to do with aversion or attraction to words.
    They are just words ferkrissakes. Life's too frigging short. There are bigger fish to fry.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    and yet here you are, contributing to the thread...... :rolleyes:
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    Easily remedied.
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