Vanilla yogurt and a banana.
The End.
OK OK! Come back!
I had a coffee too.
Boom Tish…
*crickets*
OK. A post of sorts *snort*
At work I set myself targets. There are the normal workload targets, the try and humiliate arsehats and squash them like a bug with the least amount of effort (last week I totally outdid myself annhiliating one with a rise of an eyebrow, I rock.) boring old blah blah blah this is your work description shit and then my personal entertainment targets.
For the last month I have been trying to attain a lofty goal. And today I achieved it.
To find a way to wangle the word superfluous into a document.
Without telling you exactly what I do and where I work cause then you would be able to find me and be all ‘I want to wear your skin as a coat’ lets just say this particular kind of document is rather important and could potentially be followed by tens hundreds of people and be used in a court of law.
And I did it.
Superfluous. One of the most freaking AWESOMEST words on the planet.
Stolen from here.
Say it out loud. It just rolls of the tongue and makes you just want to say it again and again and then turn to your kids and tell them they are superfluous and then kick yourself cause the fuckers know what it means and spend the next hour explaining that you were joking and they were desperately wanted even if they were an accident… I mean ‘pleasant surprise’ and then give up and throw your purse at them and say ‘take it all’…
Ahem.
When I realised that I was about to attain my goal, a grin spread across my face as my fingers flew across the keyboard. I think I even giggled a little. When the sentence was complete, I sat back, high fived myself and grinned.
Coffee Bitch was all ‘Did you just high five yourself?’
And I was all ‘Totally. What of it? And where is my damn coffee?’
I wandered over to tell my girl K of my awesomeness. And she was impressed. Damn impressed. She was all ‘You are gunna have them all coming up and asking what it means! And they will be diving for the thesauruses’
‘Is thesauruses even a word? I think you find it is a kind of dinosaur or something. You know one of those bastards that can open doors and shit.’
‘Doors were totally superfluous in the Prehistoric age’
‘Totally.’
‘And when they come and ask you what it means you can tell them adscititious’
And then I laughed so hard I had to hold myself up with the wall.
‘You are such a bitch’
‘You started it.’
‘Yeah. I did. Now I need a new word’
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I want a picture of you high fiving yourself.
I am high five-ing myself right now for being first. Now where’s my cup of tea?
Thesauruses is a word dammit, because you said it was one. And, to quote the 3 yo: “Platypuses, Platypii, Platypeople.” Who gives a rat’s ass! I have always loved superfluous myself. Although not so much moist.
My personal fave is sycophant. Talk about a word you can get some milage out of in an office setting!
Oh.My.Word. You are teh awesome.
My favourite word is obsequious try THAT!… In fact it goes quite well with sycophant so you get double points if you can squeeze them both in…
This is AWESOME on so many levels, including that you high-five yourself, like bananas in yogurt, can find superhero cartoons about SuperFluous, and I can’t even explain all what else. Mr Lady has been telling me to get my a$$ over here for eons now, and I finally made it. And I’m leaving a comment on the very first post I read to tell you that I’m never leaving.
You know I had to go to the dictionary again. This is the second day in a row. High five yerself again.
I like the comic. Only you, dearie, would find *that*.
I used ’superfluous’ today myself. Lovely word. Here’s a new one for you ‘callipygian.’
It’s a damn fine word. Sadly, there are some out there pronouncing it super-floo-us as we sit here though.
Superfluous, Superfluous, mmm, Superfluous.
Damn, now I need some “alone” time.
I laughed so hard I had to hold myself up with my keyboard.
p.s. it doesn’t work.
Okay little miss show off – try “obfuscate”!
were you somewhat supercilious in the tone of your document? Or downright superlative? Or was writing it simply a superficial task and you were more perfunctory? No doubt you were concerned about the professionalism, not wanting to risk a life of impecuniousity. Interesting,multifarious life you lead.
dude, if you can get supercalifragilisticexpialidocious into a document, you get double points.
and then you can high TEN yourself.
superfluous, adj. The opposite of magnetoboldtoo.
also
that lunch isn’t very filling.
What’s with that?
That is a great idea setting entertaining goals for yourself.
I might have to think of one for me to make being a housewife more fun….
Superfluous? meh, not my favourite word. I like whimsical. Try putting that in your work. You had me reaching for the dictionary with adscititious.
Hmmmm… you need a new word you say…I suppose I could let you have one of mine.. Boganvillainy is already taken so how about ‘projagalent’
*skips away cackling* (but not like a chook cackling, totally like an evil genius cackling)
Here’s another passtime for you -
At my work we make up code names for people we don’t like using the first letter of their name as a starting point…
We hate “3V” (Viciously Vituperous Vicki) and we avoid “Tripple M” (Malodorous Mephitic Martin) ’cause that bugger’s breath could totally knock you unconscious, and “SS” is the workplace sleazebag (Syphilitic Sam).
You are a superhero. And a pirate. And a ninja.
Oh, and now Jim is on my hit list.
I will not look up adscititious. You can’t make me.
Doood – you’ve inspired me!
Your jocosity and being facetious is turning your post into a mordacity of nugae but careful you don’t catch an esprit de l’escalier!
I felt the same way the first time I used “juxtaposed” in a real life sentence. I’m trying for “incongruous” now.
You are going to make me spend the $875 on the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, aren’t you?
You are so fun! I can totally see you high fiving yourself and the entire office bowing at your awesome heels! And I say that despite being totally lost at all the big words and being way too lazy to pull up dictionary.com! It’s a good thing I’m so pretty, or at least that’s what my husband says!
I *love* superfluous. and I’ve got a great new one you can have, too: perspicacity.
[pur-spi-kas-i-tee]
–noun 1. keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
Ellie, you should NEVER say “penetration” to Kelley. I’m just sayin’.
OMG! I love it!! Congrats on attaining your goal. I think I need photographic evidence that you high five yourself!
XOXO
Dammit Ellie took a form of my favorite… Percipience.
It means the same damn thing as perspicacity.
Anyway, I *heart* you, and wanna wear your skin as a coat.
“Put the looootion in the baaaaasket.”
Just make up a word that sounds real for your next document then they will really feel stupid.
Wow. Adscititious. Thank you.
I could send a picture of me high fiving myself….
Signed, 50 year old in his mother’s basement.
I feel like this comment I’m making is sort of superfluous.
I HAD to use it today to veto one of the bulder’t awesome ideas…
You see… we’re opening a cafe shop thing… (yayyy) and the builder keeps having superfluous ideas! what do you do???
Does that mean you can also kick yourself in the arse if you can high five yourself. You have skills! Oh, and did you get my call for help? We’re have you been? I tell ya…trying to get a little Kelley support is like….yeah…wouldn’t YOU like to know what I was going to finish that with…
Oh fuck. I started laughing at the “wear my skin for a coat”. And that cartoon rocks.
And although this is a completely lame comment, I did use fuck in it. Kind of a superfluous fuck, but so be it.
You have beautiful skin. I would totally wear it for a coat! I’d even leave the hands attached so I could high five you whenever I wanted.
Ew. I think I just grossed myself out.
Also, my hubby speaks like this all the time. For example,in a conversation about a particular word he didn’t say “funny how that word doesn’t mean what you’d think, eh?”
he said “the naive etymology is misleading.”
Well, I have spent a long time being puzzled by the definition of uxorious, but realised earlier this year that it described a certain NSW politician very well — the Iguanagate one.
Can you also make the sound of one hand clapping? or are you too busy boondoggling…..
I once used the word “ostensibly” at work. Everybody was trying to work it into conversation for the rest of the day.
Could ya be a bit more ’salient’ for us???
Those are cool entertaining personal goals… Love a personal challenge especially with personal satisfaction and entertainment tied together.
Not sure how to pronounce it, or some of the others… so guess I am not that smart in the English language, will have to look them all up.
Keep up the great work at work.
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