A Word of Advice

Dear Reader,

Don't. Overuse. Words.

Just, don't.


Making a word become overrated is one of the worst abuses one could do when speaking a language, next to swearing. I mean, nowadays, people can say "Words fail me."

Why?
Because the most suitable words that one could use to describe his or her situation, such as emotion, experience, or thoughts, are rendered useless. Not because of the speaker, who intends the words by their fullest extent, but by the listener, who has heard these words repeatedly, so many times that they have become cliche. And this happens because of the masses who misuse these words in a careless manner, and so therefore those words do not bear any meaning, or at least, not enough to fully express oneself.

We're then forced to look into the language, be it in storybooks, dicitonaries, maybe even by Googling to find other less commonly used words, and therefore stronger words in bearing its meaning, to successfully pass an idea accross. Now, don't get me wrong, expanding your vocabulary is a noble act, in fact, I highly reccomend finding a new word in an Oxford Dictionary once a day, though I don't actually do it.

I only find it very irritating that a person of regular vocabulary, such as you and I, (unless you're some bookworm) would fail to state something without it sounding cliche.
It's words like 'Epic', 'Awesome', and 'Sucks' and sometimes phrases such as 'That's so sweet' and 'Love it!', words that we have grown accustomed to hearing again and again and again, that have been worn out.

Because of this, people don't understand what we actually mean, or at least, by what extent. Thus, a confusion will exist.
An inspirational story of a man who had to fight cancer and a video of a victory in a videogame would both be called 'Epic'.
The Large Hadron Collider, a massive structure that would greatly contribute to the world of knowledge and a short handphone-recorded video of somebody lighting someone's butt on fire would both be called 'Awesome'.
You see what I mean?

What's even worse is that when some people want to show that they really mean something, they resort to swearing:
"That's f*cking awesome".
"Eff yeah!"

And when they're angry at people:
"F*ck you, b*tch!"
"D*mn you motherf*cker!"

And when sighing:
"Sh*t!"


By the way, I hope you take note that I am writng this post, assuming that my audience is a small group of mature individuals who are intelligent and responsible enough to avoid using these words. Therefore, parents, if your child is morally degraded in anyway due to the reading of this post, you can't sue me!


In conclusion, I hope that you have benefitted from reading this article. Let's all bring back the true meaning of words, instead of irresponsibly littering them all over our daily conversations. Let's set a certain quota, so to speak, as to how many times we could use a certain word. We don't have to keep track of how many times we've already said it, just remember to only use them when we really mean it.
Otherwise, you would just be contributing to the problem.


And that is why, ladies and gentlemen,
That I, Luqman AlHakim,
Intending the entire meaning,
Authorise calling myself:

Awesome.

=D




Peace. Love. Joy.