A small
pleasure I enjoy is to use or hear a word that means exactly what it said. Like "
defenestrate" or "
apotheosis."
Each new word like that is one more
tool to be used to
communicate more effectively with other people. Why say "It was all,
like, totally
messed up and
stuff" when you could say "it was
chaos," or "it was
pandemonium" or "it was
crowded and
disorganized?" Wouldn't being clear in your
speech be a worthwhile goal?
I really don't like when I have to
infer more of a person's
intended meaning than they actually verbalize.
Given the vagueness of everyday speech and the general duplicity of conversation of my workplace, I don't get to enjoy language as often as I'd like.